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Siena Anstis

Siena Anstis is a senior legal advisor with the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (University of Toronto).

Transnational Repression Against Exiled Women Activists — A projection on the Louvre Museum in Paris by Amnesty International depicts jailed Saudi human rights activists including Loujain Al-Athloul (C) and reads “Mr Macron, demand their release,” ahead of the virtual G20 summit in November 2020. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images

Transnational Repression Against Exiled Women Activists

In Spring 2011, as the uprising against Bashar Al-Assad erupted in Syria, Sana, the daughter of Syrian exiles living in Canada, began engaging in online activism. Her support for the revolution rapidly gained traction among fellow Syrians and a widening global audience. But as her voice grew louder, she found

Noura Aljizawi, Siena Anstis, Marcus Michaelsen • 13 min read