Vietnam - Newly-detained blogger insisted he was “neither criminal nor reactionary”

Reporters without borders

Public security ministry officials yesterday arrested Truong Duy Nhat, one of Vietnam's most influential bloggers, at his home in the central city of Da Nang and escorted him by plane to Hanoi. “Nhat's arrest is particularly disturbing as it shows that the government is bent on persecuting and jailing all dissidents, despite the many calls for the release of five bloggers when their appeals were heard last week,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We call for Nhat's immediate and unconditional (...)

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