Nguyen Van Hai

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Alerts | Vietnam

Three Vietnamese journalists given antistate charges

A journalist was charged with anti-government propaganda after he reported on protests against the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay, above. (AFP/Olivier Morin)

New York, April 16, 2012--Vietnamese authorities have brought anti-government charges against three journalists who have languished in prison for several months, news reports said on Sunday.

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April 16, 2012 3:14 PM ET |
Tags: Anh Ba Saigon, Blogger, Conglysuthat, Dieu Cay, Free Journalists Network of Vietnam, Imprisoned, Internet, Nguyen Hoang Hai, Nguyen Van Hai, Phan Thanh Hai, Ta Phong Tan
Alerts | Vietnam

Vietnamese blogger handed harsh prison sentence

Bangkok, August 11, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the prison sentence handed down on Wednesday to French-Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang and joins international calls for the dual national's immediate and unconditional release.
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August 11, 2011 2:19 PM ET |
Tags: Blogger, Imprisoned, Internet, Nguyen Van Hai, Pham Minh Hoang, Pham Thanh Nghien, Phan Thanh Hai, Tran Vu Hai, Viet Tan
Alerts | Vietnam

Concerns rise about jailed Vietnamese blogger

Bangkok, July 27, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the health of Nguyen Van Hai, a Vietnamese blogger held in government detention since April 2008, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release on humanitarian grounds.
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July 27, 2011 2:07 PM ET |
Tags: Blogger, Imprisoned, Nguyen Van Hai
Alerts | Vietnam

Journalists detained, released in Vietnam clampdown

Bangkok, July 11, 2011--Authorities must stop harassing journalists reporting on public demonstrations in Vietnam, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On Sunday, police detained and interrogated three reporters who were covering anti-China protests in Hanoi where around a dozen demonstrators were arrested.    

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July 11, 2011 2:31 PM ET |
Tags: APTN, Asahi Shimbun, Blogger, Hau Dinh, Nguyen Van Hai, NHK, Pham Minh Hoang, Pham Thanh Nghien, Phan Thanh Hai
Attacks on the Press | Vietnam

Attacks on the Press 2009: Vietnam

Top Developments
• Bloggers face regular harassment and detention.
• Government conducts extensive online censorship.

Key Statistic
300: Number of cybercafés outfitted with software tracking visits to banned Web sites.

While maintaining its tight grip on traditional news media, the government intensified its already significant controls over the Internet with new restrictions on content and heightened monitoring of the blogs that have emerged as an alternative source of news and commentary. Internet penetration continued to surge, with an estimated 22 million users among the country’s approximately 89 million people, according to Ministry of Information and Telecommunications statistics.

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February 16, 2010 12:06 AM ET |
Tags: Maguindanao, Nguyen Van Hai
Alerts | Vietnam

Vietnamese writer jailed for spreading ‘propaganda’

New York, January 29, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a jail sentence given to a Vietnamese journalist on charges that she spread anti-state propaganda and called today for her immediate release.

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January 29, 2010 2:58 PM ET |
Tags: Blogger, Freelancer, Imprisoned, Nguyen Van Hai, Pham Thanh Nghien
Imprisoned | Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

2009 prison census

136 journalists jailed worldwide

As of December 1, 2009    |   » Read the accompanying report: "FREELANCERS UNDER FIRE"

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December 8, 2009 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Abdulghani Memetemin, Adnan Hajizade, Adnan Hassanpour, Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, Aleshteraki, Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, Alfredo Pulido López, Amanuel Asrat, Asrat Wedajo, Aung Kyaw San, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Boris Stomakhin, Chen Daojun, Dawit Habtemichael, Dawit Isaac, Dhondup Wangchen, Dilmurod Saiid, Driss Chahtan, Du Daobin, Dzhamshid Karimov, Ebrima Manneh, Elmar Huseynov, Emin Milli, Evin Prison, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fabio Prieto Llorente, Fariba Pajooh, Fuad Rashid, Gayrat Mehliboyev, Genimet Zakhidov, Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Guo Qizhen, Gustavo Azócar, Hamid Mohammed Said, Hanevy Ould Dehah, Hang Chakra, Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Hossein Derakhshan, Hu Jia, Huang Qi, Ibrahim Jassam, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, Islam Karimov, Issa Saharkhiz, Iván Hernández Carrillo, J.S. Tissainayagam, Javad Mahzadeh, Jin Haike, José Luis García Paneque, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, Kayvan Samimi, Kong Youping, Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang, Léster Luis González Pentón, Lü Gengsong, Lewis Medjo, Mahdi Hossein-Zadeh, Marjan Abdollahian, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Mijail Bárzaga Lugo, Mohammad Davari, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Muhammad Bekjanov, Nguyen Van Hai, Normando Hernández González, Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Omar Ruíz Hernández, Omid Salimi, Ortikali Namazov, Oscar Sánchez Madan, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Qi Chonghuai, Ramazan Yesergepov, Reza Nourbakhsh, Ricardo González Alfonso, Richard Durbin, Rory Peck, Saeed Laylaz, Said Abdelkader, Saleh Aljezeeri, Saleh Idris Gama, Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, Sardar Alibeili, Sein Win Maung, Seyoum Tsehaye, Shi Tao, Sun Lin, Taoufik Ben Brik, Taqadoumy, Temesken Ghebreyesus, Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Zaw Thet Htwe, Zemenfes Haile, Zhang Jianhong, Zheng Yichun, Zouhair Makhlouf
Letters | Vietnam

Vietnam's Triet urged to fulfill promises on reform

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September 25, 2009 10:18 AM ET |
Tags: Blogger, Internet, Nguyen Van Hai
Blog | Vietnam

Nowhere safe for Vietnamese bloggers

By Le Trung Thanh (Blacky)
A major leap forward for freedom of expression in Vietnam has been the rise of blogs. But this development has led to growing conflicts between bloggers, government authorities, and, potentially, multinational Internet service companies.  
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May 4, 2009 3:10 PM ET | | Comments (8)
Tags: Blogger, Blogger Report, Internet, Nguyen Van Hai
Attacks on the Press

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Preface

By Carl Bernstein

When the Committee to Protect Journalists was founded in 1981, the prevailing threats to freedom of the press around the world were still from juntas, dictators, authoritarian regimes, and social systems determined to dominate the media as a means of maintaining control over citizens, usually within the boundaries of the nation-state. Toward that end, newspapers and television were nationalized or controlled by party organs, strict censorship prevailed, and officially sanctioned news was delivered expeditiously.

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February 10, 2009 12:59 AM ET |
Tags: Abdul Razzak Johra, Magomed Yevloyev, Nguyen Van Hai

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