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Reuters invents a new word for "torture" (lemmy.ml)

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[–] lemonwood@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They weren't arrested, they were illegally abducted in international waters, an act of piracy. They peacefully cooperated. Torture and sexual violence are widespread and systemic every day occurrences in "Israel's" prisons. As the head of national security, Ben Gvir is legally responsible for all the rape and torture under his command.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Arrest doesnt mean "legal" arrest. It just means seizing a person. Whether that arrest was legal or not is an entirely separate matter. In this case of course it was very much illegal.

[–] lemonwood@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

It's another lie through omission, because it carries a connotation of legality. That's why you don't read news like "the convicted criminal arrested his victim in the park".