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His passport was invalidated involuntary.
by emilsedgh 10y ago
His passport was invalidated involuntary.
- pvg 10y agoHe wasn't exiled. He left the country, was charged with a crime, chose not to return. This is not how exile happens to people persecuted by authoritarian regimes. They leave under duress.
- sp332 10y agoIt's also what happens to actual criminals, so it's not that useful as a differentiator.
- pvg 10y agoWhat state commonly exiles its own citizens that are actual criminals?
- sp332 10y agoI don't know what you mean by expels. He ran before anyone knew that data was missing.
- pvg 10y agoI didn't say expels. You started talking about criminals, apropos of I don't actually know what. Snowden wasn't 'exiled' from the US. His situation is not analogous to that of people who are. That's all I'm saying.