Independent Journalists Arrested in Vietnam
May 07, 2021
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The United States is concerned about Nguyen Thanh Nha, Doan Kien Giang, and Nguyen Phuoc Trung Bao, three independent journalists who were arrested by Vietnamese authorities, as well as their colleague, Truong Chau Huu Danh.
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The United States is concerned about Nguyen Thanh Nha, Doan Kien Giang, and Nguyen Phuoc Trung Bao, three independent journalists who were arrested by Vietnamese authorities on April 20th, as well as their colleague, Truong Chau Huu Danh, who was detained in late December. All four were charged under Article 331 of the Vietnamese Penal Code, which forbids “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State”. A conviction carries a 7-year prison sentence.
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On the Arrests of Journalists Affiliated with Vietnamese Bao Sach Group Published: 26 April 2021
Washington, DC - The United States is concerned about the arrests of journalists affiliated with the group Bao Sach (Clean Journalism). Nguyen Phuoc Trung Bao, Nguyen Thanh Nha, and Doan Kien Giang were arrested on April 20 and charged with “abusing democratic freedoms” under Article 331 of the Penal Code. These arrests follow the December detention of another member of Bao Sach, Truong Chau Huu Danh, under the same charges.
These four arrests of journalists are the latest in a troubling trend of detentions and convictions of Vietnamese citizens exercising their rights to free expression and speech as enshrined in Vietnam’s constitution. The United States calls on the Vietnamese authorities to release all those unjustly detained and to allow all individuals in Vietnam to express their views freely and without fear of retaliation. We urge the Vietnamese gov
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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.