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Reporting the truth is always rewarding, but it can also be dangerous, especially for journalists working in countries (theirs or on international assignments) that may severely limit press freedom and the free flow of information to the population. Whatever the situation on the ground, these journalists are subject to being attacked, arrested, detained and interrogated, and even tried, convicted and imprisoned. These imperiled journalists are not alone, however.
Digital rights in Vietnam are declining as a new system of surveillance and control has emerged in the country, with the support of Western tech giants.
Dismayed to learn that a Hanoi appeal court upheld Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang’s nine-year jail sentence after she refused to plead guilty to “anti-state propaganda,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Vietnam’s commercial partners, including the European Union and United States, to use their trade agreements with Hanoi to press for the release of this journalist, who was awarded the RSF Press Freedom Prize in 2019.