Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:30:53 +0200
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Subject: VIETNAM : Authorities confirm arrest of two cyber-dissidents /
26.09.06
Reporters Without Borders / Internet Freedom desk
VIETNAM
Authorities confirm arrest of two cyber-dissidents
According to Agence France Presse, the Vietnamese authorities confirmed on 21
September that they have arrested cyber-dissidents Le Nguyen Sang and Huynh
Nguyen Dao for distributing pamphlets and posting political documents online.
These activities were "contrary to the interests of the Vietnamese state and
could be interpreted as terrorism," the authorities said.
Nguyen Hoang Long is the pseudonym used by Le Nguyen Sang, a 48-year-old
doctor, while Huynh Viet Lang is the pseudonym of Huynh Nguyen Dao, a
38-year-old journalist.
According to the US-based People's Democratic Party, an exile organisation that
is banned inside Vietnam, the two cyber-dissidents are being held in a
detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The group claims that four more of its
members are also currently detained in Vietnam although the authorities have so
far refused to release any information about them.
Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for the release of Le Nguyen Sang
and Huynh Nguyen Dao and urges the authorities to say whether or not they are
also holding the four other People's Democratic Party activists. Two other
cyber-dissidents, Nguyen Vu Binh and Truong Quoc Huy, are also still in prison
in Vietnam. Reporters Without Borders calls on foreign diplomats to try to
promote respect for free expression in Vietnam, which is about to join the
World Trade Organisation.
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To: internet@rsf.org
From: "rsf.Internet" <internet@rsf.org>
Subject: VIETNAM : Authorities confirm arrest of two cyber-dissidents /
26.09.06
Reporters Without Borders / Internet Freedom desk
VIETNAM
Authorities confirm arrest of two cyber-dissidents
According to Agence France Presse, the Vietnamese authorities confirmed on 21
September that they have arrested cyber-dissidents Le Nguyen Sang and Huynh
Nguyen Dao for distributing pamphlets and posting political documents online.
These activities were "contrary to the interests of the Vietnamese state and
could be interpreted as terrorism," the authorities said.
Nguyen Hoang Long is the pseudonym used by Le Nguyen Sang, a 48-year-old
doctor, while Huynh Viet Lang is the pseudonym of Huynh Nguyen Dao, a
38-year-old journalist.
According to the US-based People's Democratic Party, an exile organisation that
is banned inside Vietnam, the two cyber-dissidents are being held in a
detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The group claims that four more of its
members are also currently detained in Vietnam although the authorities have so
far refused to release any information about them.
Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for the release of Le Nguyen Sang
and Huynh Nguyen Dao and urges the authorities to say whether or not they are
also holding the four other People's Democratic Party activists. Two other
cyber-dissidents, Nguyen Vu Binh and Truong Quoc Huy, are also still in prison
in Vietnam. Reporters Without Borders calls on foreign diplomats to try to
promote respect for free expression in Vietnam, which is about to join the
World Trade Organisation.
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