Nhân quyền chỉ là các giá trị phương Tây?-Ảnh: Cường Trần/Người Đô Thị. Luật Khoa tạp chí, ngày 05/12/2019 Trước khi giới thiệu với bạn đọc những tranh luận về thuyết phổ quát (universalism) và thuyết tương đối văn hóa (cultural relativism) về nhân quyền, người viết phải khẳng định rằng mình đồng ý với quan điểm tác gia Yuval Noah Harari trong […]
Trial against Eight Members of Hiến Pháp Group Scheduled on December 25, Heavy Sentenced Expected-Defend the Defenders, December 5, 2019 Vietnam’s communist regime has a plan to try eight members of the unregistered group Hiến Pháp (Constitution) on the allegation “disruption of security” under Article 118 of the country’s Criminal Code” for their intention to participate in a peaceful demonstration in early September last year, Defend the Defenders […]
After Decade of Petitions, Vietnam to Re-consider Case of Death Row Inmate Ho Duy Hai- The Vietnamese, December 3, 2019 After more than 10 years of petitioning the Vietnamese government, Nguyen Thi Loan (pictured above) says a huge weight has been lifted off her shoulders. Her son, Ho Duy Hai, who had been found guilty of murder in 2008 and was sitting on Vietnam’s death row for eleven […]
Two Human Rights Groups Issue Joint Statement Against Harassment of Independent Publishing House- The Vietnamese, November 29, 2019 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned the Vietnamese government for their escalating harassment of an independent publishing house. Liberal Publishing House, established February 14th, 2019, seeks “to promote human rights and freedom of information in Vietnam by printing and publishing books without censorship from the Vietnamese government”, in […]
In Prolific Day, Vietnam Sentences Six Dissidents to Prison for “Anti-state” Activities-Nguyen Chi Vung (top), Pham Van Diep (middle), Vo Thuong Trung, Doan Viet Hoan, Ngo Xuan Thanh, and Nguyen Dinh Khue (bottom, left to right) . Photo sources: Kien Thuc, Binh An, and Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, respectively. Composite photo created by Will Nguyen. The Vietnamese, November 29, 2019 In a particularly damaging day […]
Vietnam’s Travel Bans Infringe on Activists’ Rights And Violate Own Constitution-Vietnamese police officer stands behind a barricade in Hanoi. The Vietnamese, November 30, 2019 On November 20, 2019, Father Nguyen Dinh Thuc, a Vietnamese Catholic priest, posted on his Facebook page that he was not allowed to leave Vietnam to go to Japan to meet with the Pope during the papal visit to Asia. The […]
The Pleasant Lies Told About the Vietnam War, in Place of Unpleasant Truths-Will Nguyen (age 34) is a Vietnamese-American public policy specialist and an activist for the Vietnamese democracy movement. He was born in Houston, Texas to a refugee family from South Vietnam. He graduated with a Bachelor in East Asian Studies from Yale University and a Master in Public Public Policy from the National University of […]
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