Vietnam Human Rights’ Weekly Report for January 6-12, 2019: Dong Tam Elderly Leader Killed during Police Attack -Defend the Defenders | January 12, 2019 In the early morning of January 9, the Ministry of Public Security and the Hanoi Police Department deployed thousands of policemen, including riot police, blocked Dong Tam commune, My Duc district and attacked Hoanh village, killing elderly leader Le Dinh Kinh and detaining his family as well […]
Thêm một Facebooker ở Cần Thơ bị bắt vì chỉ trích chế độ cộng sản-Ông Chung Hoàng Chương (Fb Chương May Mắn) Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền, ngày 11/01/2020 Vào sáng ngày 11/01, nhà cầm quyền huyện Ninh Kiều, thành phố Cần Thơ, đã bắt giữ ông Chung Hoàng Chương, 43 tuổi, về cáo buộc “lợi dụng quyền tự do dân chủ” theo Điều 331 của Bộ […]
Vụ Đồng Tâm: Danh sách câu hỏi Luật Khoa gửi Bộ Công an-Luật Khoa tạp chí, ngày 11/01/2020 Trong bối cảnh có nhiều luồng thông tin khác nhau về vụ việc xảy ra ở xã Đồng Tâm, huyện Mỹ Đức, Hà Nội rạng sáng ngày 09/01/2020, Luật Khoa tạp chí sẽ gửi một số câu hỏi sau đây tới Bộ trưởng Bộ Công an Tô Lâm […]
Vietnam Detains Second Facebooker in 2020, Accusing Him of “Abusing Democratic Freedom”-Defend the Defenders, January 11, 2020 Vietnam’s communist regime has detained the second Facebooker so far this year, accusing him of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s Criminal Code. On January 11, authorities in the Mekong Delta’s economic hub of Can Tho detained a local resident named Chung Hoang Chuong, 43, […]
Civilian Killed in Violent Land Clash in Vietnam Identified as Elderly Community Leader-Hanoi Mayor Nguyen Duc Chung (3rd R) is greeted by Vietnamese residents of Dong Tam village, My Duc district, in Hanoi, April 22, 2017. RFA, January 10, 2020 A civilian killed during a violent clash over a land dispute that also left three policemen dead has been identified as the elderly leader of a group […]
Vietnam Continues Crackdown on Facebookers, Arresting First on Allegation of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”- Defend the Defenders, January 10, 2020 Vietnam’s authorities continue its crackdown on Facebookers for the second year after implementation of the Cyber Security law, arresting the first activist on the allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code. State media has reported that on January 9, police in the […]
Long-simmering Land Dispute in Hanoi Suburb Explodes in Violence, Killing 4-In scenes resembling a war zone, Dong Tam villagers vow to fight to the death to resist “corrupt” land reclamation By Will Nguyen, The Vietnamese, January 9, 2020 Amid sounds of explosions, screams, and gunfire, the villagers of Dong Tam, a rural commune 35 km southwest of Hanoi, clashed with Vietnamese police in the […]
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