It's really important that you raised that aspect.
When we started this research and were asking our interviewees about the impact, we focused only on the impact on their work: “Is it causing you to curtail your activism, and if so, why?” In the first interviews, we realized that a lot of the activists we were speaking to, who are victims of transnational repression, were spontaneously bringing up the personal aspect—the emotional distress from the pressure they were under. Because of their work, their families back in Iran, India or China are being pressured, threatened and so on. That distress, in some cases, is massive. We're documenting a lot of these instances. We've decided to shift our focus a bit and systematically include this in our research.
The reality is that it's really difficult to think about practical solutions at that level. Should there be resources at the community or society level for victims of transnational repression? The obvious answer is yes. How do you do this, especially given that in many cases it wouldn't be a federal responsibility? It's not easy. There are ways for the government to support community organizations in providing either the psychological or emotional care itself, or at least in providing advice on where to get it.