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Independent Journalists Arrested in Vietnam May 07, 2021 RSF is unveiling its 2021 World Press Freedom Index: Journalism is blocked in more than 130 countries. Share share Print 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. Embed share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:06 0:00 Pop-out player 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 ....
A journalist and a camera operator wear personal protective equipment amidst the surge in COVID-19 infections, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, 20 April 2021, Ganesh Chandra/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images April 2021 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Addressing India’s COVID-19 surge is made more difficult by authorities censoring information. Myanmar’s junta has resorted to publishing wanted lists, targeting journalists. A satirical playlist led to the brief incarceration of an artist in Malaysia. And Hong Kong’s first conviction around a violent attack during the 2019 protests? An investigative reporter. ....
IFJ 22 December 2020 Vietnam: Journalist arrested over infrastructure criticism Truong Chau Huu Danh, a former state media reporter and a founder of the Facebook news page Bao Sach or ‘Clean Newspaper’, was arrested on December 17 after criticising a contentious infrastructure program in the country. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns Truong’s arrest and demands his immediate release. Credit: Canva Truong was detained after posting his criticism of the country s build-operate-transfer (BOT) highways to his Bao Sach page. The project was implemented in recent years as a funding mechanism for Vietnam and involved the construction of toll booths and new methods of toll collection that sparked public protest. Truong had previously reported on the protests against illegal toll collection and the “illogical construction of tollbooths.” ....
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