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Hmmm, in what other country is it a punishable offence to make fun of its dear leaders? Thailand? North Korea? Myanmar? Like it or not, these countries are who

• vbezhenar 1y ago
  Almost any country can deny entry at will of border officer.
  • jajuuka 1y ago
    You completely missed the point. The issue isn't denying entry, it's denying entry for this reason.
    • Workaccount2 1y ago
      He was detained before the image was found. It's most likely there is another detail to this story that is being left out.
  • remram 1y ago
    Don't go by the submitted title only. He was detained for hours with no food or water, beaten up, strip-searched, forced to give blood samples.
  • happytoexplain 1y ago
    And yet in practice, this example is rare. "Can" is not "should" or "is immune from criticism for doing so".
• smsm42 1y ago
  Germany: https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-investigation-social-media-user-calling-female-politician-fat https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-inves... France: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-faces-trial-for-insulting-macron-on-facebook https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-... Spain: https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/belgian-court-of-appeals-rejects-extraditing-rapper-valtonyc-2 https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/belgian-cou... Poland: https://www.intellinews.com/polish-writer-faces-prison-for-calling-president-duda-a-moron-206202/ https://www.intellinews.com/polish-writer-faces-prison-for-c... United Kingdom: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/queen-elizabeth-death-protests-arrest-police/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/queen-elizab... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/16/activist-shocked-conviction-cameron-protest https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/16/activist-shock... Italy: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/18/italian-journalist-ordered-pay-damages-mocking-giorgia-meloni-height?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/18/italia... Note in most of these cases people prosecuted faced graver consequences than not being let into the country, and were full citizens, not foreigners.
  • smsm42 1y ago
    I omitted Netherlands because while they did actually have lèse-majesté laws on the books, and prosecuted people under it, they abolished it after Trump's first presidency. OK, I am kidding, it had nothing at all to do with Trump, they just abolished it in 2020 without any connection to what happened in the US. Belgium abolished similar law in 2023. Switzerland allows you to mock local politicians, but not foreign ones based in Switzerland (go figure). Portugal, Iceland, Denmark and Brazil still seem to have such codes, though I am not aware of any recent prosecutions (maybe they exist, I'm just lazy and don't want to make this into a whole M.Sc. thesis in political science).
• esbranson 1y ago
  Pretty sure the comparison is between people who know what their country is doing, versus those who have no clue.