Assassination to intimidation: dissidents targeted across borders
Assassination and unlawful deportations are some of the methods that regimes use against activists and dissidents.
Ronald Powers
Veteran journalist, storyteller, photographer, with 40+ years at AP as a reporter, national editor and Washington bureau supervisor.
Washington
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