December 21, 2018
Vietnam worsening its crackdown on civic groups
Amnesty rebukes Hanoi for ‘shocking’ response to annual meeting of rights groups to discuss social issues Representatives of civil rights group discuss development issues in Vietnam at a conference in Hanoi, in this June 2017 file photo. (Photo courtesy of PPWG) UCA News, December 20, 2018 Rights groups have slammed the Vietnamese government for thwarting activists’ attempts […]
December 21, 2018
Vietnam: Police raid NGO meeting in ‘absurd and shocking crackdown’
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Amnesty International, December 19, 2018 Police in Vietnam shut down a major annual meeting of grassroots groups and non-government organisations this morning in an alarming step-up of the authorities’ repression of civil society, said Amnesty International. This morning, police in the capital broke up a meeting of civil society groups in the Hanoi Club Hotel. […]