Georgia has joined the list of countries that use transnational repression tactics, according to the Freedom House report.

In particular, the document states that six new states - Afghanistan, Benin, Georgia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe - have been added to the list of countries identified as using transnational repression.

“Last year, governments all over the world assassinated, assaulted, kidnapped, threatened, and harassed critics beyond their borders. Freedom House recorded 126 new incidents of physical, direct transnational repression during the year, bringing the total number of cases in our database, which spans 2014 to 2025, to 1,375.

The group of perpetrator governments expanded. Six new states—Afghanistan, Benin, Georgia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe—were identified as using tactics of transnational repression. As of 2025, at least 54 governments, or over a quarter of all countries in the world, have tried to silence dissidents abroad”, reads the report.