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But it is certainly a popular tool today. A Human Rights Watch report<\/a> published last February documented 75 cases of transnational repression reportedly committed by more than 20 countries, including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

Iranian journalists<\/a> in London have experienced death threats, online abuse, targeted burglaries, surveillance and even a stabbing. Chinese students have described living in a \u201cclimate of fear\u201d while studying abroad in Europe or North America because of threats, stalking, surveillance and other harassment that they believe was overseen by the Chinese government, Amnesty International reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

And last year Hong Kong\u2019s leader, John Lee, said that a group of pro-democracy activists living overseas would be \u201cpursued for life\u201d as he issued $128,000 bounties for information leading to their arrest. The dissidents are accused of violating Hong Kong\u2019s so-called national security law.<\/p>\n