Authorities arrest young pro-democracy blogger who studied in France

Reporters Without Borders condemns this week's arrest of pro-democracy blogger Nguyen Tien Trung, one of the leaders of the Association of Young Vietnamese for democracy. A graduate of an engineering school in the French city of Rennes, Nguyen Tien Trung returned to Vietnam to pursue a commitment to free expression. “While the world's eyes are turned to Iran and Xinjiang, the Vietnamese are arresting pro-democracy activists one by one, especially those who try to promote the cause of free (...)

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