Vietnam: Vietnamese Family Held after Spreading News of Deadly Land Dispute

Jun 26, 2020 | Agence France-Presse
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Four members of a Vietnamese family who spread news online about a deadly land dispute have been arrested, authorities said Thursday, as the communist government cracks down on dissent ahead of its party congress. Vietnam's authoritarian rulers typically move swiftly to muzzle critics and dissidents posting online, and the run-up to a leadership transition in January poses an especially tense period for the paranoid state.