https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/01/31/eu-leaders-drag-their-fe...
It's highly unlikely this guy will actually go to prison. weev, on the other hand, did go to prison. Is the US a "repressive state"?
Well, it has the biggest incarceration rates per capita, and the biggest death penalty rates, of the whole world, and a horrible legal system (three strikes, for example, or the tons of people that went to jail for BS like marijuana). It has the top incidents of cops killing people in the western world. Heck, until the 70s it even have segregation laws.
Then there's the circus that are internal politics (the same two parties alternating in power for a century, following a bizarro multi-step process as remote from the actual people's vote as possible, with gerrymandering on top, and fat pockets with millions in promotion needed to have any chance as a candidate). Oh, and legal lobbying.
That said, they do have a decent rule of law, a legacy of respect for freedom of speech, and quite good representation at the state level.
[Edit: added some counter-items for balance]
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world-2018-table-cou...
aren't they beaten by Singapour on the execution per citizen ratio? They certainly were, a few years ago.
You can't say the same for all the people that die anonymously in certain countries that don't respect (or even have) laws that much.
> Hungary’s Prosecutor Office has indicted the white hat hacker
> 'the Prosecutor’s Office is asking for a prison sentence' despite the fact that in the indictment files 'it is not clear what exactly has he done.' The files lack the place, time, and means of the committed crimes he is accused of, 'and in general, nothing that would be necessary to present the lawful accusation in detail',"
The Prosecutor's Office is a state body, is it not?