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BBC accused of endangering Vietnamese staff on World Service

Several reporters at the World Service raised concerns that the Vietnamese state had a history of abducting journalists from Thailand.

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According to a lawyer, Vietnam uses prison to 'silence' human rights journalist

Trang was detained in October 2020, and a court in December 2021 convicted her of distributing "anti-state propaganda.”

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Ha pleaded innocent to the charges at his trial and indicated he would appeal directly after the verdict was handed down.

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Vietnam ranked as the world’s fourth-worst jailer of journalists, with at least 23 members of the press held behind bars for their work.

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Several reporters at the World Service raised concerns that the Vietnamese state had a history of abducting journalists from Thailand.

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Hung was held in a mental hospital and on remand for over four years before his conviction.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Trang as winner of an International Women of Courage prize.