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  • Vietnam: Bishop appeals to international community following attacks on Catholics - Christian Today | 20 Sep, 2013 Msgr. Paul Nguyen Thai Hop, Catholic Bishop of Vinh diocese on Vietnam’s north-central coast, has appealed for “international support and solidarity” following violent attacks against Catholics in Nghe An Province on 4 September which left at least 40 people seriously injured. Msgr. Paul Nguyen Thai Hop has described the […]
  • REP. SANCHEZ WISHES VIETNAMESE HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY LE QUOC QUAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALLS FOR HIS RELEASE - Sep 13, 2013 WASHINGTON –Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) issued the following statement in honor of imprisoned Vietnamese human rights attorney and prominent blogger, Mr. Le Quoc Quan. “Most of us spend our birthdays with our friends and family, but today Mr. Le Quoc Quan, a prominent Vietnamese lawyer and blogger, turned 42 alone in prison. Today, […]
  • News: Stifled Southeast Asian voices: NGOs unite against criminalisation of free expression on the Internet -  PEN International | 13 September, 2013 As concerns grow in Southeast Asia over the use of national security, anti-terrorist and defamation laws to limit freedom of expression on the Internet, a coalition of international and local NGOs and activists from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia urged governments to stop using vague legislation based on ill-defined concepts […]
  • CYBER-DISSIDENT GETS 15 YEARS FOR POSTING “SUBVERSIVE” ARTICLES ONLINE - Reporters Without Borders 13 September, 2013 Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that a people’s court in the south-central province of Phu Yen sentenced 65-year-old dissident activist Ngo Hao to 15 years in prison on 11 September on a charge of trying to overthrow the government.
  • VIETNAM: CITIZENS AGAINST CORRUPTION - Transparency | 12 September 2013 Corruption’s cruel backlash: the case of Doan Van Vuon Early last year near the port-side city of Hai Phong, fish farmer Doan Van Vuon armed himself with homemade bombs and guns in a violent resistance against the public officials who had come to forcibly confiscate his land.
  • Vietnam man jailed for 15 years for subversion - Agence France-Presse September 12, 2013 Vietnam has sentenced a former army officer to 15 years in jail for plotting to overthrow the communist regime, a court official said Thursday, in the latest crackdown on dissent. Ngo Hao, 65, who served under the US-backed regime in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, was convicted at a […]
  • Vietnam’s Internet Censorship Bill Goes Into Effect - Electronic Frontier Foundation Internet freedom has gone from bad to worse in Vietnam as an online censorship law known as Decree 72 went into effect this month. It bans bloggers and users of social media from quoting, gathering, or summarizing information from press organizations or government websites. While the main justification for the law is to […]
  • Vietnamese bloggers initiate a unique campaign for freedom of expression - Civil Rights Defenders 11 September, 2013 As Vietnam is seeking a seat in the UN Human Rights Council for 2014-2016, the authorities are tightening the restrictions of the right to freedom of expression on the Internet through new regulations and peaceful activists are arrested, threatened and harassed. Dinh Nhat Uy is one of them. He […]
  • Viet Nam: Response to Government of Viet Nam’s comments concerning the Petition filed on behalf of Mr Le Quoc Quan - TO: UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION Mr. Malick Sow (Senegal) Ms. Shaheen Ali (Pakistan) Mr. Vladimir Tochilovsky (Ukraine) Mr. Roberto Garretón (Chile) Mr. Mads Andenas (Norway) HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY in the matter of Le Quoc Quan (the “Petitioner”) v. Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 30 August […]
  • Vinh: Church against government media for slandering and manipulating the facts - by J.B. An Dang | Asia News 09/09/2013, 13:31 The diocese takes a clear and tough stance against pro-Communist TV, radio, newspapers and news agencies that published “false” stories and articles to defend violent acts by local officials against residents. Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop calls for ‘Sunday prayers’ for victims of abuse and the […]