Group says its new public database, including examples of students and activists, reveals extent of broad crackdown.

The report's authors said transnational repression is 'a widespread phenomenon' and 'a threat that is increasing,' with several countries pursuing it at different degrees.

Repression can be thought of as "motivated forgetting:" the active but unconscious forgetting of unacceptable drives, emotions, ideas, or memories. Unsurprisingly, repression is often confused with ...