WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following news:
At a congressional hearing co-chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), victims of "transnational repression" shared personal accounts of harassment, threats and intimidation by foreign governments attempting to silence criticism by members of their exile or diaspora communities living here in the United States.
"I'd like to be able to say that these stories of transnational repression are rare-that it is unusual or uncommon for foreign governments to harm, intimidate, silence, abduct, or spy on members of diaspora and exile communities in the US and other countries," said Smith, who chaired two additional hearings highlighting the issue over the past year.
"But it's not rare,"...