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  • Human Rights Council Must Intervene in Illicit Online Surveillance - Freedom House  | 3.6.2013 | On June 3, 2013, Freedom House made an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council raising concerns about the rise in states’ surveillance of communications. Freedom House called on the Council to discuss the protection of Internet users’ data and right to privacy during the “interactive dialogue” meeting in the Council’s Geneva Chamber, where […]
  • Vietnamese blogger detained on anti-state charges - Committee to Protect Journalists Bangkok, May 30, 2013 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of Vietnamese blogger Truong Duy Nhat on anti-state charges and calls for his immediate release.  “The arrest of Truong Duy Nhat is the latest instance of Vietnamese authorities using vague anti-state allegations to stifle a critical voice,” said […]
  • Vietnamese blogger arrested, blog becomes booby-trapped with malware - by Casey Johnston May 30 2013, 12:35am SEAST The dissenter’s blog is set up to find and track like-minded individuals. A Vietnamese blogger, Truong Duy Nhat, was arrested at his home for his blog posts that called for social reform, according to a report Monday from Reporters Without Borders. After his arrest, Nhat’s blog was temporarily disabled. An […]
  • Vietnam – Arrest of blogger Truong Duy Nhat (May 27, 2013) - France condemns the arrest of blogger Truong Duy Nhat on 26 May in the city of Danang for “abusing democratic freedoms with acts against the state”. This arrest follows a series of convictions handed down against rights defenders in Vietnam since autumn 2012, which breach human rights. France notably expressed its concerns after two young […]
  • Jailed Vietnamese Dissident on Hunger Strike - (RFA | 28.5.2013) – A prominent dissident jailed in Vietnam for trying to “overthrow the state” has begun a hunger strike after accusing the authorities of ignoring complaints of “unsuitable” prison conditions that have affected his health, according to his wife.
  • TS luật Cù Huy Hà Vũ tuyệt thực trong tù - Gia Minh biên tập viên RFA 28.5.2013 (RFA) – Tiến sĩ luật Cù huy Hà Vũ, người đang phải chịu thụ án 7 năm tù vì những đấu tranh công khai của ông với các ấp lãnh đạo của nhà nước Việt Nam, hôm qua bắt đầu tuyệt thực trong tù để phản đối hành […]
  • NEWLY-DETAINED BLOGGER INSISTED HE WAS “NEITHER CRIMINAL NOR REACTIONARY” - PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 27 MAY 2013. Public security ministry officials yesterday arrested Truong Duy Nhat, one of Vietnam’s most influential bloggers, at his home in the central city of Da Nang and escorted him by plane to Hanoi. [pullquote]“Nhat’s arrest is particularly disturbing as it shows that the government is bent on persecuting and jailing all […]
  • FIDH denounces detention of dissidents, use of the death penalty and violations of freedom of expression in Vietnam - 38th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) ISTANBUL, Turkey, 27 May 2013 (VCHR) – Representatives of 178 non-governmental organizations from 117 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and Oceania, gathering in Istanbul, Turkey from 22-27 May for the 38th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights(FIDH) adopted an Urgent Resolution on Human Rights […]
  • Vietnam arrests well-known blogger for criticism - Former journalist behind ‘Another point of view’ blog faces up to 7 years in jail for ‘abusing democratic freedoms’ HANOI (AP) — Vietnamese police have arrested one of the country’s best known bloggers for posting criticism of the communist government. The arrest of 49-year-old Truong Duy Nhat is the latest in an intensified crackdown against […]
  • CHRISTIANS SUFFER AS VIETNAM CRACKDOWNS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION - A Special Report by ICC 05/23/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – One of the few remaining communist countries in the world, Vietnam is aggressively trying to stifle the cry of its people for increased human rights and freedoms, consequently furthering the persecution of Christians. On Jan. 9, thirteen peaceful Catholic activists were sentenced to between […]