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A jailed Vietnamese blogger serving an 11-year prison term for writing articles criticizing Vietnam’s government has been moved to a new prison following reports of harsh conditions in the jail where he was previously held, his wife said Thursday.
Nguyen Tuong Thuy, an independent journalist and former RFA Vietnamese Service blogger, was moved April 15 from the Bo La detention center in Binh Duong province to the An Phuoc detention center in the same province.
Thuy, 71, was older than many of the other inmates held at Bo La, was often last in line when the prison canteen opened for purchases of food, and was hindered in performing daily tasks by an injury to his hand suffered when police wrenched his phone away from him at the time of his arrest.
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A jailed Vietnamese blogger serving an 11-year prison term for writing articles criticizing Vietnam’s government is struggling with poor health and needs help to look after himself in the harsh conditions of his new detention center, sources close to his family said on Tuesday.
Nguyen Tuong Thuy, an independent journalist and former RFA Vietnamese Service blogger, was moved earlier this year from a Ho Chi Minh City Police detention center and sent to the Bo La prison in Binh Duong province, sources told RFA in an earlier report.
Thuy, 71, is older than many of the other inmates held at Bo La, and is often last in line when the prison canteen is opened for purchases of food, the wife of a former fellow prisoner told RFA’s Vietnamese Service on Tuesday after speaking with her husband the week before by phone.
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Delegates arrive to attend the closing ceremony of the Communist Party of Vietnam 13th National Congress, at the National Convention Centre, Hanoi, 1 February 2021, NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images With the conclusion of the 13th Party Congress, watchdog groups foresee continued or worsened suppression of press freedom in Vietnam.
This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 26 March 2021.
The re-election of the leaders of Vietnam’s Communist Party during the party’s official congress last month heralds a continuation of oppressive policies toward press freedom, experts say.
The congress, which ended on February 1, saw the re-election of key party members, including party’s general secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Vietnam’s president. Nguyen Phu Trong is known for his conservative ideology and suppressing dissent. Journalists and media freedom organizations fear that the government will increase its attacks on indepe
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Visitors walk past remains of aircraft bombs displayed at an airbase museum in Quang Tri province, Vietnam, 8 December 2020, NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images Phan Bui Bao Thy, a state-owned magazine bureau chief in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, was arrested on a charge of “abusing democratic freedoms” for accusing local leaders of corruption in Facebook posts.
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 16 February 2021.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Phan Bui Bao Thy, a state-owned magazine bureau chief in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, who is being held on a charge of “abusing democratic freedoms” for accusing local leaders of corruption in Facebook posts. He was just acting in the general interest, RSF says.