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March 22, 2018

Vietnam Security Forces Block Independent Journalist from Traveling to US

by • Bui Minh Quoc

by Defend the Defenders, March 22, 2018 Security forces in Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the biggest airport in Vietnam, have barred independent journalist Bui Minh Quoc, vice president of unsanctioned Independent Journalist Association of Vietnam, from taking a flight to the US. Security officers in the airport stopped him at the border gate on […]

April 19, 2016

Statement number 10/ IJAVN: IJAVN opposes Hanoi Police Force severe suppression IJAVN’s meeting

by • Bui Minh Quoc, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Pham Chi Dung, Pham Doan Trang, Vu Quoc Ngu

IJAVN | Apr 19, 2016 Prior to the 20th session of the U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue in Washington and Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s travel to prepare President Obama’s trip to Vietnam, Hanoi Police Force could have violated “ Politburo’s foreign policies” by suppressing a meeting  to talk about theo topic “Obama’s visit to Vietnam – The change we […]

April 17, 2016

Hanoi Security Forces Suppress Bloggers, Blocking Meeting to Discuss Obama’s Upcoming Visit

by • Bui Minh Quoc, Doan Trang, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Pham Chi Dung, Vu Quoc Ngu

By Vu Quoc Ngu, April 17, 2016 On April 17, security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi suppressed local bloggers from a meeting to discuss the upcoming visit of President Barack Obama to the Southeast Asian nation scheduled in late May. A number of members of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), including […]

September 4, 2014

Về danh xưng “nhà dân chủ”

by • Bui Minh Quoc

Bùi Minh Quốc Ijavn | 3/9/2014  Những năm gần đây, ở ta xuất hiện nhiều người được gọi (hoặc gọi lẫn nhau) là nhà dân chủ.Thật mừng.Lại xuất hiện nhiều tổ chức với thành viên là hàng chục, hàng trăm nhà dân chủ, với cả cơ quan ngôn luận công khai trên thế giới ảo internet hoặc […]

July 8, 2014

RWB HAILS CREATION OF VIETNAM’S FIRST INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION

by • Bui Minh Quoc, Le Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Huu Vinh (Anh Ba Sam), Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Pham Chi Dung, Pham Viet Dao, Ta Phong Tan, Truong Duy Nhat

Reporters Without Borders | 7/7/2014 Reporters Without Borders hails the creation of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), the country’s first such organization. Its launch on 4 July in Ho Chi Minh City saw the biggest-ever gathering of journalists to promote freely reported and politically independent information. Well-known journalists are IJAVN members. Its president, Pham Chi Dung, […]

March 13, 2013

Netizen Huynh Ngoc Chenh’s Remarks to the RSF’s award ceremony on Mar 12, 2013

by • Bui Minh Quoc, Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Bui Thi Minh Hang, Cu Huy Ha Vu, Dao Hieu, Ha Sy Phu (Nguyen Xuan Tu), Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Huynh Trong Hieu, Le Anh Hung, Le Cong Dinh, Le Thang Long, Nguyen Dan Que, Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Huu Vinh JB, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Tien Trung, Nguyen Van Dai, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long), Pham Minh Hoang, Pham Thanh Nghien, Tieu Dao Bao Cu, Tran Anh Kim, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Uyen Vu (Vu Quoc Tu)

Updated on Mar 14, 2013. Translated by Me Nam (Defend the Defenders) Ladies and gentlemen, It is a surprise and a pleasure to be here at this honorable ceremony today, just because, in my country, many rights are regconized under the constitution but the authorities have restricted them by all means. Over the past two years, many […]