Thread by @Peterinexile

Today @SafeguardDefend latest report out, #TRAPPED, on China's changing and quickly growing use of #ExitBans. Summary below.

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@SafeguardDefend With the new revised Counter Espionage Law, there are now 15 laws, and numerous regulations, that can be used to issue #ExitBans. Many of them from over the last five years.

@SafeguardDefend Exact numbers are hard to come by, but data that do exist points towards an eight-fold increase from 2016 to 2022, especially during XJP's second mandate period.

@SafeguardDefend As with #HouseArrests (see our #HomeAsPrison report), the *lawful* use of #ExitBans is complemented with entirely illegal use, with no process or legal basis. Which is the most common form is impossible to say, but the latter is rampant.

@SafeguardDefend Now even non-judicial bodies can issue #ExitBans and in some cases without having to justify it at all. Many are not even informed of its existence until they try to leave.