June 17, 2013
Vietnam arrests third blogger in less than a month in intensifying crackdown on dissent
AP 17.6.2013 HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese police have arrested a blogger accused of posting “erroneous and slanderous” information about the communist government, state media reported Monday. The blogger is the third locked up in less than a month in an intensifying crackdown against dissent. Dinh Nhat Uy was taken into police custody in southern Long […]
June 17, 2013
Vietnam Arrests More Bloggers After Confidence Vote
by Nhan Quyen • Dinh Nguyen Kha, Dinh Nhat Uy, Pham Viet Dao
The Wall Street Journal 17.6.2013 Vietnam’s latest arrest of a Vietnamese blogger for criticizing the country’s Communist rulers could risk undermining its attempts to provide more accountability through other, more official channels, such as the National Assembly. The state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reported Monday that Dinh Nhat Uy was taken into custody in Long An […]