June 16, 2017
Vietnam Extends Detention of Blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2017 Vietnamese authorities have extended the detention of activist and blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, often known as blogger Mother Mushroom, and kept her incommunicado, her mother told RFA’s Vietnamese Service on Thursday. Quynh, who was honored this year with the U.S. State Department’s International Woman of Courage Award for […]
June 16, 2017
Vietnam Defends Decision on Revoking Citizenship of Political Dissident Pham Minh Hoang
by Nhan Quyen • Pham Minh Hoang
by Defend the Defenders, June 16, 2017 The decision of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang to revoke the citizenship of former political prisoner Pham Minh Hoang was made in line with the country’s law, Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on […]