June 21, 2013
Vietnamese Politics: Confidence Tricks
The repression is fierce; the self-criticism mild The Economist SINGAPORE | 21 June 2013 | THE police in Vietnam have been busy. Their targets, as so often, have been the nation’s pesky bloggers. On June 13th they arrested Pham Viet Dao in Hanoi; two days later it was the turn of Dinh Nhat Uy in […]
June 21, 2013
Vietnamese Dissident Ends Hunger Strike After Prison Agrees to Study Complaint
by Nhan Quyen • Cu Huy Ha Vu, Nguyen Thi Duong Ha
RFA | 21 June 2013 | Jailed prominent Vietnamese dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu ended a hunger strike Friday after authorities agreed to examine his complaint over prison abuses, saying it was victory for justice and democracy in the one-party communist state.