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In Vietnam, crackdown on journalists in past six months
New York, October 3, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the recent crackdown on freedom of expression in Vietnam and calls on the government to immediately and unconditionally release all of the journalists detained in the country.
In the past six months, at least nine journalists, all of whom work primarily online, have been jailed in Vietnam. At the end of 2010, CPJ counted only five journalists in jail.
"With these arrests, Vietnam now ranks among the worst jailers of journalists in the world," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program director. "The crackdown under way underscores the Communist Party government's enduring fear of an independent press scrutinizing its record, policies, and personalities. The national security-related charges used to imprison these journalists are bogus across the board."
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http://cpj.org/2011/10/in-vietnam-crackdown-on-journalists-in-past-six-mo.php
In Vietnam, crackdown on journalists in past six months
New York, October 3, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the recent crackdown on freedom of expression in Vietnam and calls on the government to immediately and unconditionally release all of the journalists detained in the country.
In the past six months, at least nine journalists, all of whom work primarily online, have been jailed in Vietnam. At the end of 2010, CPJ counted only five journalists in jail.
"With these arrests, Vietnam now ranks among the worst jailers of journalists in the world," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program director. "The crackdown under way underscores the Communist Party government's enduring fear of an independent press scrutinizing its record, policies, and personalities. The national security-related charges used to imprison these journalists are bogus across the board."
more...
http://cpj.org/2011/10/in-vietnam-crackdown-on-journalists-in-past-six-mo.php