By Vu Quoc Ngu | Dec 30, 2014
Vietnam has arrested the third blogger within one month, showing the government iron hand against online bloggers ahead of the communist party’s plenum which is scheduled in January next year.
Blogger Nguyen Dinh Ngoc, 48, was arrested on Dec 27 at his house in Ho Chi Minh City, local newspapers reported, adding the city’s security forces will continue their investigation into his violations.
However, the police did not unveil any details on the accusation against him.
Ngoc’s arrest is the third within a month. In late November, HCM City police arrested Hong Le Tho, the owner of Nguoi Lot Gach blog and one week later, they detained Nguyen Quang Lap who runs Que Choa blog.
The three activists will be interrogated for their postings which criticize government policies and human rights violations.
Bloggers Lap and Hong posted many articles condemning China’s invasion in the East Sea while many believed that Ngoc has pen name Nguyen Ngoc Gia, who has many writings promoting multi-party democracy and human rights in foreign-based websites.
The arrests of bloggers have showed that the government in a communist-ruled Vietnam is intensifying its online crackdown ahead of the party’s plenum slated in January to prepare for the next National Congress in 2016.
Vietnam’s communists have vowed to hold the country under one-party regime, tolerating no criticism. The communist government has used controversial articles in the Criminal Code to silence local dissent which has voiced against bad economic management, rampant corruption and weak response to China’s expansionism in the East Sea.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch, the Paris-based freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and other international human rights bodies have protested the arrests of Vietnamese bloggers, saying these moves have violated human rights on freedom of expression.
Earlier, the Reporters Without Borders, which lists Vietnam as an “Enemy of the Internet,” has ranked the country 174th out of 180 nations in its press freedom index for 2014.
According to the Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 activists and bloggers who are exercising their basic rights.
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December 30, 2014
Vietnam Arrests Third Blogger, Intensifying Crackdown ahead of Party Plenum
by Nhan Quyen • Hong Le Tho (Nguoi Lot Gach), Nguyen Dinh Ngoc (Nguyen Ngoc Gia), Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa)
Vietnam has arrested the third blogger within one month, showing the government iron hand against online bloggers ahead of the communist party’s plenum which is scheduled in January next year.
Blogger Nguyen Dinh Ngoc, 48, was arrested on Dec 27 at his house in Ho Chi Minh City, local newspapers reported, adding the city’s security forces will continue their investigation into his violations.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Dec 30, 2014
Vietnam has arrested the third blogger within one month, showing the government iron hand against online bloggers ahead of the communist party’s plenum which is scheduled in January next year.
Blogger Nguyen Dinh Ngoc, 48, was arrested on Dec 27 at his house in Ho Chi Minh City, local newspapers reported, adding the city’s security forces will continue their investigation into his violations.
However, the police did not unveil any details on the accusation against him.
Ngoc’s arrest is the third within a month. In late November, HCM City police arrested Hong Le Tho, the owner of Nguoi Lot Gach blog and one week later, they detained Nguyen Quang Lap who runs Que Choa blog.
The three activists will be interrogated for their postings which criticize government policies and human rights violations.
Bloggers Lap and Hong posted many articles condemning China’s invasion in the East Sea while many believed that Ngoc has pen name Nguyen Ngoc Gia, who has many writings promoting multi-party democracy and human rights in foreign-based websites.
The arrests of bloggers have showed that the government in a communist-ruled Vietnam is intensifying its online crackdown ahead of the party’s plenum slated in January to prepare for the next National Congress in 2016.
Vietnam’s communists have vowed to hold the country under one-party regime, tolerating no criticism. The communist government has used controversial articles in the Criminal Code to silence local dissent which has voiced against bad economic management, rampant corruption and weak response to China’s expansionism in the East Sea.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch, the Paris-based freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and other international human rights bodies have protested the arrests of Vietnamese bloggers, saying these moves have violated human rights on freedom of expression.
Earlier, the Reporters Without Borders, which lists Vietnam as an “Enemy of the Internet,” has ranked the country 174th out of 180 nations in its press freedom index for 2014.
According to the Human Rights Watch, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 activists and bloggers who are exercising their basic rights.