US Lawmakers Urge Greater Push For Vietnam Press Freedoms-Catholic schoolteacher Nguyen Nang Tinh is shown in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Thi Tinh RFA, May 29, 2019 U.S. lawmakers called in a letter on Tuesday for a stronger push by the United States to demand that Vietnam uphold the right to freedom of expression in the wake of the jailing of […]
TNLT Nguyễn Viết Dũng bị kỷ luật, cựu TNLT Đinh Mã Phong mất tích- Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền, ngày 29/5/2019 Tù nhân lương tâm Nguyễn Viết Dũng (Dũng Phi Hổ) bị kỷ luật trong trại giam, và vẫn chưa có tin tức gì về cựu tù nhân lương tâm Đinh Mã Phong, người mất tích từ chiều 24/5. Ngày 28/5, ông Nguyễn Viết Hùng, cha của […]
Chính quyền Nghệ An bắt giữ nhà hoạt động Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh- Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền, ngày 29/5/2019 Nhà cầm quyền tỉnh Nghệ An đã bắt giữ ông Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh, một nhà hoạt động dân chủ và nhân quyền và là giảng viên của trường Cao đẳng Nghệ thuật Nghệ An. Theo nguồn tin từ địa phương, công an Nghệ An đã bắt […]
Blogger Nguyen Danh Dung Completes His 30-month Imprisonment in March-Defend the Defenders, May 28, 2019 Blogger Nguyen Danh Dung, who was arrested on December 16, 2016 on allegation of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 258 of the Vietnamese 1999 Penal Code, completed his 30-month imprisonment in mid-March this year, Defend the Defenders has learned. Via phone call, Mr. Dung said he was sentenced […]
Four Former Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Bordergate after Touring Cambodia-Defend the Defenders, May 28, 2019 Vietnam’s security forces have detained four former prisoners of conscience named Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, Nguyen Thi Truc Anh, Ho Cong Di and Vo Nhu Huynh after they returned from a tour in the neighboring country of Cambodia, Defend the Defenders has learned. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi […]
Trial against Democracy Activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh Scheduled on June 6-Defend the Defenders, May 28, 2019 Authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre will hold the first-instance hearing to try local democracy activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh on June 6, Defend the Defenders has learned. The trial, open for the public, will be carried out by the province’s People’s Court in its headquarters in […]
Anti-corruption Activist Faces Miscarriage after Being Beaten by Soc Son Police-Defend the Defenders, May 25, 2019 Anti-corruption activist Dang Thi Hue (Facebooker Huệ Như) is under threat of suffering miscarriage five days after being beaten by policemen of Soc Son district, Hanoi, Defend the Defenders has learned. Mrs. Hue was said to have great pain after being released in the evening of May 20 but […]
Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike to Support Jailed Blogger Nguyen Van Hoa-Vietnamese activist and blogger Nguyen Van Hoa is shown at his trial in November 2017. RFA, May 25, 2019 Political prisoners held in Vietnam’s An Diem prison have gone on hunger strike to demand the release from solitary confinement of RFA blogger Nguyen Van Hoa, who is being held in isolation after being beaten and […]
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