🇷🇺 In Russia, Putin’s goons on Wednesday raided the home of Marina Ovsyannikova, the former TV journalist who protested the Ukraine war on air in March. Probably to plant evidence of a crime.
?? In Pakistan, Shahbaz Gill, an ally of former President Imran Khan was arrested and a TV station taken off the air Tuesday for broadcasting Gill’s allegedly “seditious” comments about the country’s army. Not really clear which side is less evil here since Khan is a scumbag too.
?? In Uganda, authorities last week banned an LGBTQ rights group “with immediate effect”, saying they hadn’t filled out all the required registration paperwork to operate as a legal entity.
?? In Myanmar, Japanese journalist Toru Kubota faces a lengthy prison sentence on fake visa violation charges after his arrest last week while covering a protest against the ruling junta.
?? In Venezuela, right wing opposition leader Juan Requesens was sentenced to eight years in prison last week for his alleged involvement in a 2018 assassination attempt on dictator Nicholas Maduro, rasing the important question of the hell the guy only got eight years and not death.
?? In Saudi Arabia, Egyptian TikTok influencer Tala Safwan was arrested last week for a video containing “sexually suggestive content,” when she joked about having a guy come over for sex.
?? In the United States, a (mostly) First World country, the home of fat former President Trump was raided Monday by federal law enforcement agents executing a search warrant over suspicion that Trump had stolen classified documents from the White House as he left office in disgrace in January 2021. The search warrant was approved by United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was confirmed to his position by the United States Senate in 2021 by a vote of 70 to 30, FBI Director Christopher Wray who was confirmed to his position by the United States Senate in 2017 by a vote of 92 to 5, and US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart who was confirmed by a panel of federal judges in 2018. There have yet to be any credible accusations of malfeasance or abuse raised over the warrant’s approval and execution, just lots of bitching from his fans invoking “Third World nations” in their wails. They can go fuck themselves.