Transnational repression, on the record.
Polaris is designed for individuals from the Hong Kong, Tibetan, Uyghur, and mainland Chinese communities, as well as for allies in the United States who continue to experience the Chinese Communist Party’s transnational repression.
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Assess your risk
Ten short questions about your situation, asked one at a time, with a calm read of your exposure and a few practical steps to consider next.
Begin the assessment →II.
Report an incident
A place to put down what happened: when, where, and what you remember, one section at a time. You decide whether to share contact details for follow-up.
Start a report →III.
See the public overview
An aggregate map and a few summary statistics drawn from community reports. No individual report or location is shown.
Open the overview →What is Transnational Repression?
When foreign governments seek to intimidate, silence, coerce, harass, or harm members of diaspora and exile communities, it is known as transnational repression.
Transnational repression may take the following forms:
- stalking
- online disinformation campaigns
- harassment
- intimidation or threats
- forcing or coercing the victim to return to their country of origin
- threatening or detaining family members or friends in the country of origin
- abusive legal practices (e.g., lawsuits, asset freezes, or withholding legal documents such as passports)
- cyberhacking
- assault
- attempted kidnapping
- attempted murder
- others