ÇİN’İN UYGURLARA KARŞI ULUSÖTESİ BASKISI DOI Creative Commons
Yalkun Uluyol

Doğu Asya Araştırmaları Dergisi, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 26 - 48

Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2023

How does the Chinese government control and monitor its citizens beyond borders? The present article seeks to answer this question by focusing on threats intimidations faced Uyghur diaspora in Türkiye aims improve scholarly understanding of methods transnational repression. study explores mechanisms China’s repression patterns experiences targets. Close examination relevant studies in-depth interviews with targets living show that state-sponsored actors use digital channels or direct phone calls harass Uyghurs abroad. In most cases, targets’ families back home are involved as intermediaries coercion subjects punishment if target refuses “collaborate.” Results from reveal state agencies at abroad, such neighborhood working groups, police, embassies, consulates,

Язык: Английский

Gender-based digital transnational repression and the authoritarian targeting of women in the diaspora DOI
Marcus Michaelsen, Siena Anstis

Democratization, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 23

Опубликована: Март 18, 2025

Authoritarian governments rely on digital transnational repression to silence criticism and dissent outside their territories. Women human rights defenders journalists in exile the diaspora face particular, gendered forms of threats that exploit gender identity intimidate, shame discredit them. Based 51 qualitative interviews with women originating from six countries (Azerbaijan, Eritrea, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Xinjiang/China) residing 17 host countries, this article investigates some key tactics gender-based repression. We argue monitoring, invasive surveillance, online harassment defamation aim either subject exiled activists control repressive state again or stigmatize distance them communities. By turning misogyny into a tool political repression, authoritarian regimes are able amplify attacks against activists, expanding actor configurations involved strategies. Our findings highlight how extends domination domestic "offline" settings space field.

Язык: Английский

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Cultivating seeds abroad: China’s and Turkey’s diaspora youth diplomacy DOI Creative Commons
Ayca Arkilic,

James Jiann Hua To

Globalizations, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 21

Опубликована: Июнь 4, 2024

China and Turkey are among the world's top emigrant sending countries. How why have they invested in their diaspora youth, particularly over last two decades? The significance of young diasporans for international affairs remains understudied. Building on concept 'diaspora youth diplomacy', we provide a rare comparative study investigating diplomacy show that similarly engage through homeland tours, linguistic educational programmes, empowerment strategies. These initiatives seek to maintain Chinese Turkish presence abroad by forging loyal support, which is crucial regime survival these countries' global reputation as strong powers. Yet host countries also interpreted endeavours security threat. Our findings draw from official documents, speeches, polls, news sources Chinese, Turkish, English better understanding foreign context state sovereignty, security, authoritarianism.

Язык: Английский

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Transnational Repression: International Cooperation in Silencing Dissent DOI
Rebecca Cordell, Kashmiri Medhi

International Studies Quarterly, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 68(3)

Опубликована: Июнь 24, 2024

Abstract Why do some states assist other countries to reach across national borders and repress their diaspora, while others not? Transnational repression involves host (including democracies) working closely with origin (typically autocracies) transfer citizens living abroad into custody silence dissent. We expect international cooperation on transnational rely a country’s domestic rule of law (opportunity repress) economic ties the country (leverage cooperate). To measure repression, we present new data containing 608 direct physical cases from 2014 2020 involving 160 unique dyads (79 31 countries). test our hypotheses using dataset 33,615 directed dyad-years that accounts for refugee flows between pairs find empirical support theoretical argument. Autocracies are better able elicit human rights violations have shared interests weak law. Our findings provide one first quantitative foreign complicity in extraterritorial policy implications civil society activists seek prevent governments committing future abuses against nationals abroad.

Язык: Английский

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ÇİN’İN UYGURLARA KARŞI ULUSÖTESİ BASKISI DOI Creative Commons
Yalkun Uluyol

Doğu Asya Araştırmaları Dergisi, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 26 - 48

Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2023

How does the Chinese government control and monitor its citizens beyond borders? The present article seeks to answer this question by focusing on threats intimidations faced Uyghur diaspora in Türkiye aims improve scholarly understanding of methods transnational repression. study explores mechanisms China’s repression patterns experiences targets. Close examination relevant studies in-depth interviews with targets living show that state-sponsored actors use digital channels or direct phone calls harass Uyghurs abroad. In most cases, targets’ families back home are involved as intermediaries coercion subjects punishment if target refuses “collaborate.” Results from reveal state agencies at abroad, such neighborhood working groups, police, embassies, consulates,

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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