Vietnam - Arrests, surveillance and intimidation used to prevent destabilization

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns a new crackdown on Vietnam's bloggers and human rights activists. “The authorities are stopping at nothing to silence dissidents, following them, assaulting them, subjecting them to heavy-handed interrogation and holding them illegally,” Reporters Without Borders said. “They are acting like thugs with peaceful bloggers because they fear that a wave of anti-Chinese demonstrations could pose a threat to internal stability. “Activists whose only crime is having (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mercredi 18 juillet 2012