Authoritarian regimes don’t stop at their own borders – often reaching across countries to track, detain and deport refugees, activists and migrants.
This is transnational repression: when a state extends its repression beyond its own borders to control or punish its citizens abroad.
Malaysia and Thailand, two of Southeast Asia’s biggest hubs for migrants and refugees, have become key battlegrounds for transnational repression. With Malaysia helming Asean this year, what role does the region play in resisting or enabling transnational repression?
Astro Awani’s Melisa Idris speaks with Douglas Teoh, spokesperson from the End Transnational Repression Alliance, and Krittaporn Semsantad, programme director at the Bangkok-based Peace Rights Foundation.
Produced by: Astro Awani
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