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. "The governments of at least 55 ...

At least 55 governments in the past decade have restricted the freedom of movement for people they deem as threats, including journalists, according to a Freedom House report published Thursday.

In its new report "No Way In or Out: Authoritarian Controls on the Freedom of Movement," Freedom House, highlights authoritarian states' growing use of mobility restrictions as a tool of repression.