Vietnam Communist Regime Arrests Third Independent Journalist in Effort to Demolish IJAVN- Defend the Defenders, June 12, 2020 Vietnam’s communist regime has arrested the third journalist named Le Huu Minh Tuan in an effort to demolish the unregistered group Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), Defend the Defenders has learned. Local activists reported that on June 12, the security forces of Ho Chi Minh City’s […]
Censorship tactics overshadow Vietnam’s successful COVID-19 response-Vietnam’s COVID-19 response is hailed by many but its restrictive policies on free speech are often overlooked in reports. Image by Thomas Gerlach from Pixabay The pandemic has offered an opportunity for the police state to flex its muscles Global Voice, June 10, 2020 (This article is from The 88 Project, an independent news […]
Australian Citizen Jailed in Vietnam ‘Vanishes’ in Custody-Chau Van Kham, now jailed for 12 years in Vietnam, is shown in Australia in an undated photo. Facebook / Viet Tan RFA, June 8, 2020 Concern is growing for an Australian citizen who has disappeared in Vietnam’s prison system while serving a 12-year term for engaging in acts of “terrorism,” according to media reports. […]
Vietnam Arrests Khmer Krom Family Over Land Dispute Clash-Khmer Krom villager Huynh Dang Diep was arrested by the Vietnamese government for his involvement in a violent clash in May, 2020 over a land dispute dating back to the 1970s. Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation RFA, June 9, 2020 Vietnamese authorities in Kien Giang province have arrested a Khmer Krom minority family of six for their […]
Asian countries urged to honour right to freedom of expression, over pandemic fear-The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, addresses the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 24 June 2019. UN News, June 3, 2020 A dozen countries in the Asia-Pacific region have seen an alarming clampdown on freedom of expression during the COVID-19 crisis, UN High Commissioner for […]
Tại sao làm nhục ca sĩ Mai Khôi?-Mai Khôi, cô ca sỹ xuống đường biểu tình vì sự công bằng xã hội (#blacklivesmatter). Điều này khiến nhiều nhân vật ở Việt Nam lợi dụng để chửi xéo, phỉ báng và làm nhục ca sĩ Mai Khôi. Lý do sâu xa bởi vì nữ ca sĩ này không thích Tổng thống Donald Trump. […]
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