Vietnam: New clampdowns on media. Prominent former Communist party
   journalist Nguyen Vu Binh was detained on Friday as the country's newly
   elected parliament was meeting. It says material was taken from his
   computer and he is under arrest and cannot be contacted.
   A California-based organisation, the Democracy Club of Vietnam says he
   is among a group of dissidents who wrote to the Communist leaders early
   in July calling for political reforms and the release of political
   prisoners.
   The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, reported that the
   writer was taken from his home by police on July 19 and is believed to
   be in detention somewhere in the capital, Hanoi.
   BBC online report.FROM
   [1]http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20020724_vietnam.shtml
   Also Amnesty attacks Laos for human rights abuse today.

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   1. http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20020724_vietnam.shtml