Vietnam’s crackdown on freedom of expression continues
The little space for free expression in the Communist country continues to shrink, with at least 15 activists and dissidents having been arrested this year alone.Just recently, a Vietnamese court jailed a blogger for seven years for propagating anti-state propaganda which included articles that supported protests against a Taiwanese company that was responsible for a toxic spill last year.The accusation fell upon Nguyen Van Hoa, an environmental activist, that he instigated protests against t