How is the Ukrainian government acting any differently than the Russian government they are fighting? What citizens’ rights does the Ukrainian government under President Volodymyr Zelensky support?<\/p>\n
On Friday, Breitbart<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n American journalist Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian prison, according to show host Tucker Carlson.<\/strong><\/p>\n Carlson posted on X on Friday evening:<\/strong><\/p>\n Gonzalo Lira, Sr. says his son has died at 55 in a Ukrainian prison, where he was being held for the crime of criticizing the Zelensky and Biden governments. Gonzalo Lira was an American citizen, but the Biden administration clearly supported his imprisonment and torture. Several weeks ago we spoke to his father, who predicted his son would be killed.<\/strong><\/p>\n In early December, Carlson interviewed Lira\u2019s father, who blamed President Joe Biden and the State Department for allowing his son to languish in a Ukrainian prison for criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s government, the West\u2019s response to the Russian invasion, and President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lira is a dual citizen of Chile and the U.S., and was living in\u00a0the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv at the time of the invasion last year, as reported by Breitbart News\u2019s Kurt Zindulka. He began giving his on-the-ground perspective of the war, attributing it to Western antagonism to Moscow.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lira was arrested multiple times, and was last imprisoned for attempting to cross the border of Ukraine and seek asylum in Hungary. He faced multiple years in prison under Ukraine\u2019s wartime propaganda laws, being accused of having \u201ccriminal intent aimed at the manufacture, distribution materials containing justification, recognition as legitimate, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine\u2026as well as justification, recognition as legitimate of the temporary occupation of part of Ukraine territory.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n He was also reportedly\u00a0accused of publishing videos with the faces of Ukrainian soldiers, despite many such videos being freely available online and published by news outlets.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe charges against me are just because of my opinion about this conflict, I did no harm to anyone,\u201d Lira claimed before his latest imprisonment.<\/strong><\/p>\n In September, the State Department confirmed to Breitbart News that it was aware of Lira being imprisoned in Ukraine, saying in a statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n We are aware of the detention of Mr. Lira in Ukraine. We take our role in assisting U.S. citizens abroad seriously and are providing all appropriate assistance. We are monitoring the situation but have no further comment at this time. We reiterate our message that U.S. citizens should not travel to Ukraine due to the active armed conflict.<\/strong><\/p>\n Considering the fact that Mr. Lira is an investigative journalist in Ukraine, does anyone really believe that the American State Department wanted him released?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How is the Ukrainian government acting any differently than the Russian government they are fighting? What citizens’ rights does the Ukrainian government under President Volodymyr Zelensky support? On Friday, Breitbart reported: American journalist Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian … Continue reading