Vietnamese Authorities Raid Two Chinese-Run Drug Factories, Seize Chemicals and Equipment-This picture taken on January 2, 2018 shows arrested ethnic H’mong couple Vu Chu Senh (R), 44, and his wife Mua Thi Do, 39, posing behind a table with 489 packs of heroin (170 kgs) they attempted to smuggle into Vietnam from Laos, at a police station in the northwestern province of Dien Bien. Vietnam […]
Vietnamese Facebooker Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Defaming State Officials-Defend the Defenders, September 12, 2019 Authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Ninh Binh have convicted local Facebooker Le Van Sinh of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s Penal Code for his online posts which were considered defaming the local government and its officials. In the first-instance hearing on September 5, […]
Eritrea, North Korea, Turkmenistan top CPJ’s 10 most censored list-Authoritarian nations double-down on censorship Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), September 10, 2019: Eritrea is the world’s most censored country, according to a report released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The list of 10 Most Censored Countries is based on CPJ’s research into the censorship tactics used by authoritarian governments, ranging from imprisonment […]
Bi quan về triển vọng dân chủ? Hãy đọc lại lịch sử.-Một người biểu tình Venezuela chơi vĩ cầm giữa cuộc xuống đường phản đối Tổng thống Nicolas Maduro, tháng 5/2017. Ảnh: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images. Lịch sử dạy chúng ta rằng dân chủ được xây dựng từ hết những thất bại này đến thất bại khác. Phạm Minh Trung, Luật Khoa tạp chí, ngày 11/9/2019 […]
Nhà hoạt động bị giam cả năm mà không được đưa ra xử-Bà Đoàn Thị Hồng trong cuộc biểu tình hồi tháng 6 năm 2018 ở thành phố Hồ Chí Minh Courtesy of FB Xuân Hồng RFA, ngày 06/9/2019 Nhà hoạt động Đoàn Thị Hồng bị bắt giữ phi pháp vào tháng 9 năm ngoái nhưng đến nay vẫn chưa được đưa ra xét xử. Tổ chức […]
Authorities Issue, Then Retract Health Warning After Lightbulb Factory Fire in Vietnam-This photo taken and released by Vietnam News Agency on August 30, 2019 shows a Hanoi Natural Resources and Environment Monitoring official checking for a potential risk of toxin poisoning following a fire at a light bulb factory in Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY / AFP RFA, September 6, 2019 A fire […]
Jailed Pro-democracy Activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh Threatened with Death While Waiting for Appeal-Defend the Defenders, September 6, 2019 Jailed pro-democracy activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh, who was convicted of “conducting anti-state propaganda” in June, is under death threat while being held in a temporary detention center under the Police Department of Ben Tre province, his wife has informed Defend the Defenders. During a regular meeting with his […]
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