July 17, 2018
Major online newspaper suspended for three months in Vietnam
A screenshot of Tuoi Tre’s online edition at 10 p.m. on Monday. Prominent news site Tuoi Tre Online has been suspended after the Press Authority deemed it had published “untrue,” “nationally divisive” content. VnExpress.net July 17, 2018 The announcement was made late on Monday by Luu Dinh Phuc, Director General of the Press […]
July 17, 2018
Lawyer Permitted to Meet with Pro-democracy Activist Le Dinh Luong to Prepare for His Defense after One Year of Detention
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Le Dinh Luong
Defend the Defenders, July 17, 2018 Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An have issued a letter allowing Ho Chi Minh City-based lawyer Dang Dinh Manh to meet with his client jailed pro-democracy campaigner Le Dinh Luong to prepare for his defense. According to the letter of the province’s People’s Procuracy dated […]