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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think so, he failed miserably to the separatists and has done nothing remarkable so far, so he had been rather forgotten; he is not a good martyr.

The media and nationalists focused it on one man, but the amnesty is for thousands of protesters (almost all peaceful) prosecuted for crimes as serious and absurd as rebellion. There is a reason why several human rights organizations have been denouncing for some time that the right to demonstrate is under threat.