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		Amezarak 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ireland fast tracks Bill to criminalise harmful vo... Arresting someone without that being widely reported has historically resulted in substantial harm - it's called "disappearing" someone.

ryoshoe 20 days ago [–]

The news typically reports arrests based on information provided by a government, but if people are being disappeared by the government you can't really rely on the truth of that info

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