{"id":1352288,"date":"2022-03-01T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352288"},"modified":"2022-03-01T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:08:50","slug":"czechs-warned-they-could-be-jailed-for-supporting-russia-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/czechs-warned-they-could-be-jailed-for-supporting-russia-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Czechs Warned They Could Be Jailed for Supporting Russia on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fczechs-warned-they-could-be-jailed-for-supporting-russia-on-social-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238831985-e1646126617297-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">European Union and NATO member-state Czechia has warned citizens who express support for Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, they could face prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office considers it necessary to inform citizens that the current situation associated with the Russian Federation\u2019s attack on Ukraine may have implications for their freedom of expression,\u201d warned Czechia\u2019s Attorney-General,&nbsp;Igor St\u0159\u00ed\u017e, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/verejnazaloba.cz\/nsz\/informace-k-moznym-trestnepravnim-limitum-svobody-projevu-ve-vztahu-k-situaci-na-ukrajine\/\">official press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[F]reedom of speech also has its limits in a democratic state governed by the rule of law,\u201d the official asserted, explaining that anyone who \u201cpublicly (including at demonstrations, on the Internet or on social networks) agreed (accepted or supported the Russian Federation\u2019s attacks on Ukraine) or expressed support or praised the leaders of the Russian Federation in this regard, they could also face criminal liability under certain conditions\u201d, citing sections of the criminal code making it a crime to&nbsp;approve a criminal offence or&nbsp;deny, question, approve or justify genocide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cs\" dir=\"ltr\">Evidujeme des\u00edtky podn\u011bt\u016f na koment\u00e1\u0159e v internetov\u00fdch diskus\u00edch, schvaluj\u00edc\u00ed ruskou invazi a aktivity rusk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy. Internetov\u00e9 prost\u0159ed\u00ed pe\u010dliv\u011b monitorujeme a omlouv\u00e1me se, \u017ee nereagujeme na ka\u017ed\u00e9 ozna\u010den\u00ed v p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvc\u00edch. Nen\u00ed to v\u017edy \u017e\u00e1douc\u00ed a taktick\u00e9. D\u011bkujeme za pochopen\u00ed!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Policie \u010cR (@PolicieCZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolicieCZ\/status\/1497867342033817602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe record dozens of comments in internet discussions approving the Russian invasion and the activities of the Russian army. We closely monitor the Internet environment,\u201d the Czech police underscored in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolicieCZ\/status\/1497867342033817602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1497867342033817602%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">post<\/a> on their official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Czech public radio broadcaster Radio Prague International observed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/english.radio.cz\/chief-prosecutor-warns-against-public-support-russian-aggression-8743179\">report<\/a> on the warning that such crimes carry a penalty of up to three years in prison, but noted that&nbsp;St\u0159\u00ed\u017e had conceded that bringing charges could be complicated \u2014 leaving it unclear whether someone might be open to prosecution for merely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-10540829\/PETER-HITCHENS-blame-arrogant-foolish-West-Ukraine-crisis.html\">questioning NATO\u2019s eastward expansion<\/a>, the West\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-26079957\">back the Euromaidan<\/a> coup in 2014, or the extent to which claims the Ukrainian government has mistreated civilians in Donbas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2016\/05\/no-justice-for-eastern-ukraine-victims-of-torture\/\">might be true<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the Ukraine war rages on, armed local volunteers in the country\u2019s capital of Kyiv have been hunting Russian \u201csaboteurs\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4ggruPCdi\">https:\/\/t.co\/U4ggruPCdi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1498389141855387650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Union and NATO member-state Czechia has warned citizens who express support for Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, they could face prison. \u201cThe Supreme Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}