June 29, 2015
VIETNAM ACCUSED OF MAKING PERSECUTION ‘STATE POLICY’
freedomdeclared | Jun 27, 2015 The Vietnamese government’s persecution of ethnic Montagnard Christians in Vietnam’s Central Highlands reflects broader rights violations against religious minorities in the country, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. The head of Vietnam’s ruling party, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, is due to visit Washington, DC, in early July. The […]
June 29, 2015
Vietnam frees high-profile dissident lawyer who says he will return to fighting China’s “Illegal South China Sea Occupation”
by Nhan Quyen • Le Quoc Quan
johnib | Jun 28, 2015 One of Vietnam’s most prominent dissidents vowed to continue his anti-China activism after being released from prison on Saturday after serving two and a half years on tax evasion charges. Le Quoc Quan, a Catholic blogger and lawyer from the communist nation, was freed from jail early Saturday in central […]