Bui Hieu Vo

May 9, 2018

Blogger Bui Hieu Vo Jailed for “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”

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Defend the Defenders, May 9, 2018 On May 5, the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted local blogger Bui Hieu Vo on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code, according to state media. In the one-day first-instance hearing, the court sentenced him to four years and […]

March 25, 2017

Ủy ban Bảo vệ Ký giả: Hai blogger bị bắt giữ vì ‘tuyên truyền chống nhà nước’ ở Việt Nam

by • Bui Hieu Vo, Phan Kim Khanh

Ủy ban Bảo vệ Ký giả (Bản dịch của Vũ Quốc Ngữ) Bangkok, ngày 23/3/2017 – Ủy ban Bảo vệ Ký giả (Committee to Protect Journalists- CPJ) hôm nay đã kêu gọi Việt Nam trả tự do ngay lập tức và vô điều kiện cho hai blogger Phan Kim Khánh và Bùi Hiếu Võ. Trên […]

March 24, 2017

Two bloggers detained for ‘propagandizing against the state’ in Vietnam

by • Bui Hieu Vo, Phan Kim Khanh

Committee to Protect Journalists Bangkok, March 23, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists called today on Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release bloggers Phan Kim Khanh and Bui Hieu Vo. The government announced on its official Facebook page yesterday that both had been detained on charges of “propagandizing against the state,” which carries a maximum penalty […]

March 24, 2017

Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Two Bloggers For ‘Spreading Propaganda Against The State

by • Bui Hieu Vo, Phan Kim Khanh

Radio Free Asia– Mar 23, 2017 Vietnamese authorities have arrested two blogger activists, charging them with propaganda against the state under a controversial article of the country’s penal code used to target dissidents, state media said Wednesday. Police arrested Phan Kim Khanh, 24 from Phu Thọ province on March 21 and Bui Hieu Vo, 55, […]

March 22, 2017

Two More Vietnamese Activists Arrested, Charged with Anti-state Propaganda Allegation

by • Bui Hieu Vo, Phan Kim Khanh

by Defend the Defenders, March 22, 2017 Vietnam’s security forces have arrested two more activists who have been charged with conducting “anti-state propaganda” under the country’s Penal Code, state media reported. According to the reports, on March 21 the Police Investigation Agency in the northern province of Thai Nguyen arrested Mr. Phan Kim Khanh, 24, […]