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Reason
J.D. Tuccille

Restricting Freedom of Movement Is a Favorite Tool for Repressive Regimes

When you don't like the rules—or rulers—where you live, and trying to change things isn't worth the time, effort, or danger, one good response is to get the hell out. Find someplace that's more to your taste by voting for something different with your feet. But what if the local powers-that-be don't want dissidents to go and limit paths to exit? A new report says that's exactly what many governments around the world are doing with restrictions on freedom of movement used as tools of political repression.

55 Governments Punish Critics by Restricting Movement

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