Silence

The picture showed the forced silence which had mentioned in Glenn’s Unspoken. This was about the trial of the Catholic priest who had conducted propaganda against Communist party. He was involved in many pro-democracy movements, which held him imprisoned for almost 15 years. During the trial, a communist officer slapped their hands over the priest’s mouth to stop him from shouting anti-communist slogans and loudly denouncing the authorities of practicing "the law of the jungle”. The priest further was wrestled out of the courtroom while the court was still going on without his presence. The defendant had no lawyers present.

This was an open trial as an attempt to silence other anti-communists. Also, it’s possible that their message was to tell everyone that they hold the strong and confident power over everything. According to the news, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention asked for his release after determining that he was being imprisoned without the cause and was not given a fair trial. Several members of the U.S. Congress also appealed by sending their signatures and asking for the immediately release. However, his release date is still unknown.