March 19, 2014
Vietnam Sends Blogger to Prison for Critical Posts
ABCnews | HANOI, Vietnam March 19, 2014 At a two-hour trial at the Hanoi People’s Court, Judge Ngo Tu Hoc said Pham Viet Dao was guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state” by posting dozens of articles that “distorted, vilified and smeared the senior leaders.” Dao, 61, confessed to the […]
April 29, 2014
RWB PUBLISHES PROFILES OF “100 INFORMATION HEROES”
by HR Defender • Le Ngoc Thanh, Pham Chi Dung, Truong Duy Nhat
RSF | April 29, 2014 For the first time ever, Reporters Without Borders is publishing a list of profiles of “100 information heroes” for World Press Freedom Day (3 May). Through their courageous work or activism, these “100 heroes” help to promote the freedom enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, […]