March 6, 2024
Facebooker arrested as Vietnam’s internet crackdown continues
Vietnam has again used a controversial section of its law to prosecute people for expressing their opinions with the arrest of 41-year-old Facebooker Hoang Viet Khanh. Lam Dong Provincial Police announced his detention for “anti-state acts” on Friday, Vietnamese media reported. They said Khanh posted and shared articles, video clips and images on social media […]
March 6, 2024
Vietnamese police detain journalist Nguyen Vu Binh, family say
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights]
Authorities in Hanoi have detained a journalist and long-time critic of the Vietnamese government, a relative told RFA Vietnamese on Friday, in the latest sign of the squelching of dissent in the communist-ruled nation. Police took Nguyen Vu Binh, 55, into custody on Thursday. He was then briefly brought home to pack some clothes and […]