by KTT, Dec 17, 2015
Vietnam, though among countries holding fewer journalist prisoners, ranks the tenth worst jailer of journalists in 2015 with six journalists put behind the bar, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
In the country, a climate of fear for the media persists, with many of those released continuing to face legal charges or harsh restrictions, including forced exile, CPJ said in a report released on Dec 15.
The number of prisoners also shrank in Vietnam, but in some cases release from jail comes at a high cost, showed the report, noting that the country remains among the most censored in the world.
Among jailed journalists are Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay) and Ta Phong Tan who were forced into exile in the U.S. in 2014 and 2015, respectively after serving years in prison.
In an interview with CPJ in its headquarter in New York 2014, Ta Phong Tan said that Vietnam’s communist authorities never voluntarily uphold the conventions on human rights, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, against torture [that] they have signed.
Vietnam, which was elected to the UN Human Rights Council in 2013, has boasted its efforts to ensure enforcement of laws on human rights, saying all accusations are groundless.
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December 18, 2015
Vietnam among Top Ten Worst Jailer of Journalists in 2015: CPJ
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
by KTT, Dec 17, 2015
Vietnam, though among countries holding fewer journalist prisoners, ranks the tenth worst jailer of journalists in 2015 with six journalists put behind the bar, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
In the country, a climate of fear for the media persists, with many of those released continuing to face legal charges or harsh restrictions, including forced exile, CPJ said in a report released on Dec 15.
The number of prisoners also shrank in Vietnam, but in some cases release from jail comes at a high cost, showed the report, noting that the country remains among the most censored in the world.
Among jailed journalists are Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay) and Ta Phong Tan who were forced into exile in the U.S. in 2014 and 2015, respectively after serving years in prison.
In an interview with CPJ in its headquarter in New York 2014, Ta Phong Tan said that Vietnam’s communist authorities never voluntarily uphold the conventions on human rights, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, against torture [that] they have signed.
Vietnam, which was elected to the UN Human Rights Council in 2013, has boasted its efforts to ensure enforcement of laws on human rights, saying all accusations are groundless.