Viet Nam: Help free Le Chi Quang, imprisoned for internet use

Index Number: ASA 41/038/2003
Date Published: 26 November 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Viet Nam

Le Chi Quang, a 33-year-old law graduate and computer teacher, was arrested in an internet café in Ha Noi in February 2002. He was accused of writing and distributing anti-government articles, referring to issues such as human rights violations, democracy and the Vietnamese government's foreign policy.