[Free-sklyarov-uk] Flyer

[Richard Kay]

I thought Alan Cox's view below very hard hitting and
straightforward. How about including (a possibly slightly 
edited version or extract from ) this ? (Is this OK Alan ?) 

http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/thoughts.html

Richard K.
rich at copsewood.net

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Researcher Detained By Government Agents

A brilliant young researcher who was invited to give a talk on the other
side of the former iron curtain has been detained by government agents.
As he left for the airport following the event he was seized and is now
being held without even a bail hearing having occurred.

His crime, to speak truths that were unpopular with powerful groups
funding the political apparatus.

While his wife and young children are left in tears desperate for
information he faces five years in jail under a law pushed through by
politicians bribed hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so. Even the
prosecutor is tangled in this twisted mess. He has promotion to the head
of the government internal security sevice resting on how he handles
this case.

A series of protests have begun. Even right thinking natives are
organising protests against this abuse of the values of freedom we all
hold dear.

This dreadful warning to anyone thinking of crossing to police states on
the wrong side of the former iron curtain has already sent conference
organisers scrambling to move their events. One conference has already
relocated for next year, fearing further attacks.
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:02:39PM +0100, Julian T. J. Midgley wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 11:02:02AM +0100 or thereabouts, Julian T. J. Midgley wrote:
> > > I've put a copy of Anton's flyer on the web page in PDF, Postscript and
> > > Word formats.  Could people have a quick look at it and check that it says
> > > all we want it to say?
> >
> > It's a probably a bit late to spot this :(
> 
> No - there's plenty of time to spot this - the flyer is on the website at
> the moment mostly so that we can discuss it and ensure we get it right
> before we print it for distribution at the protest on Friday.
> 
> 
> > But the fact that this is a US law which is being applied to acts
> > outside the US is only apparent when you read the quotes from people.
> > It's not in the main explanation.
> 
> I'll edit it to make this clearer.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Julian
> -- 
> Julian T. J. Midgley                    http://www.xenoclast.org
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> 
> 
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