July 24, 2013
by Nhan Quyen • Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Cu Huy Ha Vu, Le Quoc Quan, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Ta Phong Tan, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
RSF | 24 July 2013 | Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang, who is to meet with US President Barack Obama tomorrow, heads a country that is second only to China in the number of bloggers and netizens it is currently detaining – 35. Serving long sentences of up to 13 years in prison on trumped-up charges, […]
July 23, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay)
Reporters Sans Frontieres PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY 23 JULY 2013. Nguyen Van Hai, a blogger known by the pen-name of Dieu Cay who has been jailed since April 2008, has been on hunger strike for the past 31 days in protest against his prison conditions in the central province of Nghe An. His current state of health is grave […]
July 1, 2013
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Bui Thi Minh Hang, Chu Manh Son, Cu Huy Ha Vu, Dang Ngoc Minh, Dang Xuan Dieu, Dau Van Duong, Dinh Dang Dinh, Dinh Nguyen Kha, Dinh Van Nhuong, Do Thi Minh Hanh, Doan Huy Chuong, Doan Van Vuon, Duong Thi Tan, Ho Duc Hoa, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, Ho Van Oanh, Hoang Khuong (Nguyen Van Khuong), Le Hien Duc, Le Quoc Quan, Le Thanh Tung, Le Thi Kim Thu, Le Tri Tue, Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Nguyen Dac Kien, Nguyen Dan Que, Nguyen Dang Minh Man, Nguyen Dang Vinh Phuc, Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung, Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Huu Vinh JB, Nguyen Kim Nhan, Nguyen Lan Thang, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Nguyen Van Duyet, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Nguyen Van Oai, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Nguyen Xuan Dien, Phan Ngoc Tuan, Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan, Tran Huu Duc, Tran Minh Nhat, Tran Vu Anh Binh (Hoang Nhat Thong), Truong Van Dung, Viet Khang (Vo Minh Tri)
Stakeholders Joint Submission Concerning the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam in 2014 Submitted on June 14, 2013 by: – Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) – Bloc 8406 – Vietnam Human Rights Committee (VNHRC) – Vietnamese Canadian Federation (VCF) INTRODUCTION The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRVN) has been a member of the United Nations since 1977 […]
May 13, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, Huynh Trong Hieu, Nguyen Huu Vinh JB
PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 13 MAY 2013. Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese public security ministry’s decision to prevent the well-known blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh from travelling abroad. Winner of the 2013 Netizen Prize, which Reporters Without Borders awards annually with support from Google, Chenh and his daughter were stopped at Ho Chi Minh City airport as they were about […]
March 13, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • 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 […]
March 12, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Dinh Dang Dinh, Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Le Cong Dinh, Le Nguyen Sang, Lu Van Bay, Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa), Nguyen Van Dai, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long), Pham Chi Dung, Pham Thanh Nghien, Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
ENEMIES OF THE INTERNET 2013 Today, 12 March, World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders is releasing a Special report on Internet surveillance, available at surveillance.rsf.org/en. It looks at the way governments are increasingly using technology that monitors online activity and intercepts electronic communication in order to arrest journalists, citizen-journalists and dissidents. Around 180 netizens worldwide […]
February 15, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights], 17 Catholic youths, Bui Chat (Bui Quang Vien), Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Bui Thi Minh Hang, Cu Huy Ha Vu, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, Huynh Thuc Vy, Huynh Trong Hieu, Le Cong Dinh, Le Quoc Quan, Le Thang Long, Lo Thanh Thao, Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Hue Chi, Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam), Nguyen Ngoc Tuong Thi, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen The Hung, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Nguyen Xuan Dien, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long), Pham Toan, Thich Quang Do, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Trinh Kim Tien, Vi Duc Hoi
Điếu Cày is a 60-year-old Vietnamese blogger. In 2007, he wrote the text published below. Four months later, he was arrested and convicted. In 2012 he was subsequently sentenced to 12 years in jail. Why? Because he wrote about freedom in Vietnam on his blog. Traduction: With passion, patriotism and a will to serve our country, […]
January 11, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • 17 Catholic youths, Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Dang Xuan Dieu, Ho Duc Hoa, Nguyen Lan Thang, Nguyen Van Duyet, Nguyen Van Oai, Nong Hung Anh, Thai Van Dung, Tran Minh Nhat, Truong Van Dung
PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 11 JANUARY 2013 – Reporters Without Borders is appalled at the groundless verdict handed down yesterday by a court in northern city of Vinh against eight bloggers and cyber dissidents. They were among a total of 14 Catholic activists sentenced to between three and 13 years’ imprisonment. The press freedom organization is […]
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March 12, 2014
Vietnam: Targeting bloggers
by Nhan Quyen • Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Le Quoc Quan, Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Nguyen Huu Vinh (Anh Ba Sam), Nguyen Huu Vinh JB, Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa), Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Nguyen Van Dai
Reporters sans frontières 03.12.2014 Ministry of Information and Communications Internet regulation is the ministry’s prerogative. The office in charge of the task is the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information. The ministry prepares and proposes laws that allow authorities to justify to the international community prosecutions of bloggers and cyber-dissidents. In order to avoid submitting […]