Socialist democracy according to Vietnamese culture-QDND | Sep 29, 2015 PANO – Ideological issues, particularly those of socialist democracy, have become hot topics on online forums and websites in the buildup to Vietnam’s 12th National Party Congress. Political dissidents and reactionaries, who boldly consider themselves “patriots,” are ebulliently discussing and criticizing the socialist democracy in Vietnam, and giving reactionary “suggestions” […]
Security Forces in Ha Nam Province Enhance Suppression against Local Activists-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 29, 2015 Security forces in Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Nam have conducted numerous operations to suppress local activists, turning their lives into nightmare, the victims have complained. In recent days, the private house of Mr. Truong Minh Huong in Ba Sao commune, Kim Bang district has been surrounded by […]
Hanoi Court Sentences Land Petitioner to 18 Months in Prison-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Sept 28, 2015 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on Monday sentenced a land petitioner to 18 months in prison in a nominally opentrial that was in fact closed to the public and the defendant’s relatives. The court found Vu Thi Hai, a resident from the northern province […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly September 21-27: Reporters of Independent Luong Tam TV Detained, Questioned-Defenders’ Weekly | Sep 27, 2015 ************21/9/2015************** Vietnam Urged to Free Other Prisoners of Conscience Vietnam should release all prisoners of conscience and allow local residents to express their political views without fear of retribution, said the U.S. and international human rights bodies. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said it welcomes the recent decision of […]
Vietnamese Authorities Detain Pro-Democracy Activist-RFA | Sep 25, 2015 The whereabouts of Vietnamese former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim, who was detained by police on Monday, remain unknown, according to the pro-democracy activist’s wife. Several police officers arrested Kim, 66, who lives in Thai Binh city in the northern coastal province of the same name, before 10 a.m., Nguyen […]
Authorities in Vietnam Crack Down on New Independent Broadcast Service-RFA | Sep 25, 2015 Vietnamese authorities have detained the staff of a new independent news service that broadcasts videos on social media, according to an activist-lawyer involved with the news organization. Security police had been harassing employees of Conscience TV, which has aired weekly videos on YouTube since Aug. 19, Nguyen Van Dai told […]
Religion in Vietnam Higher powers – A proposed law on religion will not help the faithful-Economist | Sep 26, 2015 BULLDOZERS are idling outside the Lien Tri Pagoda, a complex of yellow buildings near the Saigon River. Officials plan to destroy it and fill this sparsely populated district of Ho Chi Minh City with skyscrapers. One property firm calls the area the “Pudong of Saigon”, referring to a glittering riverside […]
Vietnam: Blogger Ta Phong Tan released-Pen-International | Sep 24, 2015 PEN International welcomes the release of Vietnamese blogger Ta Phong Tan (f) on 19 September 2015. Arrested in September 2011, Ta Phong Tan was sentenced a year later to 10 years in prison and three years in probationary detention for ‘conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam’ under […]
Hanoi Police Beat Activists Before Releasing Reporters of Conscience TV Channel-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 24, 2015 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have brutally beaten local activists before releasing six other individuals who are said to involve in producing and launching of an independent television channel Luong Tam TV or Conscience TV. Authorities in Hai Ba Trung district police on evening of […]
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