Comment by NicoJuicy
5 years ago
Estimated 6 k. Of 144 million in ~60 cities.
That's 100/ city.
I'm not so sure about the claim "sheer scale of protesting". We are a IT forum and I would think that the overlapping demographics with 'us' is more aware than the other 99,9% that isn't reading here.
Please don't misread my comment. There are multiple reasons why people won't dare to protest too, outside of being ill informed ( eg. Rural areas only using TV, according to what I read).
I’m not sure if you misread my comment but I said the “sheer scale of people jailed for protesting”. Maybe I’m wrong too, but I think 100 people per city is absolutely crazy. I’m not sure 100 people have ever been jailed in my city in under a week, ever.
Otherwise I agree, I think we’re more or less on the same page.
I don't think the amount of people arrested in Russia can be compared to your city.
I've seen eg. A report for a woman being arrested for having a blank protest sign. That's insane.
If that's the base for comparison for arrest. I don't think 100 is a lot.
But in general, I think we are in agreement outside of that. Yeah
It's not "100 per city". The vast majority was jailed in Moscow (population about 13 million) and SPb (about 5.5 million). It's really not that much for a heavily authoritarian regime in war time.
https://ovdinfo.org
Of course, you're right. I suppose the question is if "not that much" should be a contextual matter or not. Should people ever be jailed for protesting a war? Is it any better if previous leaders would have responded more harshly, or were they simply worse leaders?
In any case I find it disturbing.
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