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Sagifurius@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Hopefully the guy appeals, the judge seems to using some tortured logic to take the governments side, claiming it’s illegal for citizens to criticize politicians statements made in parliament, and that the politician would be oppressed by the citizens being able to defend himself with what the politician literally said. I’m Canadian, not Australian, and that would absolutely not fly here, parliamentary privilege is mostly to keep them from suing each other for defamation,

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