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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by ossobuco on Friday July 19, 2024 @06:27AM (#41004573)
> If someone in the security apparatus decides that you should be taken hostage, tortured and beaten to death to show off to your government, they will do it and there will be no way for your consulate to help you.

Nah, just don't break their laws, it's pretty simple.

European friends of mine visited Iran a few years ago, they even had some hookups with Tinder. I was very surprised at the time, their description felt like the opposite of what I was told about Iran by the media.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by sam_lowry_ on Friday July 19, 2024 @08:23AM (#41005674)
> Nah, just don't break their laws, it's pretty simple.

Merely opening this link [1] would send you into trouble irrespective of whether you are local or a tourist. This is the chatbot of an opposition media in exile, FYI. There is for sure a law under which you will be prosecuted.

[1] https://t.me/nextamail_bot

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by ossobuco on Friday July 19, 2024 @09:05AM (#41006109)
As I said, don't break their laws. When in Rome...
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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by lesuorac on Friday July 19, 2024 @10:03AM (#41006713)
Nobody is going to learn all the laws of a country. When the laws/custom of a country are so different than yours that a trivially legal act in your country becomes highly illegal in that country you should avoid that country because who knows what else you'll do that'll get you into trouble.
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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by actionfromafar on Friday July 19, 2024 @10:32AM (#41006954)
Iran in particular has started to take foreigners hostage to trade prisoners with abroad. Laws don't matter much in Iran.
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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by sam_lowry_ on Friday July 19, 2024 @10:54AM (#41007156)
Same in Russia. Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in prison today.
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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @07:52AM (#41108171)
Here is the case of a German citizen likely caught as hostage: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c28eym731zjo
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