Three Vietnamese Activists Imprisoned on Thursday amid Increasing Crackdown on Local Dissent-Defend the Defenders, April 12, 2018 Three activists were convicted in separate trials on Thursday in Vietnam amid ongoing intensified crackdown of the communist government on local dissent. In the first-instance hearing of former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Viet Dung which last only three hours in the central province of Nghe An, the founder and […]
President of Vietnam Republican Party Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Assisting Formora-affected Fishermen-Defend the Defenders, April 12, 2018 Former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Viet Dung, who established the unsanctioned Vietnam Republican Party several years ago, has been sentenced to seven years in prison and five years under house arrest afterward for assisting fishermen who have been affected by the environmental disaster caused by the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic […]
Vietnam: Activists on trial as crackdown on peaceful activism continues-Amnesty International, April 12, 2018 Ahead of the separate trials on April 12 of two activists, Nguyễn Viết Dũng and Vũ Văn Hùng, in Viet Nam, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said: “Nguyễn Viết Dũng is a brave young activist in a country where human rights are under […]
Vietnam’s crackdown on dissent could undermine its stability and growth-The Interpreter, April 12, 2018 Since General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emerged in firm control atop Vietnam’s political leadership in early 2016, Hanoi has gone on the offensive in a massive effort to clamp down on internal political dissent of all stripes, arresting bloggers and purging corrupt state officials. The Communist Party’s disproportionately harsh tactics risk further undermining its […]
Thông cáo báo chí của Báo cáo viên (Liên bang Đức) cho khu vực Đông Nam Á-Dân biểu Martin Patzelt, Báo cáo viên cho khu vực Đông Nam Á của Quốc hội Liên bang Đức, vừa ra thông cáo báo chí chỉ trích nghiêm khắc phiên xử không tôn thủ các nguyên tắc pháp lý tối thiểu đối với 6 nhà hoạt động dân chủ Nguyễn Bắc Truyển, Nguyễn văn Đài, […]
‘Xóa tin xấu độc’: Facebook đang giúp chính quyền VN xóa quyền tự do ngôn luận?-Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 12/4/2018 Đã có những bằng chứng đáng thuyết phục cho thấy tổ chức mạng Facebook đã và đang “tiếp tay” cho chính quyền Việt Nam vi phạm nghiêm trọng quyền tự do ngôn luận – được quy định trong Công ước quốc tế về các quyền dân sự và […]
Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg re: content takedowns and account suspensions in Vietnam-April 9, 2018 Dear Mark, As you consider ways to ensure Facebook continues to be the platform that makes the world a more open and connected place, we urge you to reconsider your company’s aggressive practices that could silence human rights activists and citizen journalists in Vietnam. We are a group of Vietnamese civil society […]
Vietnam Activists: Facebook Content Restrictions Are Worsening-VOA, April 11, 2018 Vietnamese activists and independent media groups say Facebook policies on restricting content could increase government censorship. More than 50 individuals and groups sent an open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. It expresses their concerns about how the social media service is operating in Vietnam. The U.S.-based human rights group Viet […]
Vietnam activist sentenced to 13 years on subversion charges-AP– April 11, 2018 A court in northern Vietnam sentenced a dissident to 13 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. He was the seventh activist to be jailed in the past week as Communist authorities step up a crackdown on dissent. The official Vietnam News Agency […]
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