October 22, 2014
RWB CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF 27 JAILED VIETNAMESE BLOGGERS
RSF | Oct 20, 2014 Vietnam is the world’s second biggest prison for bloggers and cyber-dissidents, after China. Vietnam’s bloggers are a source of independently-reported news and information that is an alternative to the government media. They write about corruption, environmental problems and the country’s political developments. There have been several waves of arrests of […]
January 20, 2017
Vietnam Continues to Persecute Human Rights Defenders, Targeting Their Children
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Duyet, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga), Truong Minh Tam
By Defend the Defenders, January 20, 2017 Authorities in many Vietnamese localities are continuing persecution and intimidation against local human rights defenders, targeting their children, the victims have claimed. Tran Thi Nga, a human rights defender in the northern province of Ha Nam said local authorities have sent plainclothes police officers to station near her […]