Religious Freedoms Restricted in China, Myanmar, Vietnam: Report-RFA, August 15, 2017 Freedom of worship was harshly restricted again in China and Myanmar last year, with religious believers in China jailed and Muslims and Christians in Buddhist-majority Myanmar harassed by government and citizens’ groups, the U.S. State Department said in an annual report released on Tuesday. In Vietnam, meanwhile, government authorities continued to […]
Suspect of Motorbike Stealing in Hanoi Sustains Severe Injuries after Interrogation-By Defend the Defenders, August 16, 2017 Tran Anh Doanh, 38, from Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has sustained numerous severe injuries after spending one day-night in police custody, state media reported Tuesday. At 10.30 PM of Aug 10, police in Trach My Loc commune, Phuc Tho district came to his private residence in Co […]
Interview: ‘ We Are in a Very Unfavorable Situation’-Bishop Nguyen Thai Hop poses in front of a Formosa Plastics Group facility, in undated photo. RFA, August 14, 2017 Vinh Diocese Bishop Nguyen Thai Hop led a delegation this month from his coastal region of Vietnam to Taiwan, home to Formosa Plastics Group’s headquarters to seek redress for local fishermen affected by a marine disaster […]
Trump’s immigration crackdown hits Vietnam-POLITICO, August 14, 2017 President Donald Trump’s “get tough” approach to immigration is now impacting — of all people — the Montagnard hill tribesmen who fought alongside the Green Berets in the Vietnam War. The son of one such Montagnard veteran was deported back to Vietnam in July, a stunning move for many in the […]
Tù nhân ở Việt Nam bị cái chết đe dọa thường xuyên do bị đối xử hà khắc,-Mike Ives, The New York Times, ngày 12/8/2017 Hà Nội, Việt Nam: Đỗ Thị Mai cho hay, cô đã bị sốc khi biết rằng đứa con trai 17 tuổi Đỗ Đăng Dư, đã rơi vào tình trạng hôn mê chỉ sau vài tuần bị cảnh sát bắt vì cáo buộc ăn cắp một món hàng […]
‘We are jobless because of fish poisoning’: Vietnamese fishermen battle for justice-A year after Vietnam’s worst environmental disaster, lives remain ruined while the government cracks down on protesters seeking compensation The Guardian, August 14, 2017 A beach in Quang Trach district is strewn with dead fish after the toxic spill in April 2016. “We used to eat the meat of the pig, but now all we have […]
Vietnam: Explaining Uptick in Arrests of Activists & Bloggers-Carlyle A. Thayer, August 1, 2017 We have never seen so many activists arrested and sentenced in such a short period of time as presently taking place in Vietnam over the past month. How do you explain this situation? Do you think there has been a trend of intensified crackdown on activists recently because the […]
Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’-Christian News, August 13, 2017 After 19 long months of investigative detention following his Dec. 16, 2015 arrest, renowned human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai was finally charged with a crime on July 30. Vietnamese authorities charged Dai, 35-year-old legal associate Le Thu Ha and four other human rights activists, including Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, […]
Hanoi Blogger under Constant Terror of Pro-government Thugs, Local Authorities Stay Aside-By Defend the Defenders, August 13, 2017 Pro-government thugs in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have constantly harassed local blogger Phan Van Bach in recent weeks but authorities have not intervened despite request from the victim. Blogger Bach, who is conducting live streams programs on his Facebook account about the country’s hot issues on environment, […]
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