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TomWilm

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36. Then you are not paying enough attention to the Western Press ...

Wed Mar 16, 2022, 04:18 AM

Mar 2022

... but these stories can be hard to find. Western journalists are only eager to write about Russian deserters.

Members of the media are suffering harassment at the hands of the Ukrainian authorities. Among them is the journalist Ruslan Kotsaba—Amnesty International's first Ukrainian prisoner of conscience. Ruslan Kotsaba was arrested after he expressed opposition to military conscription of Ukrainians. After being formally charged on "high treason," he faces up to 15 years in prison.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraines-suspicious-deaths-must-be-credibly-investigated-323796

Kotsaba spent 524 days behind bars. First court acquitted him, but the state did not give up: Since September 2021, Kotsaba are in courts again, accused of “treason and obstruction of military operations”.

- Ukraine Passes Law Allowing Military to Shoot Deserters.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-passes-law-shoot-deserters-304911

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