Three more independent reporters arrested in Vietnam
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A sticker of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress is seen on the back of a journalist’s computer monitor, Hanoi, Vietnam, 26 January 2021, MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images
Independent journalists Nguyen Thanh Nha, Doan Kien Giang, and Nguyen Phuoc Trung Bao were arrested after denouncing abuses by two recently promoted senior officials in Vietnam.
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 22 April 2021.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of three Vietnamese journalists who were arrested this week after denouncing abuses by two senior officials, and urges the authorities to stop hounding journalists trying to provide their fellow-citizens with independent reporting.