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[https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/07/russia-criminalizes-independent-war-reporting-anti-war-protests by HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 7/3/22] | [https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/07/russia-criminalizes-independent-war-reporting-anti-war-protests by HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 7/3/22] | ||
Update (March 23, 2022): In the three days after the law’s adoption on March 4, Russian authorities opened at least 60 cases on the administrative offense of “discrediting Russian armed forces,” the vast majority against peaceful anti-war protesters. By March 23, at least six criminal cases had been opened for “false information” about Russian armed forces’ actions, at least three of which involved aggravated charges. Reports in the media estimate that at least 150 journalists fled Russia within two weeks of the start of this war on February 24. | Update (March 23, 2022): In the three days after the law’s adoption on March 4, Russian authorities opened at least 60 cases on the administrative offense of “discrediting Russian armed forces,” the vast majority against peaceful anti-war protesters. By March 23, at least six criminal cases had been opened for “false information” about Russian armed forces’ actions, at least three of which involved aggravated charges. Reports in the media estimate that at least 150 journalists fled Russia within two weeks of the start of this war on February 24. | ||
=====The Drug War and “National Security”===== | |||
[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-drug-war-and/ by Jefferson Morley and Malcolm Byrne 1989 DISSENT] | |||
The war on drugs is entering its twentieth year. On October 24, 1969, President Richard Nixon called a press conference to issue the initial declaration of war. Every president since has escalated the hostilities. President-elect Bush promises to do the same. Yet there is still no prospect of success. | |||
