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Re:Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years ... by dralley on Sunday August 13, 2023 @05:59PM (#37114973)
> It is not for criticizing; the first sentence of TFA says "accusing Russian soldiers of committing crimes in Ukraine." So, libel.

He shared a video of Russian troops committing crimes, in Ukraine. Which they are - both in that video and thousands of others besides. Truthful statements are not libel.

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Re:Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years ... by pphysch on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:17PM (#37115128)
> Truthful statements are not libel.

But they might impact national security.

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Re:Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years ... by dralley on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:25PM (#37115221)
In approximately the same sense that reporting about Abu Ghraib could be considered to impact American "national security", or sharing videos of abuses by Israeli soldiers in Gaza could be considered to impact Israeli "national security".
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Re:Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years ... by 221qqwe on Monday August 14, 2023 @02:25AM (#37118080)
Well, the Nazis were using the same arguments when they were publicly hanging children and other people for what they said...
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Re:Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years ... by donottell on Monday August 14, 2023 @09:49AM (#37120983)
And then there are thousands of ucranian war crimes which you have no trouble to ignore. Or your own war crimes in Iraq and other countries, exposed by Assange, who, unlike Gluhovskii, trusted his part of the world legal system to protect him..
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