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That’s not what that means. See [1] - “States will define as political crimes any behaviour perceived as a threat, real or imagined, to the state's survival, in
by stephen_g 5y ago
That’s not what that means. See [1] - “States will define as political crimes any behaviour perceived as a threat, real or imagined, to the state's survival, including both violent and non-violent oppositional crimes”
As in it’s political not because of party politics, but because it’s threatened the power of politically powerful people and agencies in the US establishment.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_crime