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In Russia of all places..
19-Year-Old Russian Student Faces Prison for Meme Comparing Jesus to Jon Snow
This isn’t the first time the Russian government has punished someone for allegedly blaspheming against Christianity —
This isn't the first time the Russian government has punished someone for allegedly blaspheming against Christianity — just last year a Russian YouTuber was arrestedfor playing Pokémon Go in church. This time the victim is Daniil Markin, from the Siberian city of Barnaul, and he chose to speak out only after seeing another resident complain of a similar chargefor her memes.
Markin was actually accused of inciting hate speech over several images that includes jokes about Christianity, which were on his account with a social media networking site. That same site, VKontakte (VK), has been cited in the similar case against the other Barnaul memer.
19-Year-Old Russian Student Faces Prison for Meme Comparing Jesus to Jon Snow
This isn’t the first time the Russian government has punished someone for allegedly blaspheming against Christianity —
This isn't the first time the Russian government has punished someone for allegedly blaspheming against Christianity — just last year a Russian YouTuber was arrestedfor playing Pokémon Go in church. This time the victim is Daniil Markin, from the Siberian city of Barnaul, and he chose to speak out only after seeing another resident complain of a similar chargefor her memes.
Markin was actually accused of inciting hate speech over several images that includes jokes about Christianity, which were on his account with a social media networking site. That same site, VKontakte (VK), has been cited in the similar case against the other Barnaul memer.