Emile Dirks

@emiledirks.bsky.social

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Senior research associate @citizenlab.ca, board member @pencanada.bsky.social. Researching policing, biometric surveillance, and authoritarianism.

The text reads: "On Thailand’s Forced Return of Uyghurs to China
Press Statement

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

February 27, 2025"

Five gaunt figures walk along a barren landscape, their forms set against a moonlit sky and dark clouds. The painting depicts the spirits of the Indigenous children who died in Canada's residential school system.

The cover of the book "Details of Democracy." The title is written in simplified Chinese. The cover image is of a starry sky, with the edge of a US flag peaking out at the bottom of the frame.