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The guy he is in support for is a convicted war criminal[1] who raped hindu women and converted Hindus to Islam during Bangladesh Liberation war.

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[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delwar_Hossain_Sayeedi

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So it's good to be arrested for an opinion? Is it good that someone else is arrested for his opinion? If an opinion is a crime, would it be possible to ask for extradition? I don't see the value of your post, what are you trying to say?

I am pointing to the fact that why the persons mother was arrested. It was because he wrote a post in favour of a convicted war criminal. I have said nothing out of the subject being discussed here.

The point is that someone should never be arrested for what their child says.

If people were actually arrested for 'wrongthink', they could at least be given due process and subject to clearly defined penalties.

That might be a step up from the mob justice currently doled out to people with bad opinions?

It's clear that society no longer values freedom of speech, so maybe we should consider formalising the punishment for expressing wrongthink, so at least there's rules that can be applied fairly and consistently?

"The mobs are rowdy, let's dispense with democratic ideals then"

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