Dozens Gather at Catholic Monastery in Vietnam to Demand Church ‘Return’ Commune Land-Vietnam’s Thien An monastery is shown in an undated photo. RFA, August 12, 2020 Protesters including police in plain clothes gathered in large numbers this week at a Catholic monastery in north-central Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue province to demand the “return” of land from the parish church, where another mob had torn down a large […]
Vietnamese Man in Suicide Bid Over Jail Term in Mekong Delta Land Grab Row-Nguyen Hoang Trung Kien is shown on trial in Vietnam’s Can Tho City in an undated photo. RFA, August 13, 2020 A resident of a city in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region attempted suicide this week the night before he was set to begin a nine-month jail term for destroying a warehouse built on land […]
Vietnam’s COVID Success Belies Escalating Crackdown on Rights-Human Right Foundation, Aug 10, 2020 Recently, Vietnam’s government has received praise in the media for the country’s low reported COVID-19 infection numbers and death rates. However, international media outlets should not be so quick to lavish praise onto the Vietnamese government. Thao Dinh, an activist based in Vietnam, said, “I believe Vietnam’s low infection […]
Jailed Vietnamese RFA Blogger’s Appeal Trial Set For Aug. 14-Vietnamese dissident blogger Truong Duy Nhat is shown at his trial in Hanoi People’s Court, March 9, 2020. RFA, ngày 10/8/2020 The appeal trial for an RFA blogger now serving a 10-year sentence in Vietnam in what he has called a case of political persecution against him is now set for Friday, a U.S.-based NGO […]
Foreign Countries Should not Sell Weapons to Vietnam as Hanoi May Use Them to Suppress Local Dissent-Nghe An police used LRAD to disperse peaceful Catholic followers in May 2017 August 6, 2020 *Vu Quoc Ngu, Director of Defend the Defenders In order to maintain its political domination in Vietnam, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is intensifying its crackdown on the local political dissidents, social activists, and human […]
“Chính quyền Việt Nam ‘hình sự hóa’ quyền tự do ngôn luận của người dân”-Hình minh hoạ. Biểu tình phản đối bên ngoài toà án ở Hà Nội xét xử các nhà hoạt động thuộc Hội Anh Em Dân Chủ hôm 5/4/2018 RFA, ngày 04/8/2020 “Tự do ngôn luận” và “Ngôn luận tự do” Tác giả Thiện Văn của bài viết có nhan đề “Bảo đảm tự do ngôn […]
RSF kêu gọi trả tự do cho nhà báo mạng Ngô Văn Dũng-Hình minh hoạ. Ông Ngô Văn Dũng RFA, ngày 4/8/2020 Tổ Chức Phóng viên Không Biên Giới – RSF vào ngày 3 tháng 8 ra thông cáo báo chí kêu gọi Việt Nam trả tự do ngay lập tức cho ông Ngô Văn Dũng, một nhà báo tự do và là thành viên của nhóm […]
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