Bui Thanh Hieu Speaking in silence

censorship in Vietnam

In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam’s territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arrested, his...

Non-fictie

Engels | 57 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015

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