Trial against Facebooker Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong Scheduled on July 7, Heavy Sentence Expected-Facebooker Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong calls for release of prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc Defend the Defenders, June 29, 2020 The People’s Court of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will hold the first-instance hearing on July 7 to try local Facebooker Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong on the charge of […]
Vietnamese Activist Who Spread Land Dispute Info on Facebook is Staying Silent-Four activists, three of whom are related, were arrested June 24, 2020 for discussing January’s violent Dong Tam protests on Facebook. From left to right: Trinh Ba Tu, his mother Can Thi Theu, his brother Trinh Ba Phuong and Nguyen Thi Tam, who was arrested on the same charge. RFA, June 29, 2020 Trinh Ba […]
Vietnam Indicts 25 Dong Tam Protesters on Murder-Related Charges-Village leader Le Dinh Kinh’s body is shown (L) bearing bruises next to a photo of Hanoi police deployed at Dong Tam commune on Jan. 9, 2020. RFA, June 26, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam indicted 25 people on murder-related charges for their involvement in a deadly clash over land rights that left three police officers […]
Black Wednesday: Vietnam Arrests Two More Activists on Allegation of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”- Defend the Defenders, June 24, 2020 Vietnam’s persecution against the local dissent on June 24 does not end with the four detentions in Hanoi but continues with two more in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, Defend the Defenders has learned. According to the […]
Update: Four Activists Detained for Advocating for Dong Tam Land Petitioners-Defend the Defenders, June 24, 2020 Later, the state-controlled media reported that Ms. Theu and her younger son Tu were charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code with the imprisonment of between seven and 12 years in prison but maybe up to 20 years in jail. Police said they […]
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