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World Press Freedom Day is a reminder that the region contains some of the world’s biggest jailers of journalists.

The US Secretary of State earlier visited Vietnam where he discussed closer ties despite human rights concerns.

Vietnam's court sentenced a journalist to six years in jail over "anti-state" content, which sparked condemnation from international human rights groups.

Nguyen Lan Thang’s imprisonment is the latest sign of a severe tightening of the political space by the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam.

A prominent Vietnamese journalist who documented protests and human rights violations in the communist-run country was sentenced to six years in jail Wednesday, his lawyer said. Nguyen Lan Thang, an activist and freelance writer who is well-known in Vietnam for his criticism of the government, was convicted of spreading "anti-state propaganda" in the one-day, rare…

A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international

The People's Court of Hanoi on April 12 sentenced 47-year-old Nguyen Lan Thang, a resident of Hanoi’s Dong Da district - to six years in prison for "making, storing, disseminating or propagandising information, documents, materials aimed at opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under the Penal Code.

Nguyen Lan Thang’s trial on Wednesday will be the latest in Vietnam’s crackdown on dissent.

Nguyen Lan Thang is well-known for his criticism of the government, defending human rights and freedom of religion

Access Now and partners call on authorities in Vietnam to drop all charges against journalist Nguyen Lan Thang.