> Does Vietnam government actually have a track record for torturing in the > past years?
At least the Human Rights Watch report for Vietnam for last year says "Police torture is prevalent, particularly during interrogation of political and religious prisoners, who are typically held incommunicado prior to trial and denied family visits and access to lawyers." And no, of course my concern is not that the government or police would torture or imprison tourists of conference visitors, like participants in a LGM, that bring in cash to the country. My concern is just that it could feel a bit weird to be promoting Free "as in Speech" Software in a country where there isn't much of that free speech. Sure, one can say that one shouldn't puninsh the people because they have an evil government, and of course there is truth in that, too. But anyway, if you think I have a very "black and white" vision of the world, that is not true at all. On the contrary, I am known to easily change my mind in various matters, even too easily... and I am not absolutely opposed to having a LGM in Vietnam. I just wanted to bring up the human rights aspect. --tml _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
