Amnesty International: URGENT ACTION THREE ACTIVISTS FACE HARASSMENT AND RISK ARREST-Three human rights defenders engaged in activism relating to an ecological disaster in Viet Nam are facing severe harassment, including public denunciations, prosecution and death threats. They could be arrested for “conducting propaganda” against the state. Since the deaths of an estimated 70 tonnes of fish, shrimp, squid and other animals along a 200 kilometre […]
Protesters Want Mekong Dams Stopped-Oct 31 www.khmertimeskh.com About 20 environmental activists called on the government to stop all new dam projects on the Mekong River to protect fish stocks and communities slated to be affected by construction. The appeal was made by the group as they gathered in front of the parliament building in Phnom Penh yesterday morning, before […]
Beyond Vietnam’s ‘Great Fish Kill’-By David Brown October 27, 2016 www.asiasentinel.com Environmental concerns, human rights issues begin to surface “If the problem of human rights isn’t properly solved,” said my friend C.V., “Vietnam is going to be isolated from the international community, and that will make it really hard to develop our country.” We spoke just after blogger Mẹ […]
‘Mỹ – Việt đang gần nhau hơn bao giờ hết’-BBC | 30.10.2016 Chuyến công du của đương kim Thường trực Ban bí thư của Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam tới Mỹ vào hạ tuần tháng Mười 2016 là một ‘chuyến đi rất đáng kể’, phản ánh ‘một thay đổi rất lớn’ trong quan hệ bang giao hai nước mà trong đó Hoa Kỳ và […]
Vietnam’s Growing Environmental Activism-Another act of civil disobedience shows that ordinary Vietnamese are becoming more vocal. By Gary Sands October 29, 2016 thediplomat.com In what is becoming a less than rare act of civil disobedience, thousands of Vietnamese citizens turned out again in protest on earlier this month – this time over the compensation offered by Formosa Plastics […]
Vietnam Authorities Continue Violent Wave against Local Activists-Defend the Defenders, October 29, 2016 Vietnam has continued its violent wave against local activists as authorities in many localities have deployed thugs and plainclothes agents to assault political dissidents, social activists and human rights. On October 26, a charity group consisting of members of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) and the […]
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