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Vietnam Cracks Down on AntiChina Journalists and Bloggers
Sep 5 2009, Phan

Hanoi is stepping up pressure on its critics, detaining one Vietnamese journalist and two Vietnamese bloggers this past week after they wrote provocative reports that questioned China’s territorial aims. Though there have been no official...

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Iran Targets Online Critics Worldwide, Relatives Back Home
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