March 30, 2017
US Presents Jailed Vietnam Blogger With Women of Courage Award in Absentia
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2017 Jailed blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was honored in absentia by the U.S. government Wednesday with the International Women of Courage Award for her work highlighting rights abuses and providing a platform for peaceful dissent in Vietnam. Quynh, 37, who writes under the pen name Mother Mushroom (Me Nam), […]
March 30, 2017
Ha Tinh Villagers Protest in Bid to Get Formosa Payouts in Vietnam
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2017 Hundreds of residents from Thach Banh village in the Loc Ha district of Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province protested at the local people’s committee office on Wednesday in a bid to obtain compensation for pollution caused by a massive toxic spill from the Formosa steel plant nearly a year ago. […]