jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAn Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leaderwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down13
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkAn Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leaderwww.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·2 months agoYeah. Russia did the same to protesters who held blank signs after the invasion of Ukraine.
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoYeah, the idea is the words are illegal to say but by saying nothing you know what they are protesting.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agothe problem with this is, you can arrest anyone, claiming they protested by doing nothing
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoYea, well. I don’t think it’s contrary to the politics of the regime.
minus-squareShareMySims@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months 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