Two Human Rights Groups Issue Joint Statement Against Harassment of Independent Publishing House- The Vietnamese, November 29, 2019 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned the Vietnamese government for their escalating harassment of an independent publishing house. Liberal Publishing House, established February 14th, 2019, seeks “to promote human rights and freedom of information in Vietnam by printing and publishing books without censorship from the Vietnamese government”, in […]
In Prolific Day, Vietnam Sentences Six Dissidents to Prison for “Anti-state” Activities-Nguyen Chi Vung (top), Pham Van Diep (middle), Vo Thuong Trung, Doan Viet Hoan, Ngo Xuan Thanh, and Nguyen Dinh Khue (bottom, left to right) . Photo sources: Kien Thuc, Binh An, and Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, respectively. Composite photo created by Will Nguyen. The Vietnamese, November 29, 2019 In a particularly damaging day […]
Vietnam’s Travel Bans Infringe on Activists’ Rights And Violate Own Constitution-Vietnamese police officer stands behind a barricade in Hanoi. The Vietnamese, November 30, 2019 On November 20, 2019, Father Nguyen Dinh Thuc, a Vietnamese Catholic priest, posted on his Facebook page that he was not allowed to leave Vietnam to go to Japan to meet with the Pope during the papal visit to Asia. The […]
The Pleasant Lies Told About the Vietnam War, in Place of Unpleasant Truths-Will Nguyen (age 34) is a Vietnamese-American public policy specialist and an activist for the Vietnamese democracy movement. He was born in Houston, Texas to a refugee family from South Vietnam. He graduated with a Bachelor in East Asian Studies from Yale University and a Master in Public Public Policy from the National University of […]
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Vietnam: Stop Intimidation and Harassment of Independent Publishing House-Amnesty International, November 27, 2019 Vietnamese authorities must immediately end the escalating crackdown on an independent publishing house, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. As part of the crackdown, dozens of people have been harassed and intimidated by police across the country, and at least one person has reported torture and other […]
Hanoi Police Block Access to Concert With Environmental Theme, Turn Activists Away-Hanoi’s Opera House is shown in an undated photo (AFP) RFA, November 25, 2019 Police in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Sunday blocked access to a piano recital held in the city’s Opera House, roughing up a group of environmental activists who had hoped to attend and preventing them from entering, sources said. The concert, titled […]
Vietnam Jails Six Bloggers, Activists in One-day Sweep Across the Country-Nguyen Dinh Khue, Doan Viet Hoan, Ngo Xuan Thanh, and Vo Thuong Trung are shown left to right in a court in Dong Nai province, Nov. 26, 2019. RFA, November 26, 2019 Vietnamese courts on Thursday sentenced six dissident bloggers and activists to long terms in prison amid a continuing crackdown on online expressions of […]
Brother and Sister Sentenced to 14 Years in Jail for Online Critical Postings- Defend the Defenders, November 28, 2019 Vietnam’s communist regime has convicted Mr. Huynh Minh Tam, 41, and his younger sister Huynh Thi To Nga, 36, of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code for their online postings critical to the regime, Defend the Defenders has learned. In […]
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