May 29, 2016
Hanoi Security Forces Detain Many Environmentalists for Street Sit-in Demonstration Related to Mass Killing of Aquatic Species in Central Coastal Region
By Vu Quoc Ngu, March 29, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on May 29 detained a number of environmental activists who conducted a street sit-in demonstration in the city’s center for government’s transparency in the mass killing of aquatic species in the country’s central offshore. Among detainees are bloggers La Viet […]
March 14, 2018
Several Vietnamese Activists Detained, Many Others under House Arrest on 30th Anniversary of Gac Ma Loss to China
by Nhan Quyen • Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Nguyen Thuy Hanh, Truong Van Dung
Defend the Defenders, March 14, 2018 On March 14, Vietnam’s authorities detained several activists and placed many others on the 30th anniversary of the loss of Gac Ma (South Johnson Reef), one of islands of the Spratlys in the South China Sea, to China. Mrs. Nguyen Thuy Hanh and Mr. Truong Van Dung were detained […]