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  • Vietnam to Try Anti-corruption Fighter Do Cong Duong on Allegation of Abusing Democratic Freedom in October: Lawyer Son - Defend the Defenders, September 4, 2018   Authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh will hold the trial against local anti-corruption fighter Do Cong Duong on allegation of “abusing democratic freedom” in October, his lawyer Ha Huy Son informed Defend the Defenders. The trial, to be carried out by the province’s People’s Court, will […]
  • Blogger Ngo Van Dung Detained while Conducting Live Stream in HCM City’s Center - Defend the Defenders, September 4, 2018 Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have detained independent blogger Ngo Van Dung when he was making live stream program on Facebook in the city’s center, according to his fellows. Mr. Dung was repotedly arrested at noon of Tuesday and now is held in the police station of Ben […]
  • Dissident Teacher Tran Huu Dao Kidnapped and Beaten, Plainclothes Agents Are Likely Perpetrators - Defend the Defenders, September 4, 2018   High school teacher Tran Huu Dao from Vietnam’s central town of Thai Hoa, who has dissent view and often voices against human rights violations in the country, has been kidnapped and assaulted by a group of unknown men, the victim told Defend the Defenders. Mr. Dao said he […]
  • Vietnam: Government report for Universal Periodic Review suppresses grave human rights violations - Press release PARIS, 4 September 2018 (VCHR & FIDH) – The draft report prepared by the Vietnamese government for the country’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) suppresses grave human rights violations and deliberately misinforms the international community, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The third UPR of Vietnam […]
  • Hà Nội: Nạn nhân bị tạm giam ở trại tạm giam số 1, sáu ngày sau tử vong - Minh Hải, Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 04/9/2018 Anh Hoàng Tuấn Long (SN 1979 – cư trú tại số 58 ngõ Trúc Lạc, phố Phó Đức Chính, Q.Ba Đình,TP.Hà Nội) bị Công an ở Hà Nội tạm giam để điều tra tội tàng trữ ma tuý, 6 ngày sau thì anh Long tử vong. Đã […]
  • Vietnamese Activist Extends Hunger Strike, Citing Unmet Demands - Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is shown at his trial in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, Jan. 20, 2010. RFA, September 3, 2018 Vietnamese democracy advocate Tran Huynh Duy Thuc has extended a hunger strike begun two weeks ago to protest police pressure on him to plead guilty in exchange for amnesty, family members say. Thuc, […]
  • EU criticises Vietnam for human rights breach - ScandAsia.com, September 3, 2018   The European Union Delegation to Vietnam has issued a statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Vietnam concerning the recent conviction of Mr Le Dinh Luong. The EU Delegation notes the recent sentencing of Mr Le Dinh Luong under the national security provisions of the Penal Code to 20 years in […]
  • Vietnam ‘arrests seven more from Canada-based exile group’, accused of police bombing and plotting government overthrow - South China Morning Post, September 3, 2018 The dissidents are reportedly members of Viet Dynasty, a group founded by former key members of California’s Provisional National Government of Vietnam, loyal to South Vietnam Vietnamese state media reported that police have arrested seven more people they say belong to an exile group based in Canada that […]
  • 17 người chết và mất tích do mưa lũ - Hình minh hoạ. Lụt do mưa lớn ở ngoại thành Hà Nội hôm 2/8/2018 RFA, ngày 02/9/2018 Đã có ít nhất 17 người chết và mất tích do mưa lũ những ngày qua ở các tỉnh miền Bắc và Bắc Trung bộ Việt Nam, theo số liệu thống kê của Ban chỉ đạo Trung ương […]
  • Bến Tre: Kỹ sư nuôi tôm bị bắt vì ‘Tuyên truyền chống nhà nước” - Anh Nguyễn Ngọc Ánh RFA, ngày 01/9/2018 Ông Nguyễn Ngọc Ánh, một kỹ sư nuôi tôm ở tỉnh Bến Tre hôm 30-8 bị bắt và giam tại Trại tạm giam công an tỉnh Bến Tre vì bị cho là có hành vi “Làm, tàng trữ, phát tán, tuyên truyền thông tin, tài liệu nhằm chống […]