An official website of Independent journalist detained on anti-state charges in Vietnam
Committee to Protect JournalistsPolice on July 5 detained Hung, a regular contributor to U.S. Congress-funded Voice of America (VOA) and a prominent independent blogger, on suspicion of "abusing democratic freedoms" to infringe on the interests of the state, an offense under Article 331…
CPJ awardee ‘Mother Mushroom’ faces threats, poor prison conditions
Committee to Protect JournalistsIn an interview with the U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Asia, Lan said Quynh now fears she will die in detention due to hostile cellmates and poor prison conditions. In her Facebook post, Lan wrote that Quynh requested that she visit…
Russian Duma committee OKs legislation to label individual journalists ‘foreign agents’
Committee to Protect JournalistsThe Justice Ministry has already used the newly expanded laws to designate nine U.S.-funded news outlets, including the U.S. Congress-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), as foreign agents, according to reports.
