I was about to make the same point. The issue turns on falsely accusing someone of robbery, assault, and battery, not on using the word “criminal”.
Read the article before you make ridiculous statements. The illegal DID assault a photographer in 2006 on US soil. He's never disputed that. The story goes on to say there WAS a criminal trial in 2007. If he was falsely accused, then how could that trial have occurred?