Vietnamese Anti-Graft Newspaper Fights Back-VOA| Colin Nguyen, February 10, 2015 3:38 PM The paper’s website, which has been at the forefront of an intense anti-corruption campaign, was taken offline and inaccessible Tuesday. But the print edition apparently continues even though the editor in chief has had his press card revoked and his job put in jeopardy following a government decision […]
Vietnam Targets Newspaper After Reports of Alleged Official Graft-RFA | 2015-02-10 A Vietnamese man reads online news with his laptop at a coffee shop in downtown Hanoi, Jan. 15, 2013. AFP The move has drawn criticism from journalists who suggested the government is taking revenge against the Nguoi Cao Tuoi, or The Elderly, newspaper and its editor in chief, Kim Quoc Hoa, for tackling […]
Human Rights Watch: Báo cáo vi phạm nhân quyền 2015-HRW | 8/2/2015 Tình trạng người dân bị từ chối các quyền lợi và tham nhũng tràn lan được coi là các lực cản chính đối với các tiến bộ chính trị và kinh tế của Việt Nam. Xu hướng công khai bày tỏ ý kiến phê bình ngày một gia tăng trên các blog […]
Vietnam Cracks down on Anti-corruption News Website-By KTT, Feb 10, 2015 Defend The Defenders The online Nguoi Cao Tuoi (Elderly) newspaper was accused of “abusing rights to freedom and democracy to violate state interests” and ordered to take down its website, the MPS said on its website. The Ministry of Information and Communications dismissed the editor-in-chief Kim Quoc Hoa and withdraw […]
Australian Legislator Urges Vietnam to Release Three Social Activists-by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks], Feb 10, 2015 Defend The Defenders Mr. Ripoll, who is currently Australian parliament secretary for small business and shadow minister for financial service and superannuation, said Vietnam should drop allegation of “causing public disorder” against Pham Minh Vu, Le Thi Phuong Anh and Do Nam Trung. On May 15, the trio […]
Vietnam: CSOs Issue Report on Religious Freedom, Prisoners of Conscience 04/02/2015-CSW | Feb 9, 2015 The report aims to alert the UN Human Rights Council, the European External Action Service, foreign embassies in Vietnam and various members of the international community to “the blatant, illegal and systematic crackdowns on human rights defenders and dissidents” in Vietnam. In particular, the report claims that there are at […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Feb 2-8: HRW Condemns Human Rights Violations in Vietnam-Defenders’ Weekly | Feb 08, 2015 ********2/2/2015******** We Are Change Force for Vietnam’s Politics: Activist Anna Huyen Trang We are the force for political change in Vietnam for better governance, said activist Anna Huyen Trang, who is one of key communication figures of the Saigon-based Redemptory Church. In her statement sent to people with opposite […]
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