Amnesty Downgrades “Prisoner of Conscience” Status of Alexi Navalny Because He’s a Neo-Nazi

This is the funniest thing that’s happened in several hours.

RT:

Amnesty International, a human rights NGO, has withdrawn its designation of the recently jailed Russian activist and blogger Alexey Navalny as a “prisoner of conscience” due to xenophobic statements he has refused to retract.

The group said it “is no longer able to consider” Navalny a prisoner of conscience because he “advocated violence and discrimination,” in the past. Notably, the opposition figure has been given opportunities to apologise for the far-right positions he advocated, in his 30s, but he has declined.

Amnesty maintained, however, that it still believes that his latest imprisonment was linked to his anti-government activism and demanded his “immediate release,” a letter published by Grayzone journalist Aaron Mate shows.

The decision was confirmed by Amnesty’s Russia and Eurasia media manager Aleksandr Artemyev.

“Yes, we will no longer use the phrase ‘prisoner of conscience’ when referring to him, since our legal and political department studied Navalny’s statements from the mid-2000s and concluded that they qualify as hate speech,” Artemyev told Mediazona.

However, he added that the organization will continue its calls for his immediate release since it considers Navalny’s arrest political.

Basically, we live in a world of such abject nonsense, that it is an extreme chore to just try to explain what’s going on, on the most basic level of events.

Let me just try to bullet point this out.

Amnesty International coming out and saying he is no longer a prisoner of conscience because he’s a neo-Nazi obviously won’t be reported on by the mainstream Western media, as they are forming this entire fake narrative about what is going on in Russia.

Nonetheless, the statement is funny on a number of levels. Firstly, if neo-Nazism is his conscience, then why isn’t he a prisoner of conscience? I don’t think he actually is a political prisoner at all, given that he’s an actual criminal who pled guilty to multiple embezzlement and fraud schemes, but if Amnesty is saying he’s locked up for his beliefs, then what does it matter what his beliefs are?

Apparently, they are saying it is impossible for someone with right-wing views to be a prisoner of conscience. Is this because right-wing views are “unconscionable”? Or because right-wingers don’t have consciences?

It’s a very silly thing. I actually giggled when I saw it.

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AuthorAndrew Anglin
Published Date2021-02-25T02:47:26.000Z
Categoriesfeatured stories, world
Tagsalexi navalny, amnesty, amnesty international, color revolution, russia, russian revolution
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