@jeffw to World NewsEnglish • 16 days agoAn Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leaderwww.npr.orgmessage-square33arrow-up1181arrow-down13
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish48•16 days agoYeah. Russia did the same to protesters who held blank signs after the invasion of Ukraine.
minus-square@ArbiterlinkEnglish27•16 days agoYeah, the idea is the words are illegal to say but by saying nothing you know what they are protesting.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish17•15 days agothe problem with this is, you can arrest anyone, claiming they protested by doing nothing
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•15 days agoYea, well. I don’t think it’s contrary to the politics of the regime.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•16 days agoEngland on the bandwagon too: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-monarchy-protest-russia-police-b2166183.html
Yeah. Russia did the same to protesters who held blank signs after the invasion of Ukraine.
Yeah, the idea is the words are illegal to say but by saying nothing you know what they are protesting.
the problem with this is, you can arrest anyone, claiming they protested by doing nothing
Yea, well. I don’t think it’s contrary to the politics of the regime.
England on the bandwagon too:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-monarchy-protest-russia-police-b2166183.html