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  • Vietnam: Conviction of three human rights defenders upheld - FIDH, Bangkok-Paris-Geneva | Dec 12, 2014 The conviction of three human rights defenders on trumped-up charges is the latest act of the government’s relentless repression of independent voices, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint program of FIDH and OMCT) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. Today, […]
  • Vietnam Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Well-known Anti-China Activist - by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 12, 2014 Defend the Defenders Ms. Hang, one of the leading figures in demonstrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the 2011-2013 period against the Chinese violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea, was arrested in February this year, together with two other activists named Nguyen Van […]
  • Vietnam: Stop Using Absurd Laws to Imprison Critics - HRW | Dec 10, 2014 Vietnam should drop all charges and immediately release bloggers Nguyen Quang Lap and Hong Le Tho, who were arrested for operating independent blogs, Human Rights Watch said today. Nguyen Quang Lap was arrested on December 6, 2014, and Hong Le Tho was arrested on November 29 in Ho Chi Minh […]
  • Vietnamese Blogger Harassed, Beaten by Plainclothes Police - RFA | Dec 10, 2014 Vietnamese online democracy activist Nguyen Hoang Vi was beaten by plainclothes security officers near her home in Ho Chi Minh City in an apparent bid to thwart plans by her and friends to mark International Human Rights Day, the blogger said Wednesday. The assault took place at about 3:30 p.m. […]
  • OHCHR Welcomes Vietnam’s Ratification of UN Convention against Torture - by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 10, 2014 Defend the Defenders In its press release in Bangkok on Dec 9, the OHCHR welcomes the convention ratification by Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly in late November. The move is expected to help the country deal with rampant power abuse of the local police forces as well as […]
  • Blogger Nguyen Hoang Vi was brutally attacked by police sponsored thugs in payback for honouring International Human Rights Day - Danlambao | Dec 09, 2014 On December 9 2014, around 15:30, police mobilised dozens of thugs, strangers, stopped Blogger Nguyen Hoang Vi on her way home and violently attacked her in payback for honouring International Human Rights Day on December 10 and to mark the first year anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Blogger […]
  • Blogger detained in Vietnam amid clampdown on dissent - cpj.org | Dec 08, 2014 Nguyen Quang Lap was detained on Saturday by police in Ho Chi Minh City, the second blogger to be arrested in as many weeks in Vietnam, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the mounting crackdown on dissent and calls for the immediate release of all journalists […]
  • Arrest of Second Vietnamese Blogger in Two Weeks Prompts Speculation - RFA | Dec 08, 2014 Police in Vietnam have arrested a second prominent blogger in two weeks as part of its long-running crackdown on online dissent, prompting various speculations over their detention under an ambiguous law. Nguyen Quang Lap, a 58 year-old award-winning writer and member of Vietnam’s Writers’ Association, was arrested Saturday at his […]
  • Vietnam Detains Another Blogger for Anti-state Posts - VOA | Dec 08, 2014 For the second time in less than two weeks, Vietnam has arrested another prominent blogger as part of what critics see as an ongoing crackdown on dissent. Nguyen Quang Lap, an award-winning journalist/screenwriter, was taken into custody on Monday for allegedly violating controversial article 258 of the Vietnam Penal Code, […]
  • Blogger Me Nam arrested for spreading message promoting Human Rights which the Vietnamese Authority considered “sensitive” to the regime - Danlambao | Dec 09, 2014 To celebrate the International Human Rights Day on December 10, Blogger Me Nam Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, together with members of the Vietnam Blogger Network have accepted the invitation to participate a human rights campaign, Human Rights Challenge – Thử thách của Nhân Quyền*, initiated and avocated by the German […]