Re: Dmitry Bogatov arrested in Moscow

["Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org>]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a short (and sad) notice: Debian Maintainer Dmitry Bogatov has been
> arrested for two months today. He is accused of “organizing riots” and
> “calling for terrorist activities or justifying the use of terrorism via the
> Internet”. The court hearings will take place later, in the worst case he
> would have to spend up to 7 years in prison.
>
> A detailed story in English (though a bit outdated) is available here:
> https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/04/10/mathematics-teacher-accused-of-inciting-mass-riots-now-also-accused-of-supporting-terrorism-and-once-again-detained

Yikes!  Assuming Dmitry didn't actually call for terrorist activities 
(which would seem to be a pretty safe assumption) can Debian make a 
statement of support?  Or considering the situation would it harm more 
than help?


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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>