August 5, 2012
Acting Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 3 August 2012, Ravina Shamdasani: We are concerned by what appears to be increasingly limited space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam. Information that we have received indicates ongoing persecution of bloggers and people who use the Internet and other means to freely express their opinions.
August 8, 2012
Viet Nam: Halt crackdown on freedom of expression
by Defend the Defenders • Huynh Thuc Vy, Le Hien Duc, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan
7 August 2012 – Viet Nam’s government must halt its ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today after mass arrests during a peaceful protest in the capital Ha Noi.