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Gonzalo Lira’s Father Pleads With The US: “He’s Facing 6-8 Years in Prison for Speaking His Mind”

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Gonzalo Lira’s Father Pleads With The US: “He’s Facing 6-8 Years in Prison for Speaking His Mind” via Kim Iversen

Previously:

Father of Gonzalo Lira, American jailed in Ukraine, speaks out against “political imprisonment”

US vs. Gonzalo Lira

US vs. Gonzalo Lira

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Lambert here: As before, Lira hold dual Chilean-American citizenship. So Yves remarks:

I suggest Lira followers call their Chilean Embassy or Consulate to demand that Lira either be allowed his freedom or transported safely out of Ukraine.

Worth noting that Lira seems to be part of a more general enforcement of “Their Democracy”:

Ukraine security forces are rounding up and arresting what they call "internet agitators" whose heinous crimes allegedly include posting political opinions online, using certain social media sites, and criticizing the Ukraine military. Freedom and democracy on full display pic.twitter.com/NaemEuKBRh
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 6, 2023

I love it that “glorification” can be a crime in Ukraine. We should do that!
US vs. Gonzalo Lira

Source: Twitter.

Ukraine Jails US Commentator Gonzalo Lira for Speaking Uncomfortable Facts (odysse) via The New Atlas

Related:

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Detaining Gonzalo Lira: Another blow to the freedom of press in Ukraine

Chilean journalist, Gonzalo Lira, arrested in Ukraine

Testimony Reveals Zelensky’s Secret Police Plot to ‘Liquidate’ Opposition Figure Anatoly Shariy

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Accounts from the Ukrainian SBU’s torture prison reveal Zelensky’s plot to assassinate exiled opposition figure and leading journalist Anatoly Shariy.
Testimony Reveals Zelensky’s Secret Police Plot to ‘Liquidate’ Opposition Figure Anatoly Shariy