Why is East Asia silencing free speech?

Jun 2, 2016

"Red Shirt" demonstrators gather for a rally to celebrate Malaysia Day and to counter a massive protest held over two days last month that called for Prime Minister Najib Razak's resignation over a graft scandal, in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur September 16, 2015. The Malaysian government warned the Malay organisers of a mass rally getting underway in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to avoid racial slurs and slogans that could raise tensions in the multi-ethnic Southeast Asian nation.

Silenced and sentenced ... from Malaysia to Vietnam, state repression is shrinking civil space Image: REUTERS/Olivia Harris

Salil Shetty

Digital Member, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

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