Despite the valiant efforts of the motley opposition in Ukraine, the tame Ukrainian Parliament has passed
a brutal law
that slides the country into full-on dictatorship. Forbidden under the
new law on penalty of high fines and imprisonment: driving cars in
columns that are more than five vehicles long; setting up an
unauthorized sound system; distribution of "extremist opinion"; "mass
disruptions" (10-15 years imprisonment!); collecting information on
police or judges; and more.
The new law also demolishes the trappings of democracy: you can be
convicted in absentia based on unsubstantiated hearsay; MPs can be
arrested during plenary sessions; the state can order arbitrary Internet
censorship; and legal service of documents now consists of signatures
or "any other data."
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