November 4, 2016
Vietnamese blogger arrested for criticizing government
Anadolu Agency, November 3, 2016 Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a blogger for spreading “anti-state propaganda”. The VN Express news site reported police as saying Thursday that the blogger, a 52-year-old doctor named Ho Van Hai, was arrested Wednesday night over Facebook posts. The content of the offending posts was not made public […]
November 5, 2016
Blogger detained amid escalating crackdown in Vietnam
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam)
Committee to Protection of Journalists Bangkok, November 4, 2016–Vietnamese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release blogger Ho Van Hai, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc district arrested Hai, a medical doctor popularly known by his Facebook moniker ‘Ho Hai’, on November 2, according to news reports. […]