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Transnational Repression

Egypt: CFJ and LDSF Submit a Joint Report to UN Mechanisms on Enforced Disappearance in the Context of Transnational Repression

February 9, 2026

Berlin / Geneva — 9 February 2026 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the...

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One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure

December 28, 2025

Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and...

Law and Democracy Support Foundation Participates in EU Policy Dialogue on Transnational Repression

December 4, 2025

Brussels – December 4, 2025 The Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) participated in...

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Joint appeal for a Council of Europe Convention on Transnational Repression

December 3, 2025

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call upon the Member States of the Council...

Transnational Repression Escalates: Sexual Violence and Threats Against Zimbabwean Journalist in Exile in Sweden

November 27, 2025

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) strongly condemns the sexual and physical assaults, threats,...

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Press Release : Gender-Based Violence as a Tool of Transnational Repression

November 25, 2025

Berlin, 24 November 2025 German Version : On the occasion of the International Day...

European Parliament Adopts First Resolution to Address Transnational Repression

November 13, 2025

Following Contributions by the Law and Democracy Support Foundation to International Mechanisms The European...

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Joint appeal for international protection for Saudi human rights defender detained in Bulgaria for over four years

November 5, 2025

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are gravely concerned by the imminent threat to...

Arrest of Exiled Researcher Seif al-Islam Eid’s Father Marks a New Episode in the Pattern of Retaliation Against Families of Critics Abroad.

October 31, 2025

Egypt Continues to Escalate Its Transnational Repression Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) strongly...

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Egypt: Rights Groups Condemn the Arbitrary Referral of Exiled Academic Taqadum Al-Khatib to Trial and Call for an End to Transnational Repression

October 27, 2025

The undersigned organizations express their condemnation of the continued persecution and harassment of Egyptian...