October 26, 2016
Female Bloggers in Vietnam Risk Arrest for Challenging Regime
In Vietnam, the arrest of famous blogger “Mother Mushroom” has highlighted the growing number of female bloggers and human rights activists challenging the communist regime. October 25, 2016 www.newsdeeply.com It was only a matter of time. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh knew that one day the police would come knocking. The 37-year-old political blogger, writing under […]
October 30, 2016
Detained Vietnamese Prominent Blogger Yet to Have Legal Assistance
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam)
Defend the Defenders, October 27, 2016 Prominent Vietnamese blogger and well-known human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh has not been allowed to meet with her lawyers weeks after her arrest on October 10, said her mother Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan. On October 25, police in the central province of Khanh Hoa told Mrs. […]