Un diplomatico GD suggerisce che se gli uomini mascherati in abiti civili ti stanno inseguendo, chiedi semplicemente se sono poliziotti o criminali, risponderanno onestamente. E se finisci per rapito dai criminali, chiedi solo di lasciarti chiamare la polizia in modo che possano venire in tuo soccorso. Non puoi inventarlo.

For context, yesterday a protester—who was later identified as a TV Pirveli operator—was chased by multiple masked men in civilian clothing, with no visible identification. They eventually caught him, forced him into an unmarked car, and took him away.

The next day, it was revealed that he had been detained for ‘resisting the police.’ When journalists asked a diplomat how one could distinguish between police and criminals in such a situation, since none of them wore police uniforms, he responded:

>You should ask them if they are police officers or not, and they will answer you… You must trust them; police officers deserve your trust. If you find yourself kidnapped, request to call 112—they will let you call, and you will be freed. Our country is safe; in our country, citizens are not kidnapped. If someone is being detained, that means it is the police.

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Did he mean that you must trust the kidnapper as well? Kidnapper will tell that they are police? Kidnappers deserve your trust as well.

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