American teacher in trouble for ‘insulting’ Vietnam national hero-Daniel Hauer, an American English teacher in Vietnam, is in hot water for making offensive comments about one of the country’s most revered figures. (YouTube) AP, February 2, 2018 HANOI, Vietnam – An American teacher in Vietnam is in trouble for making offensive comments about one of the country’s most revered figures. Daniel Hauer, an […]
A Joke On Facebook Puts American Expatriate At Odds With Vietnam-A photo taken in 2013 shows women in traditional dress holding framed portraits of the late Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap as they line up to pay final respects to him at his residence in Hanoi. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images NPR, February 1, 2018 A U.S. expatriate living in Vietnam has run afoul of its communist […]
Vietnam jails blogger for anti-state propaganda-AP, February 1, 2018 HANOI, Vietnam — A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a doctor to four years in prison for writing and posting dozens of articles on social media that the court said tarnished the image of the country’s leaders and instigated people to boycott local elections, state media reported Friday. Ho Van […]
Vietnam Hands Blogger Ho Van Hai Four-Year Jail Term For ‘Anti-State Propaganda’-Ho Van Hai is arrested by police in Ho Chi Minh City, Nov. 2, 2016. Photo courtesy of tuoitre.vn RFA, February 02, 2018 A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced prominent blogger Ho Van Hai to four years in prison for anti-government propaganda, according to state media reports, ending more than a year in detention […]
Trafficked, beaten, enslaved: the life of a Vietnamese cannabis farmer-At 10, ‘Stephen’ was taken from Hanoi to London and then spent four years tending plants for a brutal drug gang. Now awaiting news of an appeal against deportation, he recalls his horrific experience – and his lucky escape Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, January 31, 2018 Anyone who thinks the business of cannabis cultivation in […]
Để hiểu hơn ‘công an trị’ thế nào, hãy nhìn vào cách họ ‘bêu người’-Nhiều người thường lên án Mẹ Nấm là phản động, trong đó có cả hành vi thu thập các chứng cứ công an làm chết người tại đồn. Nhưng nếu một ngày họ rơi vào trường hợp bị lực lượng công an ngang nhiên, bất chấp luật pháp để tước đoạt tự do và nhục […]
8th Vietnamese Activist Convicted of Conducting Anti-state Propaganda So Far This Year-Defend the Defenders, February 1, 2018 Medical doctor Ho Hai has become the 8th Vietnamese dissident being convicted of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code so far this year. State media has reported that Dr. Hai, who was arrested on November 2, 2016, was found guilty of producing and […]
Vietnam Convicts Three Human Rights Defenders, Sentencing Them to Total of 20 Years and Six Months in Prison-Defend the Defenders, January 31, 2018 On January 31, the People’s Court of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi convicted three activists Vu Quang Thuan, Nguyen Van Dien, and Tran Hoang Phuc of “conducting anti-State propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code, giving them total of 20 years and six months in prison […]
HRW kêu gọi VN phóng thích ba nhà hoạt động-VOA, 30-01-2018 Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền hôm 30/1 kêu gọi chính phủ Việt Nam hủy bỏ cáo buộc và trả tự do cho các nhà hoạt động dân chủ, nhân quyền Vũ Quang Thuận, Nguyễn Văn Điển và Trần Hoàng Phúc, một ngày trước khi họ bị đưa ra xét xử tại Hà […]
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