December 18, 2017
President of Unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association Attacked, Escaping Death in Traffic Accident
Defend the Defenders, December 18, 2017 Dr. Pham Chi Dung, president of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) has escaped death in a traffic accident intentionally caused by plainclothes agents. The incident occurred at around 7 PM of Sunday (December 17) when Mr. Dung travelled on his motorbike near his private residence in […]
November 21, 2019
Vietnam Arrests Well-known Independent Journalist amid Increasing Crackdown on Local Bloggers
by Nhan Quyen • Pham Chi Dung
Defend the Defenders, November 21, 2019 On November 21, Vietnam’s security forces arrested well-known independent journalist Pham Chi Dung on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code for his writings criticizing the communist regime. State media reported that security officers detained Dr. Dung from his private […]