May 8, 2014
Vietnamese blogger arrested on anti-state charges
CPJ | Bangkok | May 7, 2014 Vietnamese police in Hanoi arrested the founder of a popular blog and his assistant on Monday on accusations of disseminating anti-state articles, according to news reports. In 2007, blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh started the Ba Sam news website and aggregator, which often posted materials critical of the government […]
May 8, 2014
Vietnam: Arbitrary arrests and harassment of bloggers and activists continue
by HR Defender • Nguyen Huu Vinh (Anh Ba Sam), Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy
FIDH | Paris, 7 May 2014 Vietnam must end the arbitrary arrest and harassment of activists and bloggers and immediately release the more than 200 political prisoners it holds, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), said today. On 5 May, Vietnamese police in Hanoi arrested blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, […]