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Annual Press Freedom Report 2008

13 February 2008 REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CRITICISES LACK OF PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM AND FEARS ANTI-MEDIA VIOLENCE IN COMING MONTHS The plight of journalists

US Panel: Vietnam Lacks Religious Freedom

Notes Improvement, Says Overall Condition Still Poor WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Although religious freedom in Vietnam is moving in the right direction, overall

VIETNAM: Award-winning journalist released

New York, February 4, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the recent release from prison of Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, an award-winning writer and journalist.

Vietnam frees dissident writer with TB

Friday, February 1, 2008 HANOI — A court in communist Vietnam freed a writer and pro-democracy activist from prison Thursday, partially on medical grounds due

Vietnam Events of 2007

2007 was characterized by the harshest crackdown on peaceful dissent in 20 years. The government, emboldened by international recognition after joining the World Trade Organization