Nguyen Van Hai, Vietnam 2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) UPDATE: On November 25, 2014, Nguyen Van Hai attended CPJ’s 2014 International Press Freedom Awards and received his award in person. Scroll down to watch or read his speech. Nguyen Van Hai is one of the best-known bloggers in Vietnam’s burgeoning community of online journalists, who are striving to build an independent alternative to the state news monopoly. Hai is serving a 12-year prison sentence and is slated for five years of house arrest under a vague law that bars “conducting propaganda” against the state. Hai’s blog entries have touched on politically sensitive issues, including protests against China, which disputes Vietnam’s claim to the nearby Spratly and Paracel islands, and government corruption. Hai also called for demonstrations against the Beijing Olympic torch relay which passed through Ho Chi Minh City in December 2007. Hai’s troubles began in 2008, when he was i...
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A message from son of Vietnam blogger Nguyen Van Hai Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator April 29, 2014 10:52 AM EDT In preparation for today’s Congressional Briefing on Media Freedom in Vietnam , organized by members of the U.S. House of Representatives and featuring a panel of Vietnamese bloggers and others, CPJ has been in close contact with the family of Nguyen Van Hai, a blogger who has been in jail since 2008. We have also met with several other bloggers from Vietnam , some of whom are in Washington, D.C. today. While we seek the release of all imprisoned journalists in Vietnam, we have focused on Hai (also known by the name of his blog Dieu Cay , or Peasant’s Pipe) because he was given, in absentia, a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 2013 , and is the longest jailed journalist in Vietnam–since April 2008. Knowing of today’s event, Hai’s son, Nguyen Tri Dung, 27, who has remained in Vietnam with his family, sent the message below. As he says, he takes consid...
Điếu Cày bị biệt giam, tuyệt thực và đấu tranh đòi tự do báo chí Nguyen Van Hai / CPJ Guest Blogger Ngày 16 tháng 6 năm 2015 10:43 AM EDT LƯU Ý CỦA NGƯỜI BIÊN TẬP: Bị biệt giam và bị tước bỏ nhân quyền, blogger Việt Nam Nguyễn Văn Hải đã phải chịu đựng rất nhiều trong sáu năm rưỡi ở tù. Người đàn ông 63 tuổi chỉ trích thẳng thắn chính quyền đàn áp Việt Nam đã được trả tự do sớm khỏi bản án 12 năm vào năm ngoái, một phần nhờ vào sự vận động của CPJ. Hải, người viết với cái tên Điếu Cày (Ống của nông dân), đã được trao Giải thưởng Tự do Báo chí Quốc tế của CPJ vào năm 2013. Tại đây, anh ta kể lại cuộc đời nghiệt ngã của một tù nhân chính trị và cam kết sử dụng quyền tự do mới tìm được của mình để tiếp tục chiến đấu. chống lại sự bất công. Blogger Việt Nam Nguyễn Văn Hải, người đã bị bỏ tù hơn sáu năm vì bài viết phê bình của mình, đang sống lưu vong ở Hoa Kỳ (AP / Richard Vogel) Blogger Việt Nam Nguyễn Văn Hải, người đã bị bỏ tù hơn sáu năm vì bài viết phê bình của mình, đang...
Undercover in Vietnam: Room for debate frees up but bloggers remain imprisoned Shawn W. Crispin/Southeast Asia Representative September 30, 2014 10:44 AM EDT Petitions calling for the release of Nguyen Van Hai are scattered across a table at the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards. Hai, also known as Dieu Cay, is serving a 12-year sentence for blogging. (Michael Nagle/Getty Images for Committee to Protect Journalists/AFP) In the final part of CPJ’s “Undercover in Vietnam” series on press freedom in Vietnam, Southeast Asia Representative Shawn Crispin reveals how prominent blogger Nguyen Van Hai remains behind bars for his critical writing despite the margin for debate opening. The series concludes with recommendations for the Vietnamese government and international bodies. Petitions calling for the release of Nguyen Van Hai are scattered across a table at the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards. Hai is serving a 12-year sentence for blogging. (Michael Nagle/Getty I...
Undercover in Vietnam: Room for debate frees up but bloggers remain imprisoned Shawn W. Crispin/Southeast Asia Representative September 30, 2014 10:44 AM EDT Petitions calling for the release of Nguyen Van Hai are scattered across a table at the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards. Hai, also known as Dieu Cay, is serving a 12-year sentence for blogging. (Michael Nagle/Getty Images for Committee to Protect Journalists/AFP) In the final part of CPJ’s “Undercover in Vietnam” series on press freedom in Vietnam, Southeast Asia Representative Shawn Crispin reveals how prominent blogger Nguyen Van Hai remains behind bars for his critical writing despite the margin for debate opening. The series concludes with recommendations for the Vietnamese government and international bodies. Petitions calling for the release of Nguyen Van Hai are scattered across a table at the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards. Hai is serving a 12-year sentence for blogging. (Michael Nagl...
Undercover in Vietnam: Exile is high price reporters pay for press freedom Shawn W. Crispin/Southeast Asia Representative September 29, 2014 10:07 AM EDT Newspapers are stacked on a Ho Chi Minh City street. The country's newspapers are heavily censored, reporters say. (AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam) In the third of CPJ’s four-part “Undercover in Vietnam” series on press freedom in Vietnam, CPJ Southeast Asia Representative Shawn Crispin interviews a reporter living in exile after challenging the censorship imposed in newsrooms. The final part, to be published Tuesday, reveals how prominent bloggers remain behind bars despite the margin for critical debate opening. The series concludes with recommendations for the Vietnamese government and international bodies. Newspapers are stacked on a Ho Chi Minh City street. The country’s state-run press is heavily censored, reporters say. (AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam) On December 9, 2012, mainstream journalist and sometimes blogger Pham Doan Trang w...