As you work internationally, it is common sense for anyone who is in business to look at the laws or regulations of the country you are going into. You deserved it for not researching where you would be working.

Lucky are those of us who live in Europe or America where we have our freedom.

use a proxy server .....

The advantage of planning ahead and doing a little research about the places you are going in advance is rather evident. Still hindsight is 20:20

VPN is the answer

People, who get charged for using VPN, have usually committed other crimes that they primarily get charged for. The VPN is usually just added on top of those OR: Their usage of VPN in order to visit illegal websites was made public. In that case, the government is obliged to take action, if they're not looking for negative publicity.

research ************! Do you do it?

I feel bad for you, but really it's a YDI, That's something seriously important and easily discovered in what ought to be a simple search about the country you're going to. On top of that, not having a hard copy or at least a copy on a flash drive? Come on. At least you learned this lesson for the future.

use the onion router.

YDI for being too dumb to work a proxy.