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posted ago by quinoa ago by quinoa +103 / -0

Gonzalo Lira has been killed. In one of his last videos from Kharkov he explains that 'The Daily Beast' contacted the SBU and suggested that the SBU ought to disappear him. Gonzalo explains that if we no longer hear from him that The Daily Beast bears the responsibility for his disappearance.

Who is the SBU? https://timesofgold.com/2022/03/13/sbu-the-terrible-ukrainian-political-police-assassinations-and-torture/

The YouTube video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GHmbAGh2E

The Daily Beast Hit Piece is here: https://archive.ph/5MzOh

His murder has been confirmed: https://mobile.twitter.com/Anabel_Villeroy/status/1516851547015196681 RIP

By Scott Ritter: When Belorussian authorities pulled Roman Protasevich, a blogger who had served a combat tour in the neo-Nazi Azov battalion before working for Radio Free Europe’s Belarus channel out of Prague, off an airplane in May, 2021, on charges of inciting a political opposition (roughly the equivalent of sedition), the world went crazy, accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of trampling on free speech. Protasevich is alive and well, living under house arrest while awaiting trial.

When reports emerged that Gonzo Lira, a Chilean social media “influencer” who resided in Kharkov, Ukraine, and who published online content critical of the Ukrainian government, was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by the Kraken Unit, part of the Azov battalion affiliated with the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), the West is silent.

Free speech isn’t a one way street. To remain silent in the murder of Gonzo Lira is to be complicit in his death, and the deaths of all journalists who pursue the truth, even if it runs counter to the mainstream narrative. Critical thinking should not be a death sentence. Unfortunately for Gonzo Lira, it seems it was.