Yes, I can also speak to some of the interviews I've undertaken with diaspora members here in Canada.
It's quite concerning when people begin to laugh off a dead rat on their front porch as, “Oh, they tried to intimidate me with a dead rat, as if that would do anything.” Their tires are slashed, and they just say, “Oh, now I have to buy new tires.” These types of incidents happen to diaspora and dissident communities so frequently that our community begins to see them as jokes, as just a part of our daily lives. That is incredibly unfair for all of our allies, because we should not be afraid to go outside. We should not be afraid that there's a dead rat sitting on our front porch or that our tires will be slashed because we intend to attend a protest today, yet that's the pattern of behaviour that many, many dissidents are experiencing and continue to survive.