![]() ![]() Facebook has removed many groups of public opinion workers in Vietnam who used to report political dissidents on purpose in order to get their accounts closed down and to muzzle them.Īlthough the human rights situation in Vietnam is still very bad and the Vietnamese government continues to arrest and punish political dissidents who express their opinions online, this can be seen as a small success and contribution of myself and my team. The achievement that I am most proud of is to have been able to create enough pressure on Facebook so that it had to change its policy. Mai Khoi: Over the past three years, my friends and I have been fighting against AK47, or the Cyber Security Forces in Vietnam, in order to protect the freedom of expression on social media. What achievement in this area pleases you the most and what are the plans that you haven’t been able to fulfil l ? RFA : You are known as a singer and activist fighting for freedom of expression. We are now living together in a very lovely place. We all fought for values of freedom and human rights and were forced to leave our home countries for safety and security reasons. It’s interesting because we are in the same situation. I have the opportunity to meet with artists and activists from various countries, including those from Sudan, Bangladesh and Africa. I am participating in a residence artist program and working on a multimedia story-telling project named “Bad Activists”. Mai Khoi: I am talking with RFA from a beautiful city in Pennsylvania. RFA : C an you please tell us where you live now and how’s your life? Now living in exile in the United States and unable to go back to her homeland, the 39-year-old Mai Khoi spoke to Cao Nguyen of RFA’s Vietnamese Service for International Women’s Day. Her turn to political activism led to repeat detention, punishment and thrats to h e r safety – along with prizes for her advocacy, including the Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent and the Four Freedoms Award. Tired of having to submit her work to government censors, Mai Khoi nominated herself to run in Communist Vietnam’s National Assembly elections on a pro-democracy platform. ![]() S inger Do Nguyen Mai Khoi rose to stardom in 2010 after winning the Vietnam Television song and album of the year awards, and has ben described as her native country’s Bjork or Lady Gaga.
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