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  • Vietnam Bill on Association Limits Freedom of Association: Legal Expert - By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 8, 2016 The Vietnamese draft Law on Association would limit citizens’ right of freedom of association as it empowers the government to intervene in the organization and activities of associations, said legal expert Dr. Hoang Ngoc Giao at a seminar organized by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations […]
  • Vietnamese Protesters Fault Government Handling of Fish Kill Disaster - RFA | 07-07-2016 Thousands of Vietnamese took to the street in the central coastal province of Quang Binh on Thursday to press the government and a Taiwanese conglomerate to help fisherman who lost their livelihoods in mass fish die-off in April. The protest by Catholic parishioners in the town of Ba Don came a week […]
  • Vietnam Violently Disperses Anti-Formosa Protest, Injuring Four People in Central Province - By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 7, 2016 On July 7, security forces in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Quang Binh violently suppressed an anti-Formosa protest of around 2,000 local residents, beating and injuring a number of demonstrators, local activists said. Due to police attacks, Mr. Pham Duc, 48, suffered numerous serious injuries on his head […]
  • Wife of Arrested Human Rights Lawyer Released after Ten-hour Interrogation - By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 7, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi released Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of arrested prominent political dissident and human rights advocate Nguyen Van Dai, mid-night of July 6 after ten hours of interrogation about her foreign trip in April-July. Mrs. Khanh, who was in the […]
  • Edinburgh law students petition UN over imprisoned Vietnamese bloggers - Scottish Legal | Jul 06, 2016 Students at Edinburgh Law School’s Freedom of Expression Law Clinic have submitted a petition to the UN Working Group of Arbitrary Detention, urging the group to support detained Vietnamese bloggers, Nguyễn Hữu Vinh and Ngô Hào. Supported by experienced practitioners, the final year LLB students worked together in the clinic […]
  • Catholic Priests in Central Vietnam go up Against Government in Land Grab Case - RFA | Jul 06, 2016 The head priest of a Catholic monastery in central Vietnam’s Thua Thien-Hue province has sent a petition to national and foreign officials in the country protesting what it says is the local government’s illegal appropriation of its land, RFA’s Vietnamese Service has learned. Antoine Nguyen Van Duc, head of Vietnam’s […]
  • Mỹ chuyển giao vai trò ‘đối thoại nhân quyền Việt Nam’ cho Nghị viện châu Âu? - Blog VOA | 06-07-2016 Vào tháng Bảy năm 2016 sẽ diễn ra cuộc đối thoại nhân quyền Việt – Australia. Sau một thời gian dài lắng tiếng, người Úc đã quyết định dấn sâu hơn nữa vào công cuộc đòi hỏi quyền làm người cho dân chúng Việt Nam. Phản ứng mang tên Australia Vài […]
  • Vietnamese Fun Clip Makers Apologize Public after Interrogated by Police - By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 6, 2016 A group of Vietnamese film-making amateurs, most of whom are students, has made a public apology for their recent short video clip about the recent final state examination of high schools, state media has reported. The seven-person group in the central city of Hue said on July 5 […]
  • Chuyên gia hải ngoại nói Việt Nam chưa minh bạch vụ cá chết - SBTN | 05-07-2016 Mặc dù nhà cầm quyền Cộng Sản Việt Nam đã tổ chức buổi họp báo công bố nguyên nhân thảm họa cá chết ở miền Trung vào ngày 30 tháng 6 vừa qua, một số chuyên gia Việt Nam ở nước ngoài nói rằng thông tin do Việt Nam công bố chưa […]
  • Giới trẻ xứ Thanh Dạ giáo Phận Vinh yêu cầu VTV xin lỗi Đức Cha Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp - SBTN | 06-07-2016 Vào sáng ngày 05 tháng 7 năm 2016, hơn 10,000 bạn trẻ thuộc giáo hạt Thuận Nghĩa, giáo phận Vinh đã tập trung về tại giáo xứ Thanh Dạ trên địa bàn xã Quỳnh Thanh, huyện Quỳnh Lưu, tỉnh Nghệ để An tham dự Đại hội giới trẻ, rước Thánh Gia luân […]