Re: Dmitry Bogatov arrested in Moscow

[Michael Lustfield <michael@lustfield.net>]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> [...]
> 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?

Hopefully I can respond to this while appealing to nobody's emotions...

To the best of my research, I can't find anything to indicate rights
have been or are being violated, not even by US-citizen standards.
While very few details are being released, the important details that
the outside world should be aware of have been made available.

At this point, what would Debian even take a stance against? Without
evidence of any wrong-doing from either party, I don't see what stance
can be rightfully taken because it would be based purely in
speculation.

Of course, that doesn't mean don't watch the situation and be willing
to take a stance. However, I believe it would provide any value now.
Moreover, crying wolf on injustice now would hamper the effect of
taking a stance should the situation turn sour. Additionally, should
they be found guilty of lesser charges, having raised awareness of
much larger accusations /could/ cause problems for them in the future.

tl;dr -- let's be patient and observe what happens before taking action