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  • Long-Serving Vietnamese Political Prisoner Vows Hunger Strike ‘Till Death’ - Vietnamese democracy advocate Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is shown at his trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Jan. 20, 2010. RFA, December 2, 2020 Jailed Vietnamese democracy advocate Tran Huynh Duy Thuc has launched a new hunger strike, his second in the last two months, demanding that his 16-year sentence for subversion be reduced in […]
  • Human Rights Activist Nguyen Thuy Hanh Summoned for High-tech Crime Due to Her Support for Defenders-at-risks - Defend the Defenders, December 2, 2020   The Police Department of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has summoned local human rights activist Nguyen Thuy Hanh in relation to a high-tech crime case due to her activities which aim to support prisoners of conscience and defenders-at-risks across the nation. Earlier this week, the local authorities came […]
  • Prominent Prisoner of Conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc on Hunger Strike - Defend the Defenders, December 2, 2020   Prominent democracy campaigner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving his 16-year imprisonment in the Prison camp No. 6 in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An, has been on hunger strike for more than nine days, Defend the Defenders has learned. According to his family who visited him […]
  • Trial against Democracy Campaigner Tran Duc Thach Suspended Due to His Poor Health, New Date for Hearing Has not Been Re-scheduled - Defend the Defenders, December 2, 2020   On November 30, the People’s Court of Nghe An province unexpectedly suspended the first-instance hearing against local democracy campaigner and human rights activist Tran Duc Thach on allegation of subversion under Article 109 of the Criminal Code due to his poor health, Defend the Defenders has learned. In […]
  • “Trump tốt hơn”: Ở châu Á, các lực lượng ủng hộ dân chủ lo lắng về Biden - Mục tiêu khôi phục các chuẩn mực chính sách đối ngoại của tổng thống đắc cử đã khiến những người bảo vệ nhân quyền ở châu Á kinh ngạc, những người ca ngợi Tổng thống Trump vì sẵn sàng đối đầu với các nhà độc tài. The New York Times, ngày 30/11/2020 (Vũ Quốc Ngữ […]
  • Chống vi phạm nhân quyền của Việt Nam thông qua áp dụng luật Magnitsky - SAFEGUARD DEFENDERS: THÔNG CÁO BÁO CHÍ Chống vi phạm nhân quyền của Việt Nam thông qua các biện pháp trừng phạt   Phát hành ngay lập tức – Ngày hôm nay (02/12/2020), Safeguard Defenders phát hành hướng dẫn toàn diện bằng tiếng Việt đầu tiên về cách buộc những kẻ vi phạm nhân quyền phải […]
  • Amnesty cáo buộc Facebook, Youtube ‘đồng loã’ với kiểm duyệt ở Việt Nam -   Hình ảnh trang bìa báo cáo của Amnesty International mới công bố, trong đó tổ chức này cáo buộc Facebook và Youtube “đồng loã” với Việt Nam trong việc “kiểm duyệt và trấn áp trên quy mô công nghiệp” thông tin trên mạng. VOA, ngày 01/12/2020 Facebook và Youtube đang “đồng loã” với Việt […]
  • Viet Nam: Tech giants complicit in industrial-scale repression - Amnesty International,  December 1, 2020 Facebook engaging in country-wide censorship of content Viet Nam imprisoning a record number of prisoners of conscience – with 40% behind bars for their social media use State-sponsored harassment rampant on Facebook and YouTube Tech giants Facebook and YouTube are allowing themselves to become tools of the Vietnamese authorities’ censorship and […]
  • Vietnam steps up online crackdown, jailed activists at record high – Amnesty - Reuters, November 30, 2020 HANOI (Reuters) – The number of political prisoners in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally by Amnesty International, which in a report on Tuesday accused Facebook and Google of censorship in the Southeast Asian country. There are at least 170 “prisoners of conscience” in Vietnam, the […]
  • Facebook and Google ‘complicit’ in censorship and repression in Vietnam, Amnesty International says - Facebook and Google are “complicit” in censorship across Vietnam, Amnesty International says. Angela Lang/CNET   The report says social media platforms have become “hunting grounds” for state-sponsored trolls and censors. CNE, Nov. 30, 2020 Amnesty International has released a new report condemning tech giants as being complicit in censorship across Vietnam, with “state-sponsored harassment rampant” […]