On 18 April 2022 I wrote a blog
after Gonazalo Lira a Chilean/American citizen disappeared from his home in
Kharkov. Because of the threats that had preceded his disappearance and the
gloating of the Azov Battalion and other fascist groups over his demise, I
feared that he had murdered.
In fact he resurfaced and
at first it would appear that he had been detained by the Secret Police (SBU)
who are well
versed in the arts of torture. After having been bailed he tried to make a
run for it and cross to Hungary. It now appears from his twitter
feed (see below) that he may have crossed the border and then been extradited
back to Ukraine.
Either way he seems to have
foolishly advertised what he was doing on Twitter whilst doing it.
If he was extradited back
to Ukraine by Hungary this would be ironic as Gonzalo was a supporter of Orban.
Indeed he was a strange creature politically. He was a Trump supporter, prone
to making rash predictions, though getting it right on the essentials of the
conflict in Ukraine.
Gonzalo was no progressive on social or areas of sexuality. One of his tweets read:
“See what they do with their own peoples—the destruction of the family, cultural and national identity, perversion, mockery of children, and pedophilia are declared the norm.”
— Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) February 21, 2023
Putin’s critique of the West is not wrong.pic.twitter.com/M3X1ZbyyyB
Gonzalo had imbibed all the
prejudices and bigotry that you would come to expect from a Trump supporter.
Nonetheless Gonazalo's
murder by the Zelensky's secret police thugs is an outrage and a condemnation of
the morality of Western 'democratic' governments. Gonzalo rightly believed that Biden's Princess of Darkness,
Victoria Nuland, an Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department and
the go to person in Biden's Administration if you want to organise a coup or
destabilise a government, harboured a hatred of him because he was an American
who had spoken out against US foreign policy.
The US State Department,
which could easily have secured his release, preferred to see him murdered.
When confirming
his murder the State Department had the gall to offer their ‘sincerest condolences to the family on their loss."
Throughout his detention and illness the US Embassy had done
absolutely nothing to help him.
And the US State Department would return me too. I'm not a black lesbian druggie, or a transgender grifter. Besides, Victoria Nuland hates my guts, or so I'm told.
— Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) July 31, 2023
I'm hoping the Hungarians will read my indictment and say, “This is bullshit—we’re not sending him back.”
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Gonzalo’s original arrest for what he had blogged
was due to the Daily Beast which had
gone as far as contacting
the Ukrainian authorities seeking his arrest. Such is the yellow press in
Britain and the United States.
It is unfortunate that
Gonzalo believed the nonsense written about Orban's opposition to US
imperialism. Orban's regime is an authoritarian and racist one. It is an ardent
supporter of Netanyahu and his bombardment of Gaza.
US journalist Gonzalo Lira died in a hospital in Kharkiv on January 11, 2024, following a long period of torture and neglect in a Ukrainian prison.
— MintPress News (@MintPressNews) January 12, 2024
“I cannot accept the way my son has died. He was tortured, extorted, incommunicado for 8 months and 11 days and the US Embassy did… pic.twitter.com/bdmgIggc1B
Today the US authorities issued a
statement that he had died from pneumonia. His father has claimed he died from
torture and neglect.
Tony Greenstein
See the Greyzone’s American
citizen Gonzalo Lira dies from neglect in Ukrainian prisonand
Mint News AN INTELLECTUAL NO-FLY ZONE: ONLINE CENSORSHIP OF UKRAINE DISSENT IS BECOMING THE NEW NORM