Online Presentation of No Escape – Tackling Gender-Based Digital Transnational Repression: March 24, 10 am ET

Announcement for a March 24, 2025 virtual presentation and Q&A on The Citizen Lab’s December 2024 report, “No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression,” featuring researchers Siena Anstis, Noura Aljizawi, and Marcus Michaelsen, with opening remarks by MEP Hannah Neumann and moderation by Emile Dirks. The session will discuss findings from interviews with 85 women human rights defenders and journalists across 24 countries, detailing tactics by authoritarian regimes—online harassment, defamation, and invasive surveillance—and explore actionable solutions to protect activists and journalists.