Concerns and Fear Spread among Vietnam’s NGOs After Three Activists Imprisoned for Fabricated Tax Evasion-Defend the Defenders, April 2022 by Vu Quoc Ngu* Concerns and fear have spread among Vietnam’s non-profit non-government organizations (NGOs) after the authoritarian regime has convicted two well-known activists and arrested one world-recognized environmentalist, all in fabricated charge of “tax evasion.” Along with imprisoning hundreds of political dissidents and outspoken bloggers in the past few […]
FIDH và VCHR kêu gọi EU thúc ép Việt Nam chấm dứt đàn áp xã hội dân sự-Liên đoàn Dân chủ Quốc tế (FIDH) và Ủy ban Bảo về Quyền Làm người Việt Nam (VCHR) vào ngày 5/4 ra thông cáo kêu gọi Liên minh Châu Âu (EU) phải yêu cầu Chính phủ Việt Nam chấm dứt tình trạng đàn áp xã hội dân sự và thực thi những cam kết theo […]
Defend the Defenders’ Latest Statistics: Vietnam Holds 253 Prisoners of Conscience as of March 31, 2022-Defend the Defenders, Press Release, April 3, 2022 For immediate release According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of March 31, 2022, Vietnam’s communist regime is holding at least 253 prisoners of conscience in prisons or other forms of detention. The number does not include Le Anh Hung (m) who are forcibly committed in a […]
In Vietnam, Registered Civil Groups Being Targetted as Repression Continues -by Vu Quoc Ngu Director of Defend the Defenders January 25, 2022 Vietnam’s authoritarian regime continues its repression against local activists and bloggers as the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam is willing to ensure its absolute leadership amid growing social dissatisfaction regarding increasing social gap, corruption, human rights violations, etc. Along with imprisoning hundreds of […]
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