In Vietnam: Being a Blogger Could Land You In Jail, Cost You Your Life

An anonymous reader writes "Bloggers in Vietnam are increasingly finding themselves thrown in jail. Despite freedom of speech being enshrined in the nation's Constitution, many who speak out against the government are thrown in jail — thanks to a new law that forbids such talk. In one desperate act, Dang Thi Kim Lieng lit herself on fire outside the Bac Lieu People's Committee building in southern Vietnam. She died of her injuries. She was protesting the detention of her daughter who was arrested for blogging against the government. Three other bloggers are scheduled be tried under section 88 of the criminal code, which relates to propaganda against the nation. A maximum sentence could carry with it 20 years in jail."

Comments

Re:"Sounds like the United States"

[NouberNou]

And yet there are literally hundreds of thousands of people who have never been, and never will be arrested for peaceably assembling...

Also I think your definition of reasonably might be a bit unreasonable.