To Lam's public security agency monitors dissent and surveils activists. To Lam, a member of the country's 16-strong politburo, has been public security minister since 2016 and has taken a hard line on human rights movements in the communist nation.
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Independent media is banned.Īustralian man Chau Van Kham has been detained in Vietnam since 2019 and was handed a 12-year prison sentence for terrorism in a trial his family and human rights groups have described as a sham. Vietnam has strict curbs on freedom of expression and the government moves swiftly to stamp out dissent and arrest critics, especially those who find an audience online. "For the Vietnamese leadership, even songs are a threat to their monopoly of power." Vietnam's crackdown on dissentĭuring To Lam's trip to London, which was to attend a climate summit, he not only dined at the lavish restaurant but also visited the grave of Karl Marx, the ideological father of communism. "The list of posts and videos listed as 'evidence' of Bui Tuan Lam's 'crimes' shows the extreme lengths to which the Vietnamese go to block any sort of online criticism of the government," Mr Robertson said.
"Among these are Facebook posts of a letter by the prominent human rights blogger Pham Doan Trang published on the day she was arrested, in which she urged people to advocate for genuinely free elections in Vietnam and promoted her books criticising the government," Human Rights Watch said in a statement prior to Lam's sentencing.Īmong the videos listed in the indictment were songs with lyrics about human rights or expressing anti-war sentiments. Human Rights Watch said the indictment identified 19 posts on Facebook and 25 YouTube videos that "affect the confidence of the people about the state's leadership". Bui Tuan Lam's wife and children want him released.
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