Russian blogger sentenced for "extremist" post
We read:
"A Russian man who described local police as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of a crackdown on free speech online.
Savva Terentiev, a 28-year-old musician from Syktyvkar, 1,515 kilometres (940 miles) north of Moscow, wrote in a blog last year that the police force should be cleaned up by ceremonially burning officers twice a day in a town square.
Convicted on charges of "inciting hatred or enmity", Terentiev was given a one-year suspended term on Monday, Russian news agencies reported.
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It's what you expect of Russia but the sentence was in fact very mild. Canada is worse.
Perhaps the blogger thought he was living in the US, where he would be praised for such comments? Does he think he's living in a free country? And yes, if they really wanted to punish him, they'd send him off to Canada!
ReplyDeleteEvidently he forgot the judicial system might be related to the police force.
ReplyDeleteThe police force has become the judiciary, and not just in Russia.
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