Middle East & Africa | How Syria controls its dissidents
Banning travel
When the regime gets edgy, it stops its critics from going abroad
|Damascus
RATHER than kicking troublesome figures out, some countries, especially in the Middle East, like to keep them in. In Syria travel bans have been routinely used to prevent people from going abroad. Their use seems to be rising.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Banning travel"
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