National Press Club Condemns Vietnam's Jailing of Journalist Truong Huy San
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — National Press Club President Mike Balsamo today released the following statement after Vietnamese journalist Truong Huy San was sentenced to 30 months in prison:
“Jailing a journalist for speaking the truth is an attack on press freedom everywhere. Vietnam must release Truong Huy San immediately and unconditionally.
The government of Vietnam has spent years trying to silence him. When they fired him from state media, he kept reporting. When they shut down his independent blog, he kept writing. When all he had left was Facebook, they threw him in prison. This is not about justice—it is about censorship and fear.
The right to free expression is not a privilege, it is a human right. Vietnam’s leaders are violating international law and their own people’s dignity by criminalizing independent journalism. This case is part of a disturbing pattern, including the unjust imprisonment of Voice of America journalist Pham Chi Dung, who has already spent five years behind bars. Both men must be freed.”
Truong, who writes under the pen name Huy Doc, was arrested in June 2024. A respected journalist and author, he is a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University (2012) and the author of The Winning Side, an influential book on post-war Vietnam.
About the National Press Club
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. With more than 2,500 members representing nearly every major news organization, the Club —through its Press Freedom Center — advocates fiercely for press freedom in the U.S. and around the world.
Contact:
Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534, [email protected]
Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club
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