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In reply to the discussion: The Errors of Edward Snowden and His Global Hypocrisy Tour [View all]Cha
(297,275 posts)19. Way to show your GrandHOOHA Hypocrisy, Snowden..
As for Russia, the crackdown on public activism has intensified in recent months, which, again, has led to Human Rights Watch issuing a report just a few weeks before Snowden landed in Moscow. The crackdown is threatening civil society, said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. The EU has spoken out strongly in recent months, but now is the time to directly call on Russias leadership to revise restrictive laws and stop the harassment of independent groups. Primarily, the Russians are going after hundreds of rights groups and related activist organizations as part of a massive campaign to force them to register as foreign agents. The authorities are seeking to define political so broadly as to make any involvement in public life that is not controlled by the government off-limits, Williamson said. They are also trying to tarnish groups with the foreign agents label, which in Russia can only mean spy.
Russia gets rid of their Leakers to make room for ours.
thanks ProSense
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we must never undermine the security of the ever-growing police state and it's massive
msongs
Jun 2013
#1
No, we must undermine it appropriately with validity, because to do otherwise invites greater
patrice
Jun 2013
#27
Have you heard that the NSA is engaged in a massive surveillance program
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#3
Posting this because of the great comments from the jury. Maybe some will take heed...
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#9
Being pro-Democrat DEMOCRAT on a DEMOCRATIC web site is now referred to as...
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#37
No, it's not illegal. If it's the kind of law that should be amended, or even declared
patrice
Jun 2013
#26
"..you are either paranoid in the extreme, or you have a sense of self-importance to beat the band."
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#30
I said the same thing in another moronic thread where someone was trying to make that point
Number23
Jun 2013
#36
But, but, Infowars says Putin is a patriot! And Cuba is the last refuge of freedom! No shit!
freshwest
Jul 2013
#38