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muriel_volestrangler

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10. Kidnapping is still kidnapping, even when done to people without cameras

Reply to newthinking (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 02:26 PM

Apr 2014

You shouldn't need a press card to stop it. Meeting people in your own country is not an excuse for someone to kidnap you. There is no excuse for kidnapping, in fact. "Citizen's arrests" involve handing someone over to the police, not kidnapping them.

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Pro-Russian Activists Detain Ukrainian Journalist for "War Crimes" [View all] Bosonic Apr 2014 OP

A Journalist accused of war crimes? Putin just keeps dropping lower. nt 7962 Apr 2014 #1

so, are these the actions of heroes or terrorists? OKNancy Apr 2014 #2

Tit for tat ? dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #3

So, the assault on journalists have begun by the Russians... blackspade Apr 2014 #4

Information from her press conference today, press card out of date, ties to neonazis Catherina Apr 2014 #5

Thank you Catherine - So much twisting to misdirect people newthinking Apr 2014 #8

Kidnapping is still kidnapping, even when done to people without cameras muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #10

Also former mayor of Sloviansk, Nellie Shtepa, 'being held' for unspecified reasons Bosonic Apr 2014 #6

Yeah, Shtepa made a minor mistake. Igel Apr 2014 #7

Report: Vice Journalist Captured in Eastern Ukraine Bosonic Apr 2014 #9