May 22, 2020
Vietnamese Dissident Writer Arrested on Subversion Charge
Vietnamese writer Pham Chi Thanh is shown in an undated photo taken from his blog Ba Dam Xoe RFA, May 21, 2020 Police in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi arrested a dissident writer and blogger on Thursday on charges of producing and distributing information opposing the government amid a deepening crackdown on freedom of expression in […]
May 23, 2020
Acting President of Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam Arrested, Charged with “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Tuong Thuy
Defend the Defenders, May 23, 2020 Vietnam’s security forces have arrested blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy, the acting president of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), charging him with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code. According to his family, a group of security officers stumped in his private […]