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by dralley 1038 days ago
> 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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donottell 1038 days ago
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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pphysch 1038 days ago
> Truthful statements are not libel.

But they might impact national security.

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dralley 1038 days ago
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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221qqwe 1038 days ago
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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