The CCP is weaponizing Uyghur-language software to spread spyware—turning tools for cultural survival into instruments of surveillance. This is how digital authoritarianism targets our people in exile and at home.

Today is a good day to remember #Jamal_Khashoggi, the #Saudi dissident and journalist who was brutally assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Progress isn't about 'buildings' or mega-deals, it's about human rights and human dignity.

Two days ago at re:publica, I spoke alongside Dr. Noura Chalati from Reporter ohne Grenzen and David Missal from Tibet Initiative Deutschland. we were united in demanding stronger responses to transnational repression. #transnationalrepression #republica25

Major media investigation finds thousands of Uyghurs forced to work in 75 factories across 11 Chinese regions, with links to major western companies. I supported this joint investigation into state-imposed forced labor transfers by The New York Times DER SPIEGEL The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. THREAD: 👇

I left home. This house is used to being left behind—sometimes for prison, sometimes for migration, and now, for escaping war. How heartbreaking it is that my home watches its residents leave, again and again. I used to think the most painful moment for this house was when Ali

NEW REPORT: Russia's state-backed hackers have a new trick. In collab w/ Google Threat Intelligence Group, we investigated an attack against prominent Russian expert Keir Giles & uncovered an elaborate attack targeting App-Specific Passwords (ASPs). citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russia…

Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the country’s most prominent human rights activist... warned against the attacks...telling the BBC...that “Democracy cannot come through violence and war.” nytimes.com/2025/06/21/wor… Danny Postel Barbara Slavin Nicholas Kristof

Important and timely work by Marcus Michaelsen, Saipira Furstenberg & Siena Anstis: The new European Parliamentary Research Service study on #TransnationalRepression in Europe offers clear evidence — and policy solutions. For many of us, this is not theory. It’s lived reality. 👇 europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/d…

After the attacks: Domestic crackdown and continued transnational repression from a paranoid regime.

NEW: A ChinaFile investigation into China's powerful, but leaky, internet censorship system at locknet.chinafile.com 1/21

NEW: "Tehran isn't a dot." Israel’s bombings have shaken Tehran, upended its balance and killed hundreds of civilians. The sociologist Asef Bayat reflects on his hometown and its people’s quiet determination to carry on, for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/first-person/t…

This new article by the Citizen Lab's Gabby Lim (et al) in Tech Policy Press examines the growth of economic power in the hands of private firms “incentivized to serve the surveillance state and further a new kind of space military-industrial complex.” Read it here:

Pakistan is running a huge unlawful surveillance and censorship system. It is built with foreign tech and carried out without warrants and safeguards, this is enabling human rights abuses on a massive scale. #BreakTheFirewall

Friend, Does scrolling leave you hollowed? Is anger frictionless...but thinking hard? You're in an algorithmic undertow. Your mental clarity is the target. The more you put yourself in, the harder it pulls. So, take a beat and step out Connect with your own thoughts. It's

🎥 WATCH: EXCLUSIVE WITH NARGES MOHAMMADI ''Iranian women have appeared in society with such strength that they have become a model for the world.'' 16 September 2025 will mark the third anniversary of the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, and the revolutionary '' Woman, Life,

It’s a privilege to contribute with a short video message to this session on #TransnationalRepression from Iran, together with experts and courageous human rights defenders.

NEW The Citizen Lab report: We uncovered a network of more than 50 inauthentic X profiles conducting an AI-enabled IO whose aim was to foment revolt in Iran We assess the Israeli gov, or a private contractor under its direction, is likely responsible citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-ena…

“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was

I spoke to Alberto Fittarelli The Citizen Lab about Israeli disinformation operations aiming for regime-change in Iran particularly during Israel’s attacks on Iran in June 2025. “We Say You Want a Revolution Follow Iran Podcast 🎙 🎙️ open.spotify.com/show/4zlwE2FMy…

Justice is beautiful ✌️🌻 They wanted to see me on the porch of my Brooklyn home, covered in blood. I wore red instead to face my would-be assassin and to celebrate life, justice, and freedom. The Russian mobsters hired by Iranian regime sent to kill me on US soil were