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Graham Philip, New Zealand’s political prisoner, is sentenced

Graham Philip, New Zealand’s political prisoner, is sentenced

This is the worst case among the many injustices in Jacinda Adern’s New Zealand. This is how Pravda covers it Graham Philip receives three-year jail term for acts of sabotage Graham Philip at an earlier High Court appearance. Photo: Stuff / Christel Yardley The first person convicted of sabotage in New Zealand has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison. Sixty-two-year-old Graham Philip appeared in the High Court in Hamilton today. He sabotaged infrastructure owned by Transpower in 2021 as a…

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New Zealand’s political prisoner

New Zealand’s political prisoner

Being from a different generation that grew up in New Zealand and took political liberties for granted despite researching full-time I still have difficulty accepting that this is happening so I can forgive a certain amount of cognitive dissonance. Sure, there have been bad things happen in this country but they have been blips in what  has otherwise been a liberal democracy. I have never encountered anything like this in my whole life. My understanding is that if someone is…

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