Nguyen Van Hai

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2008 prison census: 125 journalists jailed

Journalists in prison as of December 1, 2008 Read the accompanying report: “Online and in jail”

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Graft-busting reporter jailed for two years

New York, October 15, 2008–Nguyen Viet Chien, a reporter for the Vietnamese daily newspaper Thanh Nien who broke major stories on high-level government corruption in 2006, was sentenced today to two years in prison after being found guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the state,” according to news reports.

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Vietnamese authorities revoke seven journalists’ press credentials

New York, August 5, 2008—The Vietnamese government revoked the press credentials of seven local journalists from four newspapers, of which at least two had aggressively covered the controversial arrest of two journalists in May, according to local and international new reports. All seven of the accused journalists are forbidden to work while their press cards…

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Several journalists arrested in Vietnam

Dear President Nguyen, The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by the recent spate of arrests, detentions, and trials of journalists in Vietnam. Even though Article 69 of your country’s constitution broadly protects press freedom and freedom of expression, your government has continued to use criminal and national security laws to arbitrarily stifle these essential freedoms.

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Several journalists arrested in Vietnam

Dear President Nguyen, The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by the recent spate of arrests, detentions, and trials of journalists in Vietnam. Even though Article 69 of your country’s constitution broadly protects press freedom and freedom of expression, your government has continued to use criminal and national security laws to arbitrarily stifle these essential freedoms.

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‘I am dying every day:’ Wife of killed Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif calls for justice

Six months after Kenyan authorities said Kenyan police shot dead prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, his wife Javiera Siddique spoke to CPJ about the lack of justice for her husband, the online smear campaign against her, and her hopes for how the international community can help. Sharif was killed outside Nairobi on October 23, 2022,…

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‘Living in fear’: Exiled Afghan journalists face arrest, hunger in Pakistan

Many exiled Afghan journalists are still in limbo more than 18 months after the Taliban seized power, forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghans to flee as the Taliban cracked down on the country’s previously vibrant independent media landscape. Exiled journalists unable to move beyond neighboring Pakistan are in increasingly dire straits. Unable to find jobs…

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Le Anh Hung

Vietnamese journalist Le Anh Hung, a frequent contributor to the U.S. Congress-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), is serving a five-year sentence on an anti-state charge. Since his detention in 2018, he has been involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital several times. On August 30, 2022, the Hanoi People’s Court convicted and sentenced Hung to five years…

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Phan Kim Khanh

Vietnamese journalist Phan Kim Khanh is serving a six-year prison sentence, to be followed by four years of house arrest, on anti-state charges. His health has deteriorated due to poor treatment, according to family members.  On October 25, 2017, Khanh was sentenced to six years in prison and four years house arrest by the People’s Court…

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CPJ, 73 media and rights groups urge Asian heads of state to release jailed journalists

Given that a staggering number of imprisoned journalists are held in jails across the Asian continent, CPJ and other groups call on leaders of these countries to release them at this time of grave public health concern.

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