Committee to Protect Journalists April 25: Prominent Internet Writer Detained in Vietnam

New York, April 25, 2007

The Committee to Protect Journalists journalist is gravely concerned about the recent arrest of Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, an award-winning journalist and writer. Thuy was taken into custody Saturday at her residence, where she was already being held under house arrest, according to news reports. She was charged with violating Article 88 of Vietnam’s criminal code, which prohibits the dissemination of information that authorities deem harmful to the state.

http://www.cpj.org/news/2007/asia/vietnam25apr07na.html