Re: Dmitry Bogatov arrested in Moscow

[Clint Byrum <spamaps@debian.org>]

Excerpts from Wouter Verhelst's message of 2017-04-13 09:22:06 +0200:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 02:45:33PM +0100, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Would it be uncontrovercial to merely announce the basic facts as we
> > know them?
> > 
> >     The Debian Project is concerned to hear that one of our members,
> >     (person, notability) has been (details of incident).
> > 
> >     We await further details of the case against him, but hope that
> >     (something about fair trial and due process).
> > 
> >     In the meantime, the Debian Project has taken measures to secure its
> >     systems (revocation of keys / credentials in his possession).
> 
> This is so obviously the right thing to do that it puzzles me to see other
> people in our community assuming we should do something stronger, and
> then rejecting the whole idea based on that position.
> 
> Yes, we should do this, as an official position of the project.
> Preferably today, but if we can't reach Dmitry or his legal
> representation today, then before the end of the week.
> 

I agree with your position.