Vietnamese Blogger Trial Set for Wednesday-RFA | Mar 22, 2016 A day before prominent independent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant are scheduled to go on trial in Vietnam, a human rights organization is calling on Hanoi to release the pair. Nguyen Huu Vinh, who also goes by the pen name Anh Ba Sam, and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy […]
Viet Blogger Heads to Court-asiasentinel | Mar 21, 2016 The Hanoi People’s Court is expected to take up the case on Wednesday of perhaps Vietnam’s most influential independent blogger, Nguyễn Hữu Vinh (pen name Anh Ba Sam or “Brother Gossip” and his administrative assistant, Nguyễn Minh Thúy, on charges of “misusing democratic freedom to encroach on State interests [and] the […]
Vietnam Prominent Blogger Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Abusing Democracy Freedom-By Vu Quoc Ngu, March 23, 2016 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on March 23 sentenced prominent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka Anh Ba Sam) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy with respective five and three years in jail in an open hearing which failed to meet international norms of […]
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Prominent Bloggers-Human Rights Watch, March 22, 2016 (New York) – The Vietnamese government should release and drop all charges against two prominent bloggers, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial of Nguyen Huu Vinh and his colleague Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy is scheduled for March 23, 2016, before the People’s Court of Hanoi. The two have […]
In One-Party Vietnam, Independents Vie for Assembly Seats-Nytimes | Mar 21, 2016 HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Taking the stage here on Friday, the singer-songwriter Mai Khoi launched into her hit song “Vietnam,” an optimistic ode to the country’s landscape and people. But the rest of her set list included songs, such as one called “Cuffed in Freedom,” that addressed hot-button […]
Viet Nam: Blogger and assistant detained for two years have committed no crime and must be freed-Amnesty International | Mar 22, 2016 The trial and continuing detention of a blogger and his assistant who have already spent almost two years in jail is farcical and a blight on the country’s human rights record, said Amnesty International ahead of the opening hearing in Ha Noi tomorrow. The organization is calling for the […]
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Prominent Bloggers-HRW | Mar 22, 2016 (New York) – The Vietnamese government should release and drop all charges against two prominent bloggers, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial of Nguyen Huu Vinh and his colleague Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy is scheduled for March 23, 2016, before the People’s Court of Hanoi. The two have been […]
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Vietnamese Cops Use Electrical Baton to Torture Suspect in His Penis-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Mar 18, 2016 Nguyen Van Manh, 34, from Vietnam’s northern province of Hung Yen said he was been tortured by three police officers who had used electrical baton to attack him in his penis, the Cong Ly newspaper reported Wednesday. Manh said in early morning of March 02, when he stayed […]
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