On Wednesday 25 June, the European Parliament, through its Human Rights Subcommittee, examined for the first time the phenomenon of transnational repression of human rights defenders, which also concerns defenders established in EU countries who are subject to campaigns of intimidation, harassment, particularly digital harassment, and even kidnapping or assassination by third countries.
The sub-committee debated the own-initiative report by Chloé Ridel (S&D, French), which condemns a...