Vietnam jails activist for 27 months over anti-government Facebook posts-Reuters, Channel News Asia, September 25, 2018 HANOI: A court in Vietnam has jailed an activist for two years and three months on accusations of abusing democracy rights following anti-government posts on social media site Facebook, authorities said. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party retains tight media […]
Vietnam jails activist for anti-government posts on Facebook-In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, photo, Vietnamese activist Doan Khanh Vinh Quang, front right, is escorted to the court house in Can Tho province, Vietnam. Quang was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his Facebook posts that judges say insulted the ruling Communist Party and government and called for anti-government protests. (Thanh Sang/Vietnam […]
Vietnam Convicts Third Facebooker Within Three Days amid Intensified Online Crackdown-Defend the Defenders, September 25, 2018 Vietnam’s communist regime has convicted Facebooker Doan Khanh Vinh Quang, sentencing him to 27 months in prison on allegation of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s 2015 Penal Code. At the first-instance hearing held on September 24, the People’s Court of Ninh Kieu district, Can […]
Vietnam Has First Female President, But Activists Unimpressed- FILE – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, left, and Vietnam’s Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh attend the breaking ceremony of the Vietnam Korea Institute of Science and Technology at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 22, 2018. Vietnam appointed Ngoc Thinh acting president Sunday. VOA-Reuters, September 24, 2018 Vietnam’s […]
Người dân lại dựng lều phản đối bãi rác Khánh Sơn gây ô nhiễm-Bãi rác Khánh Sơn ở quận Liên Chiểu, Đà Nẵng. Ảnh minh họa chụp trước đây. RFA, ngày 24/9/2018 Hàng chục người dân hôm 22 và 23 tháng 9 đã dựng lều trước cổng bãi rác Khánh Sơn ở quận Liên Chiểu, Đà Nẵng phản đối bãi rác này gây ô nhiễm. Theo phản ánh […]
Thêm một Facebooker bị kết án tù-Facebook là mạng xã hội được sử dụng rộng rãi nhất Việt Nam, và sự kiểm soát của nhà nước ngày càng gia tăng. RFA, ngày 24/9/2018 Facebooker Quang Đoàn, tên thật Đoàn Khánh Vinh Quang, vào ngày 24 tháng 9, bị tòa án Quận Ninh Kiều, thành phố Cần Thơ tuyên hai năm ba […]
Nine Members of Constitution Group Arrested in Early September: Facebooker Nguyen Uyen Thuy- Defend the Defenders, September 24, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces arrested nine members of the unregistered Hiến Pháp (Constitution) in early September in a bid to prevent spontanous demonstrations amid increasing social disatisfaction, said Facebooker Nguyen Uyen Thuy, one of the 18-member group. Detentions were made ahead of the group’s plan to gather in Ho […]
HCM City Police Verbally Admit Detentions of Two Facebookers Arrested Three Weeks Ago-Defend the Defenders, September 24, 2018 Police in Vietnam’s southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City have verbally admitted that they are holding bloggers Doan Thi Hong (Facebooker Xuân Hồng) and Ngo Van Dung (Facebooker Ngô Văn Dũng) three weeks after arresting them without informing their families, Defend the Defenders has learned. Speaking with Defend […]
Human Rights Watch lên tiếng về Chủ tịch Trần Đại Quang-Ông Phil Robertson. Indonesia, 2010. RFA, ngày 21/9/2018 Đại diện khu vực Châu Á của Tổ chức theo dõi nhân quyền Human Rights Watch có trụ sở tại Mỹ, Ông Phil Robertson, ra tuyên bố nêu rõ di sản của ông Trần Đại Quang là tình trạng đàn áp nhiều năm trời đối với nhân […]
Vietnam Convicts Third Facebooker Within Three Days amid Intensified Online Crackdown - Defend the Defenders, September 25, 2018 Vietnam’s communist regime has convicted Facebooker Doan Khanh Vinh Quang, sentencing him to 27 months in prison on allegation of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s 2015 Penal Code. At the first-instance hearing held on September 24, the People’s Court of Ninh Kieu district, Can […]
Nine Members of Constitution Group Arrested in Early September: Facebooker Nguyen Uyen Thuy - Defend the Defenders, September 24, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces arrested nine members of the unregistered Hiến Pháp (Constitution) in early September in a bid to prevent spontanous demonstrations amid increasing social disatisfaction, said Facebooker Nguyen Uyen Thuy, one of the 18-member group. Detentions were made ahead of the group’s plan to gather in Ho […]
HCM City Police Verbally Admit Detentions of Two Facebookers Arrested Three Weeks Ago - Defend the Defenders, September 24, 2018 Police in Vietnam’s southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City have verbally admitted that they are holding bloggers Doan Thi Hong (Facebooker Xuân Hồng) and Ngo Van Dung (Facebooker Ngô Văn Dũng) three weeks after arresting them without informing their families, Defend the Defenders has learned. Speaking with Defend […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report for September 17-23, 2018: Four Activists Jailed for Speaking Out About Country’s Issues - Defend the Defenders| September 23, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities continue their crackdown on local dissidents and bloggers, imprisoning four activists for speaking out about the country’s problems such as widespread human rights abuse, systemic corruption, serious environmental pollution, land grabbing and the government’s weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the […]
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