THE PHILIPPINES HAS AN EQUIVALENT ANTI CYBERCRIME LAW. THE SUPREME COURT HAS RESTRAINED IT PENDENTE LITE. VIETNAM HAS SUCH A LAW, TOO, THE US EMBASSY THERE ASSAILS THE LAW FOR BEING ANTI-HUMAN RIGHTS.
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This is the most recent criticism against the Vietnamese government for its history of suppressing dissident activity. In February 22 Vietnamese activists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms [JURIST report] after the group was convicted of engaging in subversive activities to overthrow the county's communist government. Also in FebruaryHuman Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] stated in its annual World Report[JURIST report] that Vietnam's government has been "systematically suppressing freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and persecuting those who question government policies, expose official corruption, or call for democratic alternatives to one-party rule" during the last few years. In January Vietnamese authorities released and deported [JURIST report] Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist Nguyen Quoc Quan after a nine-month detention. Quan wasarrested [JURIST report] on terrorism charges for planning protests in support of a banned group of US exiles. In the same month Vietnam convicted [JURIST report] 14 bloggers of subversion and issued prison sentences ranging from 3 to 13 years.
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