(RSF/IFEX) – In a 15 July 1999 letter to the general secretary of the Vietnamese communist party, Le Kha Phieu, RSF protested the refusal to allow a leading dissident, retired General Tran Do, to publish a newspaper. RSF urged the Vietnamese leader to ensure that “independent newspapers may be published without any restraint and that […]
(RSF/IFEX) – In a 15 July 1999 letter to the general secretary of the
Vietnamese communist party, Le Kha Phieu, RSF protested the refusal to allow
a leading dissident, retired General Tran Do, to publish a newspaper. RSF
urged the Vietnamese leader to ensure that “independent newspapers may be
published without any restraint and that General Tran Do may obtain
authorisation for his newspaper.” The organisation argued that “this
decision constitutes a violation of the right to press freedom,” as
guaranteed by the United Nations’ International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, which Vietnam has ratified.
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