• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Still nothing about what prompted the authorities over there to deem it as a national security threat, just vague mentions of a national security law while admitting criticising the government is not actually forbidden if you don’t abuse it. Jan. 6 protesters in the US were “pro-democracy” too, and so are both sides in the ukranian war. What did he actually say in those publications that prompted this arrest?

    Am I just insane for to know a key fact about it before making my judgement of what happened?

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      1 year ago

      Authoritarians often give vague or even contradictory justifications for arresting people. Apple Daily was promoting democracy in Hong Kong which was enough for him to be made an example of.

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        1 year ago

        Democracy is a vague word that can mean different things. Both US and China call themselves democracies. Tell me what those justifications actually are and I can judge for myself instead of just believing whatever I’m told.

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          They didn’t need justifications, at least not specific ones. There’s a very distinct implication here that China vaguely found this man’s pro-democracy speech and assembly dangerous to the establishment and that was enough