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The Different Faces of Gender Equality in Vietnam Politics
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Les différents visages de la lutte pour l égalité des sexes dans la politique vietnamienne
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The different faces of gender equality in Vietnam politics
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Media persons wait in line for a security check before the start of the opening session of the National Party Congress, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 26 January 2021, MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images In the weeks leading up to the Congress, courts handed down several lengthy sentences to individuals based on their online activities.
This statement was originally published on article19.org on 25 January 2021.
Vietnam has escalated its attack on online freedom of expression in advance of the national Communist Party Congress, which opens today, said ARTICLE 19. In recent weeks the Vietnamese government has imprisoned individuals for online activities and in recent years has enacted new laws and policies restricting online freedoms. Any new leadership emerging from the Congress should take immediate steps to reverse this trend.
E47 is just one example among a global constellation of state-affiliated internet censor squads both in Vietnam and around the world, but Facebookâs failure to stand up to the group should worry dissidents regardless of nationality, particularly those who might have bought into the companyâs promises in the past. In an October 2019 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared that âFacebook stands for free expressionâ and that âin a democracy, a private company shouldnât have the power to censor politicians or the news.â COO Sheryl Sandberg testified under oath before Congress that the company âwould only operate in a country when we can do so in keeping with our values.â But an investigation by The Intercept shows that this public veneration of free expression exists in a different universe from the companyâs behind-the-scenes practices.