Mother of Pro-democracy Activist Tran Hoang Phuc Seeks Permission for Attending His Appeal Hearing- Defend the Defenders, July 6, 2018 Mrs. Huynh Thi Ut, the mother of jailed pro-democracy campaigner Tran Hoang Phuc has sought permission from Vietnam’s authorities for attending his appeal hearing scheduled on July 10. The Ho Chi Minh City-based mother has sent her request to the Supreme People’s Court and the Higher People’s […]
Blogger Lê Anh Hùng bị bắt và khởi tố- Blogger Lê Anh Hùng vừa bị công an Hà Nộ bắt tạm giam và khởi tố theo điều 331 Bộ luật hình sự Việt Nam (điều 258 cũ) sáng ngày 5 tháng 7 năm 2018 tại Hà Nội. RFA, July 5, 2018 Blogger Lê Anh Hùng vừa bị công an Hà Nội bắt tạm […]
Two Catholic Followers Still in Custody Since Arrest in Peaceful Demonstration in Early June-Defend the Defenders, July 6, 2018 Sisters Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, 30 and Nguyen Thi Truc Anh, 24, two Catholic followers from Phuc Lam parish, Ho Nai ward, Bien Hoa city, have been in custody since being detained on June 10, according to Nhat ky Bieu tinh (Protest Diary), a Facebook account managed by local […]
Jailed Prominent Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom to Conduct Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Inhumane Treatment- Defend the Defenders, July 6, 2018 Prominent Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who is serving her 10-year imprisonment, will conduct hunger strike to protest inhumane treatment of the authorities in the Prison Camp No. 5 located in Yen Dinh district, Thanh Hoa province. In her telephone conversation with her mother Nguyen […]
HRW kêu gọi dừng tấn công nhà cô Đỗ Thị Minh Hạnh-Cửa kính nhà của cô Đỗ Thị Minh Hạnh bị vỡ vụn do côn đồ ném đá. RFA, ngày 05/7/2018 Chính quyền và công an tỉnh Lâm Đồng cần lập tức dừng lại các hành động tấn công liên tục nhắm vào cựu tù nhân lương tâm, nhà hoạt động Đỗ Thị Minh Hạnh trong […]
Arrests in Vietnam over ‘terrorist’ bomb at police post-AFP, July 5, 2018 HANOI: Seven people have been arrested in Vietnam, including three on terrorism charges, for bombing a police station in Ho Chi Minh City last month in a rare attack that injured three people. The bomb was planted on a motorcycle and blew out the glass facade of the building near the […]
Vietnam activists flock to ‘safe’ social media after cyber crackdown- AFP, July 5, 2018 HANOI: Tens of thousands of Vietnamese social media users are flocking to a self-professed free speech platform to avoid tough internet controls in a new cybersecurity law, activists told AFP. The draconian law requires internet companies to scrub critical content and hand over user data if Vietnam’s Communist government […]
Viet Nam: Blogger arrested for criticizing government must be freed-Amnesty International, July 5, 2018 Responding to the news that Vietnamese blogger and political journalist Le Anh Hung has been arrested under suspicion of “abusing democratic freedom” after he published an open letter which criticized the government’s new policy on economic zones, Minar Pimple, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Global Operation, said: “Yet again, […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report on July 2-8, 2018: Independent Journalist Le Anh Hung Arrested for Cricizing Communist Leaders - Defend the Defenders | July 8, 2018 On July 5, authorities in Hanoi arrested independent political journalist Le Anh Hung, charged him with “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code for his online posts criticizing communist leaders, including Nguyen Phu Trong, secretary general of the ruling Communist Party of […]
Mother of Pro-democracy Activist Tran Hoang Phuc Seeks Permission for Attending His Appeal Hearing - Defend the Defenders, July 6, 2018 Mrs. Huynh Thi Ut, the mother of jailed pro-democracy campaigner Tran Hoang Phuc has sought permission from Vietnam’s authorities for attending his appeal hearing scheduled on July 10. The Ho Chi Minh City-based mother has sent her request to the Supreme People’s Court and the Higher People’s […]
Two Catholic Followers Still in Custody Since Arrest in Peaceful Demonstration in Early June - Defend the Defenders, July 6, 2018 Sisters Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, 30 and Nguyen Thi Truc Anh, 24, two Catholic followers from Phuc Lam parish, Ho Nai ward, Bien Hoa city, have been in custody since being detained on June 10, according to Nhat ky Bieu tinh (Protest Diary), a Facebook account managed by local […]
Jailed Prominent Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom to Conduct Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Inhumane Treatment - Defend the Defenders, July 6, 2018 Prominent Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who is serving her 10-year imprisonment, will conduct hunger strike to protest inhumane treatment of the authorities in the Prison Camp No. 5 located in Yen Dinh district, Thanh Hoa province. In her telephone conversation with her mother Nguyen […]
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