Vietnam Announces Arrest of Blogger Covering News about Formosa after Three-Month Incommunicado Detention-by Defend the Defenders, April 6, 2017 On April 6, Vietnam’s authorities announced the arrest of blogger Nguyen Van Hoa, a blogger who has covered news related to the illegal discharge of toxic industrial waste of the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant in the central province of Ha Tinh. Hoa, who was arrested on January 11, […]
Formosa Vietnam steel mill meets conditions for test runs a year after spill-Reuters, April 6, 2017 Formosa Plastics Corp’s steel mill in Vietnam has met environment ministry conditions to start test runs, state television said on Wednesday, a year after a toxic spill from the plant caused the country’s worst environmental disaster. State-run Vietnam television VTV said the ministry announced the conclusion after a three-day inspection visit […]
Vietnamese Catholics Demonstrate to Mark Anniversary of Formosa Chemical Spill-Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2017 Hundreds of Vietnamese Catholics from various parishes of central Vietnam’s Vinh diocese demonstrated on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of a toxic waste spill that polluted more than 125 miles of coastline in four coastal provinces. The spill—the country’s largest environmental disaster—began on April 6, 2016 and lasted […]
Vietnamese Environmental Group Seeks to Monitor Formosa Payout Process-Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2017 An independent environmental group called on the Vietnamese government on Wednesday to allow it to participate in monitoring the payment of compensation to those affected by the Formosa environmental disaster. Representatives from Green Trees filed a dossier with Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance, requesting that the group be able to […]
Update on Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức from Prison No.6, Nghệ An-The 88 Project, April 6, 2017 Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức’s family visited him in Prison No. 6, Nghệ An province on April 1, 2017. They were allowed to see him for 60 minutes in a special room through a thick glass screen. They couldn’t hear each other directly and had to communicate through a speaker […]
Nhóm Green Trees yêu cầu giám sát bồi thường Formosa-RFA | 05.04.2017 Một số thành viên đại diện tổ chức xã hội dân sự độc lập Green Trees ở Hà Nội vào sáng ngày thứ tư ngày 5/4/2017, đến trụ sở Bộ Tài Chính để trao Văn bản yêu cầu tham gia giám sát quá trình chi trả bồi thường cho người dân bốn […]
Dân biểu Mỹ bàn về nhân quyền Việt Nam với Đại sứ Ted Osius-RFA | 05.04.2017 Đại diện dân cử Mỹ gặp đại sứ Hoa Kỳ tại Việt Nam để bàn thảo về nhân quyền Việt Nam thời gian qua. Vào ngày 4 tháng tư tại thủ đô Washington DC, dân biểu Ed Royce, chủ tịch Ủy ban Đối ngoại Hạ viện Hoa Kỳ có cuộc gặp với […]
Quốc tế thúc đẩy dân chủ Việt Nam qua các giải nhân quyền-RFA | 04.04.2017 Liên đoàn Thẩm phán Cộng hòa Liên bang Đức, một tổ chức dân sự lớn tại Đức, mới đây cho biết tổ chức này đã quyết định sẽ trao giải nhân quyền 2017 cho luật sư Nguyễn Văn Đài, người đang bị giam giữ tại Việt Nam vì những hoạt động đấu […]
Two Hanoi-based Activists Beaten While Holding Facebook Live Stream about Formosa-By Defend the Defenders, April 5, 2017 On April 5, two activists from Hanoi, Le My Hanh and Trinh Dinh Hoa, were brutally beaten by unidentified individuals as they were broadcasting a live stream on Facebook about the environmental disaster caused by the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant in the central coastal region in April 2016. […]
Detained Vietnamese Human Rights Attorney to Receive Award For His Work-Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2017 Detained human rights attorney and activist Nguyen Van Dai will receive an award from the German Association of Judges on Wednesday, making him the first Vietnamese awarded the honor for his work in human rights, RFA’s Vietnamese Service has learned. A representative of Nguyen Van Dai will accept the […]
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