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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Jun 3

A great summary of our panel on @icij.org 's #ChinaTargets at #Dataharvest 2025 - in a few pen strokes and colors by Pieter Fannes/ @journalismarena.eu

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 28

Chinese government records reviewed by @icij.org as part of #ChinaTargets reveal a yearslong push to silence @rfa.org ‬ and target old classmates & friends of Shohret Hoshur, a Uyghur reporter who exposed human rights abused in #Xinjiang www.icij.org/investigatio...

Beijing targeted friends of U.S.-based reporter amid campaign against Radio Free Asia, documents reveal - ICIJ

Xinjiang police records detail a yearslong Chinese government push to silence the news outlet, which the Trump administration has dismantled.

www.icij.org

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 24

See you soon!

Maria Christoph @mariachristoph.bsky.social · May 22

📌 The next day — Saturday, May 24 (11:15–12:30 CEST) — I’m honored to join the brilliant @scillaa.bsky.social and Jelena Cosic on stage for a session on @icij.org's latest cross-border project, #ChinaTargets.

🔗 Session Info: dataharvest25.sched.com/event/23Xt8/...

#Dataharvest #EIJC25

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paper trail media @papertrailmedia.de · May 22

📌Saturday, May 24
⏰ 11:15 am

#ChinaTargets: How ICIJ investigated China's transnational repression and its abuse of Interpol and the U.N.

Our colleague @mariachristoph.bsky.social talks with @scillaa.bsky.social (@icij.org) & Jelena Cosic (@icij.org)

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 21

Some of us from @icij.org will be heading to #EIJ25 soon. We look forward to meeting new & old colleagues in Mechelen #DataHarvest

ICIJ @icij.org · May 20

ICIJ will be at Dataharvest this week!

Catch up with our training manager Jelena Cosic, deputy head of data and research ‪@karriekehoe.bsky.social‬ and reporter @scillaa.bsky.social‬ at their sessions this Friday and Saturday.

Check out the #EIJC25 schedule here: buff.ly/UCVNqBb

Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference Schedule

Check out the schedule for Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

dataharvest25.sched.com

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 3

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about our #ChinaTargets investigation in collaboration with 42 media outlets. @icij.org

Yuka Royer @yukaf24.bsky.social · May 3

On this week’s Access Asia, @icij.org ‘s @scillaa.bsky.social speaks to @en.france24.com about the findings of the latest, worldwide investigation into China’s “transnational repression”

f24.my/B8dO

Access Asia - 'China Targets': New investigation explores how Beijing extends its repression worldwide

China has instrumentalised the UN, Interpol and Western law enforcement to hunt down and intimidate government critics living abroad, according to a new worldwide investigation led by the Internationa...

f24.my

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Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social · May 2

Bay Fang, the predident of Radio Free Asia, bold, brave and righteous like her incredible reporters who risk everything to bear witness to the truth www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Silencing Radio Free Asia. Now China Doesn’t Have To.

The U.S. government’s dismantling of Radio Free Asia means giving Beijing’s propaganda free rein.

www.nytimes.com

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 2

“These overseas dissident groups might seem like peripheral-ish figures to us. ‘What harm can they cause?’ But the CCP doesn’t see it like that,” China security expert Edward Schwarck told @icij.org. “It’s ensuring that a lot of these activists overseas don’t have the capacity to threaten China.”

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 2

@icij.org ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond. #ChinaTargets

www.icij.org/investigatio...

Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing’s tactics to silence dissent across continents - ICIJ

ICIJ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.

www.icij.org

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 1

"The case illustrates how China uses all possible access points in our country to achieve its goals." www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

China benaderde PS'er voor info over covoorzitter Ecolo

Na de spionageaffaire rond een Vlaams Belanger blijkt dat China nu ook Belgische politici van traditionele partijen benadert voor informatie. De Staatsveiligheid toonde zich verontrust over contacten ...

www.tijd.be

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 1

The politician— who did not respond to comment requests— has not been charged. www.lesoir.be/672290/artic...

« China Targets » : un élu PS rabroué par la Sûreté de l’Etat pour ses liens avec la Chine

En Belgique, la Chine n’essaie pas seulement d’influencer les politiciens d’extrême droite : l’ancien échevin et bourgmestre faisant fonction de Huy Eric Dosogne (PS) a, à deux reprises, été mis en ga...

www.lesoir.be

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 1

@icij.org #ChinaTargets partners in Belgium found that intelligence services warned twice a local politician about his ties with China's intelligence & the potential risks of espionage or interference. @larsbove.bsky.social @kristofclerix.bsky.social @xacoun.bsky.social www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

Staatsveiligheid bezorgd over contacten tussen Chinese ambassade en PS-politicus

China probeert in België niet alleen politici van extreemrechtse signatuur te beïnvloeden.

www.knack.be

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · May 1

The Chinese Embassy in New Zealand criticized our #ChinaTargets partners' reporting on China's misuse of Interpol. We have the receipts: www.icij.org/investigatio... @paulapenfold.bsky.social @whljustin.bsky.social

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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · Apr 29

New report from @citizenlab.ca found that Uyghur rights activists were targeted by spearphishing campaign, including advocates featured in @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation.

www.icij.org/investigatio...

Cyberattack against Uyghur rights activists shows hallmarks of Chinese repression tactics, researchers say - ICIJ

Citizen Lab found the advocates, including some featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, were targeted with malicious software disguised as a Uyghur-language tool.

www.icij.org

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 29

"Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. ..." #ChinaTargets

Stefan Melichar @stefanmelichar.bsky.social · Apr 29

Ein weiterer Teil der #ChinaTargets Recherche unter Leitung von @icij.org - Der Interpol-Trick: Wie China internationale Auslieferungsverfahren ausnutzt www.profil.at/investigativ... @profil.at

Der Interpol-Trick: Wie China internationale Auslieferungsverfahren ausnutzt

Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. Teil zwei...

www.profil.at

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profil @profil.at · Apr 29

Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. Teil 2 der #ChinaTargets. Von @stefanmelichar.bsky.social.

Der Interpol-Trick: Wie China internationale Auslieferungsverfahren ausnutzt

Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. Teil zwei einer Investigativ-Kooperation über Chinas geheime Auslands-Strategien.

www.profil.at

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 29

Though it misuses @interpol.int 's system, China is not on the list of 6 countries currently subject to "corrective measures" by the police organization, Ostro, @icij.org reporting partner in #Slovenia found. www.ostro.si/si/zgodbe/ki...

Kitajcema namesto štajerske idile pripor na Hrvaškem — Oštro

Kitajska državljana sta skoraj leto dni preživela v hrvaškem priporu, potem ko je Kitajska za njima prek Interpola razpisala rdečo tiralico. Na koncu ju Kitajski niso izročili, brat enega od njiju pa ...

www.ostro.si

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 29

Mr H.'s case was one of 50 Red Notices ICIJ & partners examined for #ChinaTargets. The targets included businesspeople & Uyghurs accused of fraud or terrorism. Chinese authorities also used unethical practices to put pressure on them. In NZ @nzstuff.nzcow.com found: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

How Chinese authorities have hunted corruption targets on New Zealand soil

A worldwide investigation exposes how Chinese authorities allegedly use Interpol “red notices” for political ends, including targets in New Zealand.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 29

A #HongKong official told the businessman in a recorded call that Chinese authorities use two "tricks" to force Red Notice suspects to return: "The first one is to freeze all your money … the second one is to threaten your family."(第一个把你所有钱给你冻结了，第二个就是拿你家里人威胁你。)

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 29

"Jack Ma was on the line..." Our #ChinaTargets story today details how Chinese authorities weaponized Interpol & strong-armed Alibaba's founder to force a businessman & friend to return to China... www.icij.org/investigatio...

Chinese authorities exploited Interpol and strong-armed one of the world’s richest men to pursue a target - ICIJ

The case involving Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows how China weaponizes the international police agency for political ends.

www.icij.org

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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · Apr 28

#ChinaTargets

Marcus Michaelsen @mmichae1sen.bsky.social · Apr 28

New report out @citizenlab.ca A spearphishing campaign against senior @uyghurcongress.bsky.social members as part of ongoing digital transnational repression against the Uyghur diaspora. citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uygh... 1/3

Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware - The Citizen Lab

Our investigation of a spearphishing campaign that targeted senior members of the World Uyghur Congress in March 2025 reveals a highly-customized attack delivery method. The ruse used by attackers rep...

citizenlab.ca

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 28

In Ecuador "Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo" www.codigovidrio.com/code/asi-ope...

Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo - Código Vidrio

OBJETIVOS-DE-CHINA ⊗ Entrevistas con más de 100 víctimas en 23 países, junto con documentos gubernamentales internos, revelan las tácticas que utiliza sistemáticamente China para silenciar y perseguir...

www.codigovidrio.com

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 28

In the U.S. @washingtonpost.com' s @gregpmiller.bsky.social reports with @icij.org that dozens of self-described NGOs have hidden ties to the Chinese government and have taken part in an expansive campaign to subvert the work of the U.N. Human Rights Council www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

China deploys NGOs to quash criticism at U.N. organizations in Geneva

Dozens of self-described nongovernmental organizations active at the United Nations have hidden ties to Beijing, an investigation shows.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 28

In Sweden, @goteborgsposten.bsky.social's Tobias Andersson Åkerblom uncovered state threats against a Chinese anti-censorship activist www.gp.se/nyheter/gp-g...

Kinas hemliga polis når Dongling – också i Sverige

Läcka avslöjar metoderna: Utpressning • Smutskastning • Hot mot familjen

www.gp.se

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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · Apr 28

In Denmark @politiken.dk's @kjeldtoft.bsky.social & John Hansen reported on 'Eric' a former agent for China's police who targeted dissidents in SEAsia politiken.dk/internationa...

Eric sammenligner sin tidligere arbejdsplads med Nazi-Tysklands hemmelige politi, Gestapo

Kinesere, der kritiserer kommunistpartiet, er jaget vildt i hele verden. Nu fortæller en af regimets tidligere menneskejægere, spionen ’Eric’, sin historie i Politiken. I 15 år hjalp han med at spione...

politiken.dk

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