#transnational-repression

#transnational-repression

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed what would have been landmark legislation aimed at protecting Californians from transnational repression, when foreign governments target diaspora communities and expatriates living in other countries. Newsom's decision is a missed opportunity to help Californians feel safer, especially the state's sizable South Asian community, which for years has faced intimidation and violence orchestrated by India's Hindu nationalist government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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