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  • Vietnam Scraps Controversial Plan to Dump Sludge in Binh Thuan Sea - RFA, August 9, 2017 Vietnam’s environment ministry decided on Wednesday to scrap plans to dump about 1 million cubic meters of sludge into the Binh Thuan Sea, an idea that was met with strong opposition by local residents, fishermen and aquaculture farmers. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment struck an agreement with the Binh […]
  • Vietnam to Try Former Prisoner of Conscience Nguyen Van Oai on Aug 21 - Defend the Defenders, August 09, 2017 The People’s Court in the Hoang Mai town, Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An will try former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Van Oai on August 21, his lawyer Ha Huy Sơn has announced. Oai, who was imprisoned for four years between 2011 and 2015, was arrested on January 19 […]
  • Labor Activist Hoang Duc Binh Probed for Third Criminal Charge - Defend the Defenders, August 9, 2017 Vietnam’s authorities have prosecuted human rights activist Hoang Duc Binh with additional charge “Destroying or deliberately damaging property” under Article 143 of the country’s Penal Code after charging him with “resisting persons in the performance of their official duties” under Article 257 and “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon […]
  • Nhà tranh đấu Hoàng Đức Bình bị truy tố thêm tội danh - VOA, 08-08-2017 Nhà tranh đấu Hoàng Đức Bình vào tháng rồi bị chính quyền Việt Nam truy tố thêm một tội danh nữa –“Hủy hoại hoặc cố ý làm hư hỏng tài sản”. Như vậy, nhà tranh đấu môi trường và quyền người lao động 34 tuổi này hiện đang đối mặt với cả 3 […]
  • Trump blamed for surging crackdown on Vietnamese dissidents - The China Post, August 9, 2017 Hanoi — Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, the 61-year-old mother of imprisoned Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, has struggled to cope since her daughter was sentenced to 10 years in jail for her anti-government advocacy in June. Unemployed and left to provide for Quynh’s two small children, Lan said […]
  • Australia: Press Vietnam on Rights - Urge Hanoi at Talks to Address Assaults on, Jailing of Activists  Human Rights Watch, August 9, 2017 EXPAND Vu Minh Khanh (C) holds an image of her husband Nguyen Van Dai as Catholics hold candles and images of Dai’s assistant Le Thu Ha during a mass prayer for Dai and Ha at Thai Ha church […]
  • Vietnam to launch online censorship system - HANOI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — As part of a project on increasing prevention of cybercrime until 2030, a censorship system including software that identifies, blocks, collects and processes misleading information on the Internet will soon be launched in Vietnam. Software that prevents personal computers from accessing websites containing misleading information, and an investigation system that […]
  • Cambodia Set to Send 13 Montagnards Back to Vietnam after Asylum Bids Rejected -  RFA, August 8, 2017 Montagnards, under UNHCR care in Phnom Penh, June 7th, 2016. RFA Phnom Penh is set to repatriate 13 Montagnard asylum-seekers to their native Vietnam after they failed to meet requirements for gaining refugee status in Cambodia, a nongovernmental organization that monitors hill tribes said Tuesday. Grace Bui, a volunteer with the […]
  • Australia – Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue - Human Rights Watch Submission Australia – Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Human Rights Watch Submission July 2017 We write on the occasion of the forthcoming 14th Australia-Vietnam human rights dialogue, scheduled to be held in Canberra in August 2017. Australia should raise pressing human rights issues in an unambiguous manner, set clear benchmarks for improvements, and make the outcome […]
  • Mục Sư Nguyễn Công Chính họp báo tại Little Saigon - RFA, 07-08-2017 Chiều Chủ Nhật, 6 Tháng Tám, 2017, tại phòng họp Westminster Civic Center, đồng hương Little Saigon cùng nhiều tổ chức chính trị, hội đoàn và báo giới đã có mặt tham dự buổi gặp gỡ với Mục Sư Nguyễn Công Chính vừa đến Mỹ sau gần 6 năm bị giam cầm trong […]