Lithuania has declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security and said it is stripping them of their permanent residency permits
A democracy must follow rule of law and protect everyone’s constitutional rights. Publishing the names of those people means inviting others to commit a lynching, which goes against the foundations of democracy and sets us on the path to turn our countries into sad reflections of what Russia currently is.
If a country’s body of home affairs notices that some people might be likely to commit particularly worrisome crimes, it is natural for them to put them under investigation, but they shouldn’t be punished unless they actually commit crimes. We don’t want to be Russia.
they are a security risk in the first place as that democracy just said. there should be freedom to ask for the release of their names for sure. fuck russia anytime.
A democracy must follow rule of law and protect everyone’s constitutional rights. Publishing the names of those people means inviting others to commit a lynching, which goes against the foundations of democracy and sets us on the path to turn our countries into sad reflections of what Russia currently is.
If a country’s body of home affairs notices that some people might be likely to commit particularly worrisome crimes, it is natural for them to put them under investigation, but they shouldn’t be punished unless they actually commit crimes. We don’t want to be Russia.
they are a security risk in the first place as that democracy just said. there should be freedom to ask for the release of their names for sure. fuck russia anytime.