Reporters Without Borders - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:26:17 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Reporters Without Borders - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vietnam priest acknowledged for courageous journalism https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/05/13/vietnam-priest-acknowledged-courageous-journalism/ Mon, 12 May 2014 19:07:04 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=57648 Anton Ngoc Thanh, a Vietnamese Redemptorist priest, has been listed in as one of 100 information heroes by Reporters Without Borders. Fr Thanh has worked for Vietnam Redemptorist News since the 1990s and has often had problems with authorities in the communist-run nation. Last year, he was arrested during a demonstration in support of an Read more

Vietnam priest acknowledged for courageous journalism... Read more]]> Anton Ngoc Thanh, a Vietnamese Redemptorist priest, has been listed in as one of 100 information heroes by Reporters Without Borders.

Fr Thanh has worked for Vietnam Redemptorist News since the 1990s and has often had problems with authorities in the communist-run nation.

Last year, he was arrested during a demonstration in support of an activist blogger.

Fr Thanh is under police surveillance and is frequently prevented from covering and publicising the human rights abuses he has witnessed.

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