Vietnam - Netizen Prize winner prevented from taking international flight

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese public security ministry's decision to prevent the well-known blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh from travelling abroad. Winner of the 2013 Netizen Prize, which Reporters Without Borders awards annually with support from Google, Chenh and his daughter were stopped at Ho Chi Minh City airport as they were about to board a flight to the United States on 10 May. Reporters Without Borders regards the travel ban as a reprisal for Chenh's blogging and (...)

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