Thảm họa Formosa: Quan chức nói an toàn, nhà khoa học vẫn nghi ngờ-RFA | 22.06.2017 Nghi ngại tuyên bố từ phía chính quyền Ngày 22 tháng sáu, ông Hoàng Văn Thức, Phó Tổng cục trưởng Tổng cục môi trường công bố tại Diễn đàn Nhà báo và môi trường biển đảo, rằng nước biển tại bốn tỉnh miền Trung gánh chịu thảm họa Formosa đã an toàn […]
No Country for Human Rights Activists- Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam-Human Rights Watch, June 19, 2017 Summary In celebration of International Human Rights Day, on the morning of December 6, 2015, the prominent lawyer and human rights activist Nguyen Van Dai delivered a talk at Van Loc parish in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, about the rights enshrined in Vietnam’s Constitution. That afternoon, he […]
German MPs Not Allowed to Meet Jailed Blogger Anh Ba Sam during Vietnam Trip-by Defend the Defenders, June 22, 2017 Two German members of parliament (MPs), namely Martin Patzelt and Philipp Lengsfeld, were not permitted to visit prisoner of conscience Nguyen Huu Vinh, well known as blogger Anh Ba Sam. Mr. Vinh who is serving a five-year sentence in prison, was sentenced in March 2016 on charge of […]
Vietnam Needs More Mechanisms to Protect Journalists-by Phuong Nguyen, June 22, 2017 Although Vietnam’s Law on Press stipulates the protection for journalists, many of them are still being harassed, attacked, with many cases not resolved at all, state media reported, calling for more measures to protect journalists. According to the statistics from relevant authorities, there were 50 cases of journalist being […]
Vietnam’s State Media Now Look to Social Media For Timely, Accurate News-RFA, June 22, 2017 State-controlled media in Vietnam are looking more and more to private citizens’ postings on social media as sources of objective information and for leads to news stories, according to Central Propaganda Department chief Vo Van Thuong, speaking on June 20 at a press conference in Hanoi. Speaking to RFA’s Vietnamese Service, […]
Vietnam singer Mai Khoi adds a youthful tone to aged politics-The Vietnamese singer and activist Mai Khoi is an outspoken advocate for human rights and freedom of expression in Vietnam. After her performance at the Global Media Forum she spoke with DW about her political activism. DW, June 22, 2017 Vietnam is a young and dynamic country. Out of Vietnam’s total population of around 90 […]
NGOs Demand Halt to Pak Beng Dam in Laos-RFA, June 22, 2017 A group of NGOs on Thursday reiterated demands that the Lao government delay construction of the controversial Pak Beng dam on the Mekong River’s mainstream, days after an intergovernmental body called on Vientiane to address the project’s potential transboundary impacts. On June 19, the Mekong River Commission (MRC)—an intergovernmental body made […]
The Trump administration fails to call out Vietnam on its dismal human rights record-President Trump shakes hands with Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam’s prime minister. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Bloomberg) Washington Post, June 22, 2017 PRESIDENT TRUMP met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last month to discuss trade and security issues. In their public statements about the visit, one topic got short shrift: human rights. This was a glaring lapse. […]
What’s Behind Vietnam’s Rising Violence?-By David Hutt, The Diplomat, June 22, 2017 A recent report by Human Rights Watch, “No Country for Human Rights Activists: Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam”, documents the rise of physical violence committed against activists, mainly by plain-clothed “thugs,” some of whom may be police or soldiers, and most of whom target […]
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