An animal rights activist in Utah, Jordan Halliday, has been jailed for refusing to testify about his political beliefs and associations before a grand jury. In response, the FBI is going into Orwellian overdrive. Here are two ways the public statements by the FBI and prosecutors about this “animal rights terrorism” case just don’t add up:
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On May 21st in Austria, the government carried out an unprecedented round-up of the country’s most prominent, above-ground, lawful animal advocates. Some of them have been on hunger strike in protest. The Guardian reports that “shelter workers, animal welfare teachers and public campaign organizers” are held “under suspicion of membership in ‘a criminal organisation.’” Well, […]
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