Trinh Kim Tien

November 30, 2017

Many Activists, Relatives Beaten, Detained After Appeal Hearing of Mother Mushroom

by • Duong Thi Tan, Nguyen Dang Vu (Nguyen Peng), Tran Thi Thu Nguyet, Trinh Kim Tien

By Defend the Defenders, November 30, 2017 Security forces in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa have violently suppressed a peaceful demonstration right after the appeal hearing of prominent human rights defenders Nguyen Ngoc Quynh who is famous with her penname Mother Mushroom. Triggered by the unfair hearing on November 30 in which the High […]

August 29, 2014

Hiệu quả hay không – Thông tư mới của ngành công an? (phần 2)

by • Nguyen Ngoc Lua, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga), Trinh Kim Tien

RFA | 28/8/2014 Chân Như: Xin chào các bạn, tuần trước các bạn đã chia sẻ nhiều về việc thông tư ban hành này sẽ tạo thêm nhiều điều kiện cho ngành công an có cớ để tra tấn người dân, cũng như nhận xét của các bạn về việc công an có quá nhiều quyền […]

August 22, 2014

Hiệu quả hay không – Thông tư mới của ngành công an? (phần 1)

by • Nguyen Ngoc Lua, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga), Trinh Kim Tien

RFA | 21/8/2014 Chưa quy định xử phạt Chân Như: Xin chào các bạn, đến hôm nay thông tư này mới được ban hành. Điều này có nghĩa là đã, đang và cũng không loại trừ sẽ có bạo quyền, sách nhiễu, bức cung, mớm cung và dùng nhục hình trong quá trình điều tra […]

April 26, 2014

The standpoint of Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience (FVPOC) after two official sessions with the Vietnamese authorities

by • Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh (Paulo Thanh Nguyen), Nguyen Ngoc Lua, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long), Tran Thi Hai, Trinh Kim Tien

Author: FVPOC |April 26, 2014 *Translation by [rollinglinks]Huynh Thuc Vy[/rollinglinks] Tell the World On April 24th, 2014 the authorities invited former PoC Pham Ba Hai to question about activities relating to FVPOC. The authorities’ investigators led by Colonel Tran Hanh – Head of Political Protection Bureau, known as PA 67, of  Hochiminh city Police. His followers […]

April 20, 2014

THIRD ‘HUMAN RIGHTS COFFEE’ INTERRUPTED, 3 BLOGGERS ARRESTED

by • Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh (Paulo Thanh Nguyen), Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam), Trinh Kim Tien

VNRN | APRIL 19, 2014 According to other bloggers who are coming to the event, arrested were Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Nguyễn Ngọc Nhu Quỳnh), who blogs as “Me Nam” (Mother Mushroom) or “Me Nam Gau“;Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh (Nguyễn Hồ Nhật Thành), known asPaulo Thanh Nguyen on Facebook; and his wife Trinh Kim Tien(Trịnh Kim Tiến), whose own father was […]

May 11, 2013

HRW: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’

by • Chau Van Thi, Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh (Paulo Thanh Nguyen), Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam), Nguyen Thao Chi, Nguyen Thi Cuc, Pham Thanh Nghien, Thich Vien Hy, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga), Trinh Kim Tien, Vo Quoc Anh

Activists Harassed and Assaulted for Discussing Rights Human Rights Watch 10.5.2013 The Vietnamese authorities should stop impeding and abusing people trying to hold “human rights picnics” in public spaces. Despite government abuse and bullying, some people did succeed in holding informal gatherings and discussed the day’s events online.

February 15, 2013

Support our Campaign: We Are All Vietnamese Bloggers!

by • [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, […]

September 20, 2012

Vietnam’s press freedom shrinks despite open economy

by • Dang Thi Kim Lieng, Dinh Huu Thoai, Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Nguyen Tri Dung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan, Trinh Kim Tien

Vietnamese officials are stepping up repression of old and new media even as they promote an image of an open, globalized economy. Intense surveillance and imprisonment of critical journalists, coupled with increasingly restrictive laws, are choking the flow of information. A CPJ special report by Shawn W. Crispin A police officer blocks photographers at an anti-China […]