April 8, 2017
Vietnamese Dissident’s Eyesight Failing in Prison, Relatives Say
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2017 A Vietnamese activist jailed seven years ago for writing online articles criticizing government policies is suffering failing vision after being kept in a dark cell, family members said after visiting him in prison at the beginning of the month. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, 51, was convicted in 2010 on […]
April 8, 2017
Vietnam’s Left-Behind Urban Migrants
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Tough restrictions on internal migration are trapping Vietnam’s rural-to-urban migrants in a vicious cycle of poverty. Jonathan De Luca, The Diplomat, April 08, 2017 When Ms. Thuan moved from her hometown of Nam Giang in the Red River Delta to Hanoi, she initially planned to stay for a year. “I wanted to work and raise […]