September 20, 2012
Vietnam’s press freedom shrinks despite open economy
Vietnamese officials are stepping up repression of old and new media even as they promote an image of an open, globalized economy. Intense surveillance and imprisonment of critical journalists, coupled with increasingly restrictive laws, are choking the flow of information. A CPJ special report by Shawn W. Crispin A police officer blocks photographers at an anti-China […]
September 21, 2012
Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop harassing their family and friends
by Defend the Defenders • Dang Thi Kim Lieng, Duong Thi Tan, Le Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan
September 21, 2012. Amnesty International – Three Vietnamese bloggers who face up to 20 years in jail simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression should be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today, ahead of their trial at Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Court on Monday 24 September 2012.