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  • Political Dissident Pham Doan Trang Freed after 10 Hours of Arbitrary Detention, Still Faces Arrest - Defend the Defenders, February 25, 2017 Vietnam’s security forces released political dissident and blogger Pham Doan Trang at mid night of February 24 after keeping her ten hours in custody, according to her close friend Trinh Kim Tien, who is also an activist living in Ho Chi Minh City. Freed but still under heavy surveillance […]
  • Nhà tranh đấu nhân quyền Phạm Đoan Trang được trao giải thưởng Homo Homini - People In Need, ngày 13/02/2018 (Bản dịch của Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền) Giải thưởng Homo Homini của tổ chức People In Need (Cộng hoà Séc) năm 2017 sẽ được trao cho blogger Phạm Đoan Trang, một trong những nhà hoạt động dân chủ và nhân quyền hàng đầu ở Việt Nam. Blogger Phạm Đoan […]
  • The Homo Homini Prize for 2017 will be awarded to a persecuted Vietnamese blogger - People In Need Prague, February 13th, 2018. „“You cannot be afraid,” says Pham Doan Trang, who will be awarded the Homo Homini prize for the courage she employs while tirelessly pursuing a democratic change within her country, despite harassment and persecution. On her blog, Trang highlights the injustices committed by the communist regime and tries […]
  • Prominent Dissident Pham Doan Trang Detained for Her New Book - Defend the Defenders, February 24, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities have arbitrarily detained prominent political dissident Pham Doan Trang to interrogate her about her rerently-publicized book, local activists reported. Blogger-activist Trinh Kim Tien alerted on her Facebook page that at 2PM of February 24, two officers from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security came to the private residence […]
  • Jailed Citizen Journalist Nguyen Van Hoa Transferred to Quang Nam, around 500 Km away from His Native Ha Tinh Province - Defend the Defenders, February 24, 2018 Young citizen journalist Nguyen Van Hoa, who was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years under house arrest on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code, has been transferred to An Diem prison located in Dai Loc district of the […]
  • Viet Nam: UN rights experts urge release of activists jailed for protesting toxic spill - UN Human Rights, Office of The High Commissioner GENEVA (23 February 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called for the release of individuals jailed for writing about and reacting to a discharge of toxic industrial chemicals into coastal waters of Viet Nam. On 6 February 2018, a court in the central province of Nghe […]
  • Luật Internet mới của Việt Nam sẽ làm cho nền kinh tế quôc gia tụt hậu - Phan Lê, East Asia Forum, ngày 22/02/2018 (Bản dịch của Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền) Bộ Công an (BCA) của Việt Nam muốn dùng một mũi tên để bắn hai mục tiêu bằng một dự luật có quy định về lưu trữ dữ liệu. Nhưng cơ quan này có thể sớm nhận ra rằng mũi […]
  • Amnesty International Report 2017-2018: Vietnam - Amnesty International, February 22, 2018 Arbitrary restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly continued. A crackdown on dissent intensified, causing scores of activists to flee the country. Human rights defenders, peaceful political activists and religious followers were subjected to a range of human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, prosecution on […]
  • Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience Blocked from New Year Gathering in HCM City - Defend the Defenders, February 22, 2018 On February 22, security forces in Ho Chi Minh City blocked local former prisoners of conscience from gathering on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. The meeting, organized by the Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience (FVPoC), was held at Hoang Lan restaurant in Le Van Sy street, Tan […]
  • UN kêu gọi Việt Nam trả tự do cho các nhà hoạt động môi trường - RFA, 23-02-2018 Liên Hiệp Quốc kêu gọi Việt Nam trả tự do cho những nhà hoạt động môi trường và blogger bị kết án tù thời gian vừa qua. Đặc ủy về Nhân quyền và các chất thải nguy hại, Baskut Tuncak nói việc Việt Nam bỏ tù các bloggers và các nhà hoạt động […]