August 3, 2017
Vietnam intensifies crackdown on dissidents, emboldened by U.S. de-emphasis of rights, abandonment of TPP
Reuters, August 2, 2017 A crackdown on communist Vietnam’s increasingly vocal dissidents has become the biggest in years, and activists say that authorities have been emboldened by the Trump administration’s lack of emphasis on human rights. U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal also removed a clear incentive for Hanoi […]
August 3, 2017
Grassroots Environmental Activism in an Authoritarian Context: The Trees movement in Vietnam
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Vu Ngoc Anh, Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Claverton Down Rd, Bath, North East Somerset, Bath BA2 7AY, UK Abstract: There are increasing signs that the space for civil society actions is slowly opening up in Vietnam. The existing studies have linked the changes in civil society action to the changing […]