FVPOC: Vietnam Seriously Violates Freedom of Expression by New Arrests-By FVPOC | May 7, 2014 Translation by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks] (Tell The World) On May 5, Vietnam’s police arrested Nguyen Huu Vinh, owner of the most popular Vietnamese online website AnhBaSam, and one co-partner for posting articles carrying out ““incorrect contents that aim to defame the party and state.” The arrest is pursuant to Article […]
Vietnam: Arrests of Internet Activists Escalate-Drop Charges Against Top Bloggers; Stop Interfering With Sites HRW (Bangkok) | May 7, 2014 “Vietnam’s arrests of more bloggers for allegedly abusing ‘democratic freedoms’ is a cynical and chilling move,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director. “Vietnam should immediately drop these bogus charges, and then take the next step by scrapping article 258 and […]
Two more bloggers arrested for “abusing democratic freedoms”-RSF | May 6, 2014 They have been charged under article 258 of the penal code covering “abuse of democratic freedoms,” which carries sentences ranging from warnings to two years in prison, or seven years in “grave circumstances.” “The arrest of two more bloggers, just two days after World Press Freedom Day, is a clear […]
April 28 – May 4, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly: RSF honored three Vietnamese journalists , bloggers as “information heroes”.-**********04/28/2014********** Disabled Vietnamese veterans (the Army of the Republic of Vietnam) met together at Saigon Redemptorist Cathedral At 8 pm, on April 28, 2014, Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Redemptorist Monastery in Saigon helda meeting “Paying tribute to Disabled Veterans of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ” and offered gifts […]
FAMOUS BLOGGER ARRESTED FOR ‘LOWERING THE PRESTIGE OF THE STATE’-(VNRN) – One of the most famous and influential political bloggers in Vietnam, Nguyen Huu Vinh [Nguyễn Hữu Vinh], was arrested at his home in Hanoi on May 5, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security. Vinh, 58, founded and edited the Basam.info blog (originally named Anh Ba Sàm, or Brother Gossiper). He has been accused of “publishing […]
Đấu tranh vì lương tâm: Phương pháp của Gandhi (2)-Pro&Contra | 26/2/2014 Joan V. Bondurant Phan Trinh dịch Xem kì 1 II. BẤT BẠO ĐỘNG 12. Chữ ahimsa diễn tả một quy tắc đạo đức cổ xưa của Ấn Độ giáo, Jain giáo và Phật giáo. Chữ “a” có nghĩa phủ định nằm trước “himsa”, vốn có nghĩa là “làm hại”, tạo thành một chữ thường được […]
RSF: World press freedom index 2014-RSF | May 3, 2014 Biggest rises and falls in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists. The ranking of some countries has also been affected by a tendency to interpret national security needs in an overly broad […]
Joint statement of civil society organizations in vietnam, May 4, 2014-GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM PLEASE RESPECT THE FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION After the FVPOC (Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience) press release about the two interrogation sessions with the HCM City security authorities on April 24, 2014, the authorities continue to interrogate Pham Ba Hai about the Association (FVPOC) on the afternoon of April 29, 2014. The government side included […]
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