September 25, 2013
Vietnam: Programmed Death of Freedom of Information
RSF | September 2013 Vietnam’s ice age In January 2011, the Arab Spring transformed Tunisia. Egypt followed suit. Then Burma had its own spring. But no spring ever came to Vietnam. On the contrary, the political chill deepened. When National Assembly speaker Nguyen Phu Trong took over as Vietnamese Communist Party general secretary, he was […]
January 23, 2014
Lawmakers ‘adopt’ prisoners in human rights push
by Defend the Defenders • Cu Huy Ha Vu, Do Thi Minh Hanh, Nguyen Tien Trung, Nguyen Van Ly, Ta Phong Tan
By Julian Pecquet | January 18, 2014, 02:20 pm | The Hill Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are teaming up to bring the plight of human rights defenders to light by adopting prisoners of conscience from around the world. Twenty-one House members have agreed to sponsor a total of 19 imprisoned human rights defenders from Iran, […]