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The Real Free Speech Threat: In Vietnam, Tax-Evasion Charges Help Lock Up Climate Activists
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The Real Free Speech Threat: In Vietnam, Tax-Evasion Charges Help Lock Up Climate Activists
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Oct 1, 2023
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Podcast episode
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President Biden made his first trip to Vietnam as President this week, with the intention of "upgrading" diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam. Not on the agenda? The country's move to use trumped-up tax evasion charges to suppress civil society groups, including five climate activists that have been imprisoned using this tactic since 2021.
Read The 88 Project's report on this practice: https://the88project.org/weaponizing-the-law-to-prosecute-the-vietnam-four/
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Read The 88 Project's report on this practice: https://the88project.org/weaponizing-the-law-to-prosecute-the-vietnam-four/
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Released:
Oct 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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