ER Editor: We reported on Lira back in April 2022, when he was arrested by the Ukrainian secret services (SBU) the first time. Upon his release, he was essentially put on house arrest. See
Gonzalo Lira Is Safe and Sound [VIDEO]
Now he’s been arrested again. Some tweets:
Gonzalo Lira, agree with him on anything else or not, was arrested by Ukraine SBU *specifically* for stating FACTS about Ukrainian Nazism & shelling civilians.
Please retweet, pressure/expose these hypocrites – > @USEmbassyKyiv @hrw @amnestyusa
Gonzalo today, you tomorrow.
— Brian Berletic (@BrianJBerletic) May 6, 2023
Gonzalo Lira arrested by Ukraine’s murderous Nazi-infested client regime for pointing out they are Nazis and mass murdered the people of the Donbass from 2014-present.
That the West is either silent or celebrating this tells us everything about moral imperative/lack there of. https://t.co/KhksxvRfC2
— Brian Berletic (@BrianJBerletic) May 5, 2023
Ukrainian SBU knew where Gonzalo Lira was & what he was doing ever since the first time they arrested him. He was essentially under a form of house arrest.
This theater is for what? To show a fragile, battered regime still has “control” over something? https://t.co/TCQ4X7DrpO
— Brian Berletic (@BrianJBerletic) May 5, 2023
Allegedly, Lira was arrested for this 20-part tweet from April. Who knows? But it’s well worth checking out as a decent summary of what ails the West right now:
Gonzalo Lira was arrested for this tweet: https://t.co/QeW4Bo7OW6
— SEO Consultant (@_SEO_Consult) May 5, 2023
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Chilean journalist arrested in Ukraine
Security services have accused Gonzalo Lira of “insulting” Ukraine’s government and military
RT
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Friday confirmed the arrest of Gonzalo Lira, a Chilean national living in Kharkov, suspecting him of pro-Russian sympathies. Lira had been previously detained in April 2022, but released after a week and ordered not to leave the city.
According to a SBU statement quoted by Ukrainian media, Lira “publicly justified the armed aggression” of Russia, denied or glorified alleged Russian war crimes, and “engaged in discrediting the top military and political leadership and the Defense Forces of our state.”
The SBU filmed Lira’s arrest by heavily armed agents, blurring out the faces of everyone involved.
He is suspected of “producing and distributing materials justifying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, committed repeatedly.” A court ordered him jailed pending the outcome of the investigation.
The SBU has reportedly seized Lira’s computer and multiple cell phones as evidence.
Lira, 55, is a writer and filmmaker who used to work in the US. Several years ago, he moved to Kharkov, where he got married and began blogging as ‘Coach Red Pill’.
This is the second time he has been detained by the SBU. He was first arrested in April 2022, but was released after a week. No charges were pressed at the time, and Lira would not discuss the details of what happened, saying only that he was not allowed to leave Kharkov.
He blamed the US outlet Daily Beast for directing Kiev’s attention to his work, accusing the outlet of trying to get him killed. The tabloid had reported on Lira’s activities in March 2022, calling him “sleazy” and a “pro-Putin shill,” and noting its reporters had reached out to Ukrainian authorities.
While Lira kept a low profile for several weeks after his release, he eventually returned to social media and continued voicing criticism of Kiev’s policies. Since then, Ukraine has enacted laws criminalizing dissent and allowing President Vladimir Zelensky to ban opposition political parties, nationalize the media and even persecute the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for being in canonical communion with Moscow.
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Thanks for this. Have been keeping in eye on this. Again, many thanks for the heads-up
Lira is (temporarily) out of jail, awaiting a trial. Expected to be send off to a labour camp for 5-8 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW274f8s-ws (part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvY9l0ShhA (part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jUa45UcOvE (part 3)
Dutch article with summary:
https://www.ninefornews.nl/gonzalo-lira-ging-in-oekraine-door-een-hel-dit-is-een-van-de-meest-dramatische-videos-die-ik-ooit-zag/
He may be looking at 13 years prison time.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2023-05-28/state-department-pleads-fifth-when-asked-about-american-detained-ukraine
And shame on Zerohedge for calling him Youtuber.
Looks like he’s been arrested at instigation of the White House, because free speech no longer exists in the Unfree West. But considering Kiev is an extension of Washington this should be a given.
https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-american-government-arguably