“Minds” over Facebook: Vietnamese Netizens’ Great Cyber Exodus?-Photo Credit: Adorkableaznbunny Vi Tran, The Vietnamese, June 30, 2018 In the past two days, the “F-Generation” of Vietnam started what seems to be an online exodus when many well-known Facebookers announced that they are moving on to Minds.com – an alternate platform for social media. The “F” in F-Generation stands for “Facebook” as […]
Black Sundays Report: Vietnamese People’s Response To Police Brutality During June 2018 Protests-Photo Credit: Nhật Ký Biểu Tình/Protestors’ Diary Facebook Page The Vietnamese, June 29, 2018 Civilians, victims of police brutality and arbitrary detention, academics, activists, researchers, and a lot more people from all walks of life inside and outside of Vietnam got together and produced a report on the two “Black Sundays” of June 10 […]
One Year After Mother Mushroom’s Imprisonment, Signs of Hope in Vietnam-Despite rising repression, the democratic awakening of the Vietnamese people continues. The Diplomat, June 29, 2018 One year ago on June 29, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh found herself in prison, staring down a 10-year sentence. It has not been an easy year. Far from it. Prison authorities have made life unnecessarily difficult for Quynh, withholding […]
Reiterating the Call for Release of Vietnamese Human Rights Defender Mother Mushroom-On 29 June 2017, the People’s Court of Khanh Hoa province sentenced Me Nam to 10 years in prison under Article 88 of the Penal Code, for “conducting propaganda against the state.” Noting the one year anniversary of her first trial, Civil Rights Defenders reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of Vietnamese […]
Vietnam’s New Cyber Law Raises Human Rights Concerns, Threatens Vietnam’s Entrance Onto the Free Trade Stage-Ho Chi Minh City, pictured here, contains the 10th-highest number of Facebook users in the world. (Photo: Godong/robertharding /robertharding/Newscom) The Daily Signal, June 28, 2018 Vietnam’s National Assembly recently voted to implement a new cyber policy. This policy, the Bill on Cyber Security Law, would dramatically restrict freedom of expression, and it would impact one […]
Quyền sở hữu đất đai có thể đánh dấu ngày tàn của Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam-Asia Times, ngày 26/6/2018 (Bản dịch của Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền) Trong nền văn minh: Phương Tây và Phần còn lại, sử gia Niall Ferguson đặt ra một câu hỏi thú vị. Tại sao, vào thế kỷ 17, các thuộc địa Anh của Bắc Mỹ trở nên thành công về mặt kinh tế […]
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