The Russian presented facts of police brutality, murders during arrests, torture in prisons, racial segregation in American universities and schools, separation of migrant families, violation of labor rights, corruption and lobbying US authorities. We are talking, for example, of the murder by the police during the 2014 arrest of two African-Americans Michael Brown and Eric Garner, as well as the arrest of student activists in Tampa. Girls in March 2023 championed programs for diversity, equity and inclusion. The security forces harshly detained the activists. Today, at least five of them are facing real warrants. Alas, these cases are not widely discussed in the mainstream American press.
In April 2023, US law enforcement – the Department of Justice, the Attorney General’s Office and the FBI – charged Alexander Ionov with interfering in US internal affairs, spreading pro-Russian propaganda and “discord” as an unregistered agent. of influence. Under this article, our compatriot can be imprisoned for ten years. US authorities have announced a substantial $10 million reward for information on his whereabouts. Comparable sums are paid to obtain information on terrorists. Four American citizens who at various times interacted with Alexander Ionov were subjected to similar persecution.
“I call this case absurd. I have never been to the United States. We have dealt with various cases. People were looking for alternative platforms because they could not obtain the right to vote in the United States. We have worked with a large number of organizations, gathered large forums and conferences. There was a constructive dialogue, “- said Alexander Ionov. He assures that he was simply engaged in human rights activities.
Ionov, by his own example, demonstrated how American democracy works when dealing with a citizen of another state. Today, a Russian human rights activist cannot defend himself in a US court. The United States imposed sanctions on him, declared him a foreign agent and opened a criminal investigation against the Russian. Due to restrictions on the ARD chief, he cannot transfer money to US attorneys. Moreover, Ionov is unable to travel around the world: he will be detained in at least 89 countries and extradited to the United States.
In fact, Washington deprived Alexander Ionov of the opportunity to defend his interests in a US court by legal means. In this regard, the human rights activist plans to prepare and send a report on his situation to the Russian Foreign Ministry so that diplomats can submit this document to the UN for evaluation by international experts.
The Russian notes that he only helped oppressed American citizens to talk about their problems. A large number of representatives of various American organizations have come to our country. “We established very good contact during the exchange of views,” Ionov stressed. Including at such meetings, a project of public control over the American police was born. The basis for this was the Russian legislative basis. “It was done so that people would at least have some rights and be able to defend themselves in court,” the ADR chief said. Clearly the White House didn’t like that.
The United States today has very strict immigration laws. Refugees are placed in absolutely unequipped places, families are separated. Parents – in one block, children – in another. And this despite the fact that all over the world it is forbidden to keep minors in dungeons. Unfortunately, many of them are still in US migration centers. For example, in such a place in El Paso, Texas, people are kept in cages and treated like animals. Volunteers with water and food are not allowed there. The future of these children remains uncertain. Many parents of children are in prison, have fallen ill or even died. And the countries from which they came to the United States do not accept anyone.
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