Biển không thể tự làm sạch-Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 14/4/2018 Những cuộc họp nội bộ trong những ngày gần đây của Hiệp hội Chế biến và Xuất khẩu Thủy sản Việt Nam (VASEP) tiếp tục cảnh báo về chuyện nếu không có giải pháp căn cơ, thì Tổng vụ Sức khỏe và an toàn thực phẩm DG-MARE (Liên minh […]
Two more activists jailed in Vietnam amid widening dissent crackdown-Reuters, April 12, 2018 HANOI – Courts in Vietnam handed prison sentences to two activists on Thursday, as the communist-ruled government widens a crackdown on dissent. A court in the northcentral province of Nghe An sentenced Nguyen Viet Dung to seven years in prison for posting “anti-state propaganda” on his Facebook account, police said. Despite […]
Cập nhật tình hình hai tù nhân sẽ lại ra tòa ngày 12/4-RFA, 11-04-2018 Theo lịch được thông báo, vào ngày mai 12 tháng 4 sẽ diễn ra hai phiên tòa xét xử hai nhà hoạt động nhân quyền đó là anh Nguyễn Viết Dũng tại Tòa án Nhân Dân Tỉnh Nghệ An và cựu tù nhân lương tâm- thầy giáo Vũ Văn Hũng tại TAND quận […]
Viet Nam: UN experts call for change after jailing of rights defenders-UN Human Rights Office of High Commissioner GENEVA (12 April 2018) – A group of UN experts* has urged Viet Nam not to crackdown on civil society or stifle dissent after the jailing of seven human rights defenders for “conducting activities to overthrow the people’s government”. Six human rights defenders were each sentenced to between […]
Spokesman of Brotherhood for Democracy Still Held Incommunicado Since Being Arrest in August 2017-Defend the Defenders, April 12, 2018 Nguyen Trung Truc, the spokesman of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy, has been held incommunicado since being detained on August 4 last year, said Saigon-based lawyer Nguyen Van Mieng, who was hired by the activist’s family to provide legal consultation for him. On April 12, lawyer Mieng submitted a […]
Three Vietnamese Activists Imprisoned on Thursday amid Increasing Crackdown on Local Dissent-Defend the Defenders, April 12, 2018 Three activists were convicted in separate trials on Thursday in Vietnam amid ongoing intensified crackdown of the communist government on local dissent. In the first-instance hearing of former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Viet Dung which last only three hours in the central province of Nghe An, the founder and […]
President of Vietnam Republican Party Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Assisting Formora-affected Fishermen-Defend the Defenders, April 12, 2018 Former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Viet Dung, who established the unsanctioned Vietnam Republican Party several years ago, has been sentenced to seven years in prison and five years under house arrest afterward for assisting fishermen who have been affected by the environmental disaster caused by the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic […]
Vietnam: Activists on trial as crackdown on peaceful activism continues-Amnesty International, April 12, 2018 Ahead of the separate trials on April 12 of two activists, Nguyễn Viết Dũng and Vũ Văn Hùng, in Viet Nam, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said: “Nguyễn Viết Dũng is a brave young activist in a country where human rights are under […]
Vietnam’s crackdown on dissent could undermine its stability and growth-The Interpreter, April 12, 2018 Since General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emerged in firm control atop Vietnam’s political leadership in early 2016, Hanoi has gone on the offensive in a massive effort to clamp down on internal political dissent of all stripes, arresting bloggers and purging corrupt state officials. The Communist Party’s disproportionately harsh tactics risk further undermining its […]
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