Father of Gonzalo Lira, American jailed in Ukraine, speaks out against “political imprisonment”
US citizen Gonzalo Lira faces a long prison term in Ukraine for criticizing the country’s government. Shunned by the US government, his father is fighting to stop the “slow death of a son.”
When US media have demonstrated any interest in the arrest of an American citizen, Gonzalo Lira, it has been primarily to celebrate his prosecution on the grounds that he has been “shilling for Putin.” The US State Department, meanwhile, refuses to answer questions about the disappearance of an American at the hands of a government substantially funded by Washington.
The Grayzone spoke to Lira’s father, 80-year-old Gonzalo Lira Sr., about his son’s arrest. “I can only say that this episode has marked my life because it is living a slow death of a son,” Lira Sr. said. He fretted that the Ukrainian government was preparing a “kangaroo court” for his son, and lamented that it could lock him up for over a decade for his political speech.
Read the full article on The Grayzone.
Good luck getting anyone of influence and authority in the US to pay any attention.
Thank you for posting on this. The last time he was taken into custody, there was a lot of support and attention to this in the alternative media. But this time, for whatever reason, people haven't been talking about this.