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Vietnam: damaging anti-state propaganda could mean heavy jail sentence

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    Vietnam: damaging anti-state propaganda could mean heavy jail sentence

    https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...2-20190511.htm

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    Things are getting way out of hand all over the world - no clue who is right or wrong here, if the two women who are being imprisoned are right or wrong / good or bad for the country. We just have to accept that what they did is illegal.

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    It is part of communism so the only way to stop it is to overthrow the communist state.
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    Is oppression and abuse OK because its in the dogma or law books?
    For mere mortals like me, I suspect that the legal costs involved in such situations would be catastrophic. A suspect a very small number of these cases become public and get the attention that they do.

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    Which noncommunist countries jail people for dissenting comments on FB?

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    UK? Example?

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    That is completely different to dissent against the state as per the article. I am all for hate speech being punished, it leads to horrific murderous acts. Not the same in any shape or form as jailing someone for criticising the state.

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    I think the test is whether in a particular country is it allowed to be very critical of the government. In the UK there is plenty of evidence, especially at the moment, that dissent is allowed. In Vietnam I don't think that is the case.
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