Asia and Eastern Europe are off the list for me too. China is willing to kidnap people out of Thailand [1]; people being arrested over political tweets [2]; Russia can poison people [3], shoot them [4], or have them accused of fake crimes[5].
I really hope the U.S. never comes close to this and hope I see this trend reversed in my lifetime. But people should be aware that it can happen in a modern society and is already happening in large parts of the world.
Asia and Eastern Europe are off the list for me too. China is willing to kidnap people out of Thailand [1]; people being arrested over political tweets [2]; Russia can poison people [3], shoot them [4], or have them accused of fake crimes[5].
I really hope the U.S. never comes close to this and hope I see this trend reversed in my lifetime. But people should be aware that it can happen in a modern society and is already happening in large parts of the world.
[1] http://time.com/4371283/hong-kong-bookseller-china-detention...
[2] http://mashable.com/2016/11/26/zunar-arrested-malaysia/#AHwL...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/world/europe/russia-vladi...
[4] http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-unaccountable-de...
[5] http://www.dw.com/en/russian-court-finds-alexei-navalny-guil...