Kim Quoc Hoa

By Defend the Defenders, December 23, 2016 The Vietnam Supreme People’s Procuracy decided to stop the investigation into Mr. Kim Quoc Hoa (also known as Nguyen Quang Hoa), former editor-in-chief of the state-run newspaper Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly). He was accused of abusing democratic freedoms under Article 258 of the country’s Penal Code. The […]

Tuổi trẻ | 01-11-2015 Tại kết luận điều tra, Cơ quan an ninh điều tra nhận định vụ sai phạm của ông Kim Quốc Hoa “là vụ án nghiêm trọng, liên quan đến lĩnh vực hoạt động báo chí”. Cơ quan an ninh điều tra Bộ Công an vừa đề nghị Viện KSND tối cao truy […]

VOA | May 14, 2015 WASHINGTON—A New York-based organization that promotes press freedom has called on Vietnam to “drop spurious charges” against Kim Quoc Hoa, former editor-in-chief of The Elderly newspaper. The Committee to Protect Journalists also asked Vietnam to “allow the media to play a checking and balancing role without fear of reprisal.” Hoa was […]

News24 | May 13, 2015 Hanoi – A Vietnamese magazine editor was charged with crimes against the state for publishing articles accusing senior officials of corruption, reports said on Wednesday. Kim Quoc Hoa was dismissed in March as editor-in-chief of Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly), accused of “abusing his freedoms and democratic rights in publishing articles […]

CPJ | May 13, 2015 Bangkok–Authorities in Vietnam today levied anti-state charges against a former news editor who published reports on official corruption, according to news reports. The accusations mark a trend of legal harassment against journalists who probe sensitive corruption issues in Vietnam, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. “We call on Vietnam to […]

RFA | May 12, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam will pursue charges against an editor who was stripped of his credentials after his newspaper ran several articles exposing cases of alleged corruption, according to an official statement. The Public Security Department announced Monday that it plans to prosecute Kim Quoc Hoa, the former editor-in-chief of Nguoi […]

By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 13, 2015 Vietnam’s police have decided to prosecute Mr. Kinh Quoc Hoa, former editor-in-chief of outspoken Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) newspaper which ran a number of articles unveiling alleged corruption of many senior officials, state media reported. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Public Security, Mr. […]

BBC | Cập nhật 12/05/2015 Ông Kim Quốc Hoa, cựu Tổng biên tập báo Người Cao Tuổi, tờ báo nổi tiếng với các bài báo chống tham nhũng, vừa bị khởi tố theo điều 258 Bộ Luật Hình sự, Bộ Công an Việt Nam thông báo. Thông báo ra ngày 12/05/2015 nói Bộ Công an […]

Trương Tự Minh, Luật Khoa | Cập nhật 12/02/2015 Quan điểm này được ông nhấn mạnh trong báo cáo gửi Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hiệp Quốc ngày 30/1/2015 vừa qua. Là báo cáo viên đặc biệt về tự do tôn giáo, tín ngưỡng, ông Heiner Bielefeldt đã có chuyến làm việc tại Việt Nam […]

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 […]