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This is out of date, but it has >1000 arrested and >500 charged. > https://archive.ph/56fiN https://archive.ph/56fiN IIRC, the current number is >1200 and >6
by A_D_E_P_T 2y ago
This is out of date, but it has >1000 arrested and >500 charged.
> https://archive.ph/56fiN https://archive.ph/56fiN
IIRC, the current number is >1200 and >650.
A lot of those charges are against people who were just memeing on social media, e.g.:
> https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2024/august/man-arrested-in-birmingham-over-social-media-posts-about-protests/ https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/n...
> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr548zdmz3jo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr548zdmz3jo
> https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2024/8/men-jailed-after-posting-racist-messages-on-social-media https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2...
Those sentences are not light! And, "will they change anything," the BBC asks? But somehow Serbia is the digital prison. It's equal parts laughable and terrifying.
- throwaway290 2y agoThanks!