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December 29, 2022

Internet freedom crackdowns across Asia target citizens, Big TechSurveillance
A man sits outside a closed coffee shop in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue

During the COVID-19 lockdowns in Vietnam last year, blogger Bui Van Thuan took to Facebook to criticise a government plan to use soldiers to deliver groceries to people confined to their homes in Ho Chi Minh City. Days later, he was arrested.

Thuan, 41, a former teacher in the country's northern province of Hoa Binh, was last month sentenced to eight years in prison for propaganda, and a further five years of probation.

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