Vietnamese Authorities Detain Pro-Democracy Activist-RFA | Sep 25, 2015 The whereabouts of Vietnamese former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim, who was detained by police on Monday, remain unknown, according to the pro-democracy activist’s wife. Several police officers arrested Kim, 66, who lives in Thai Binh city in the northern coastal province of the same name, before 10 a.m., Nguyen […]
Authorities in Vietnam Crack Down on New Independent Broadcast Service-RFA | Sep 25, 2015 Vietnamese authorities have detained the staff of a new independent news service that broadcasts videos on social media, according to an activist-lawyer involved with the news organization. Security police had been harassing employees of Conscience TV, which has aired weekly videos on YouTube since Aug. 19, Nguyen Van Dai told […]
Religion in Vietnam Higher powers – A proposed law on religion will not help the faithful-Economist | Sep 26, 2015 BULLDOZERS are idling outside the Lien Tri Pagoda, a complex of yellow buildings near the Saigon River. Officials plan to destroy it and fill this sparsely populated district of Ho Chi Minh City with skyscrapers. One property firm calls the area the “Pudong of Saigon”, referring to a glittering riverside […]
Vietnam: Blogger Ta Phong Tan released-Pen-International | Sep 24, 2015 PEN International welcomes the release of Vietnamese blogger Ta Phong Tan (f) on 19 September 2015. Arrested in September 2011, Ta Phong Tan was sentenced a year later to 10 years in prison and three years in probationary detention for ‘conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam’ under […]
Hanoi Police Beat Activists Before Releasing Reporters of Conscience TV Channel-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 24, 2015 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have brutally beaten local activists before releasing six other individuals who are said to involve in producing and launching of an independent television channel Luong Tam TV or Conscience TV. Authorities in Hai Ba Trung district police on evening of […]
Two Thugs Jailed for Killing HCMC Citizen in Support of Traffic Police-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Sept 24, 2015 The district People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 23 held the second hearing, finding two thugs guilty for beating to death one resident in support of local traffic police, state media has reported (http://www.thanhnien.com.vn/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/danh-chet-nguoi-vi-thay-nan-nhan-cu-cai-voi-csgt-612016.html). According to the Thanh Nien newspaper, the court convicted Le Thanh […]
Hanoi Police Arrest Group of Activists in Relations with Unsanctioned Human Right TV Channel-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 23, 2015 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on September 23 arrested a group of six local activists involving in a recently-launched television channel on human rights. The arrested are Le Yen, Le Thu Ha, Nguyen Vu Binh, Nguyen Manh Cuong, Pham Dac Dat and Tran Duc Thinh. […]
WELL-KNOWN BLOGGER FREED BUT 15 OTHER CITIZEN-JOURNALISTS STILL HELD-RSF | Sep 22, 2015 Reporters Without Borders is relieved by blogger Ta Phong Tan’s release after three years in prison on an anti-state propaganda charge but points out that 15 other citizen-journalists are still detained in Vietnam. A former policewoman held since 5 September 2011, Ta Phong Tan was released on 19 September and […]
Vietnamese blogger freed, but more still behind bars-asianewsweekly | Sep 22, 2015 Ta Phong Tan, author of the blog Justice and Truth was convicted in 2012 of writing propaganda against Vietnam and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tan, who previously had served in Vietnam’s armed police services, started her blog in 2006. She frequently targeted the government for what she […]
Freed Vietnamese Dissident Threatens Legal Action Against Hanoi-VOA | Sep 21, 2015 WASHINGTON—A freed Vietnamese blogger says she and another online activist plan to take action against Vietnamese authorities in international court. Ta Phong Tan, author of the blog “Cong Ly v Su That” – Vietnamese for ‘Justice and Truth’ – arrived in the United States on Sunday after being released early […]
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