Latvian public service TV @ltvdefacto reports that some 80+ migrants huddled at the Belarus-Latvian border about a week ago have disappeared, probably back into Belarus... 11 atbildes
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:15:12) |
Latvian public service TV @ltvdefacto reports that some 80+ migrants huddled at the Belarus-Latvian border about a week ago have disappeared, probably back into Belarus... | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:21:39) |
Journalists ar not allowed at the border, no independent confirmation of government or NGO versions of what is happening there - a dangerous state-caused news "blackout". | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:23:05) |
Right-wing twitter freaking out over alleged recording in English of a person claiming to represent the border guards asking the migrants to go along to another place - nothing wrong with that... | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:26:03) |
Also @ltvdefacto indicates uncertainty about the recording (which does "explain" why the migrant group is gone), but the righwingers howl fake, fake anyway... | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:29:24) |
The point for English-readers - 1) the LV far right is RACIST and regards "migrants" as worthless and doesn't care what happens to them 2) the case provides another chance to demonize public service and mainstream Latvian media. | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:32:39) |
Also, Latvian rightwingers portray the border migrant crisis as "hybrid warfare" (it probably is) but label ANY criticism of what is happening as treasonous and serving "Lukashenko". In other words, shut up, don't ask, stay away to the media. | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:36:36) |
In fact, anyone who questions the purpose of having people huddled in the rain on a borderline is automatically a traitor by the rightwing social media who are in a paranoid, McCarthyist witch hunt against anyone who doesn't agree 110% with their conspiracy theories. | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-30 11:42:22) |
At least on the limited level of social media, Latvia is experiencing full scale war hysteria against its own media and anyone who doesn't join the chorus that Lukashenko is manipulating everything so shut up! No doubts! No questions! | |
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Ainis Sproģis (2021-08-30 14:08:04) |
@juriskazha @ltvdefacto Vai šie klaidoņi jau uz Tava matrača? | |
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Artis Schlossberg (2021-08-31 20:42:36) |
@juriskazha According to your own logic, the incumbent Minister of the Interior Ms. Golubeva who belongs to the left-of-center, socially-liberal A/PAR alliance is a “right winger”. Or, perhaps, you’re simply wrong and there’s a broad consensus on the hybrid threat:https://t.co/Iuu0T7usV3 | |
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juriskazha (2021-08-31 20:55:43) |
@tikums The issue is whether by saying "hybrid warfare" we suspend media freedom, government transparency and oversight of human rights. | |
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Artis Schlossberg (2021-08-31 21:07:17) |
@juriskazha Even at wartime, we must continue to perform our duties. The press must continue its reporting. However, at times it will be denied access to the border area. So too the UNHCR must continue with its mission out of Belarus — the pic depicts a list of their offices in | |