Adam Bemma

  • Vietnam’s battalions of ‘cyber-armies’ silencing online dissent

    ‘Force 47’, thought to be 10,000-strong, seen as government’s online enforcers as new cyber crime law takes effect. HANOI, Vietnam – Wearing his trademark black fedora, human rights defender Anh Chi updates his YouTube audience on the situation in Dong Tam village, 40km (25 miles) southwest of Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, the site of a recent…

    Adam Bemma

  • ‘Pushing boundaries’: The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam

    Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam’s government does not want its citizens to read. HANOI, Vietnam – Inside a cramped room in a secret – and temporary – location in northern Vietnam, a printer whirs to life, spitting out sheets of paper covered in text. Neat piles are stacked on nearby tables and…

    Adam Bemma

  • Vietnam’s Mother Mushroom: ‘If I don’t speak about the future, who will?’

    HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON) – Vietnam’s most famous dissident blogger – Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known by her pen name Mother Mushroom, spent her first new year in exile barred from ever returning to her home in Nha Trang. Vietnamese authorities released her from prison last October, after serving two years of a 10-year…

    Adam Bemma

  • Mai Khoi vs. Vietnam’s Cyber Law – CBC The World This Weekend

    HANOI – Mai Khoi is a Vietnamese dissident artist, activist and musician. She’s been called Vietnam’s Lady Gaga for her pop star persona. But recently her music and art has become more like Pussy Riot, the Russian punk protest band. Mai Khoi is protesting against Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law that would allow authorities to monitor…

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  • The singer raising her voice against Vietnam’s new cyber law

    Do Nguyen Mai Khoi is among activists opposing a controversial law the government says will protect against cyber threats. Hanoi, Vietnam – Dressed in the traditional Vietnamese long gown known as “ao dai”, dissident artist Do Nguyen Mai Khoi holds up a banner in a silent protest amidst the roar of traffic in the capital’s…

    Adam Bemma

  • Vietnam’s rap queen and traditional society’s changing voice

    Emerging star Suboi ‘pushing the limits’ as one of the few female rappers in socially conservative Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – “Life is happy, so what?” sings Vietnamese artist Suboi in her new hit single N-sao. The song has resonated with disaffected young Vietnamese and can be heard on smartphones and laptop speakers…

    Adam Bemma

  • Digital Dictatorship in Vietnam seeks to silence dissidents

    Activists fear new cyber law will allow authorities to crack down harshly on those promoting freedom of expression. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Pham Doan Trang strums softly on an acoustic guitar. She’s performing the Vietnamese folk song Water Ferns Drift Clouds Float Far. It’s a song permitted by Vietnam’s government. The authorities keep…

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