March 22, 2013
RESPONSE TO VIETNAMESE NEWSPAPER’S CRITICISM OF 2013 NETIZEN PRIZE
FRIDAY 22 MARCH 2013 – In an article published online on 14 March, the Vietnamese daily Nhan Dan criticized the fact that the 2013 Reporters Without Borders Netizen Prize was awarded to the Vietnamese citizen-journalist and blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh. Like his compatriots Ta Phong Tan and Nguyen Hoang Vi, Chenh was singled out for his defence of freedom of the media and information […]
May 13, 2013
NETIZEN PRIZE WINNER PREVENTED FROM TAKING INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT
by Defend the Defenders • Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, Huynh Trong Hieu, Nguyen Huu Vinh JB
PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 13 MAY 2013. Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese public security ministry’s decision to prevent the well-known blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh from travelling abroad. Winner of the 2013 Netizen Prize, which Reporters Without Borders awards annually with support from Google, Chenh and his daughter were stopped at Ho Chi Minh City airport as they were about […]