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UN human rights chief expresses concern about Viet Nam's crackdown on blogger

UN human rights chief expresses concern about Viet Nam's crackdown on blogger

Oct 15, 2016, at 03:42 am

New York, Oct 14 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Friday expressed concern about a growing crackdown by the Government of Viet Nam on human rights defenders, including the arrest this week of popular blogger and Government critic Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known online as Mother Mushroom.

UN condemns conviction, sentencing of Saudi blogger

UN condemns conviction, sentencing of Saudi blogger

May 16, 2014, at 05:53 pm

New York, May 16 (IBNS): A group of independent United Nations human rights experts on Thursday expressed alarm at the conviction by a Saudi court of online activist and blogger Raef Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a 1 million Saudi riyal fine.