Revered and feared: Asia’s authoritarian states censor and mistreat poets-Six Myanmar poets have been killed by the junta that seized power in a 2021 military coup. In China and Vietnam, bards are locked away for political crimes. A prominent translator of Tibetan poetry says he worries about the many authors who’ve disappeared without a trace. This year’s World Poetry Day appears to offer little to celebrate […]
Vietnam sentences Facebook page administrator to 8 years-A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to eight years in prison for managing a Facebook page that shared news and content that authorities said was against the state. Nguyen Van Lam, 33, was the administrator of “The Diary of Patriots,” a page on Meta’s social media platform that authorities said defamed and […]
Quản trị viên trang “Nhật ký yêu nước” Nguyễn Văn Lâm bị tuyên án 8 năm tù giam-Quản trị viên trang “Nhật ký yêu nước”, ông Nguyễn Văn Lâm vào ngày 26/3 bị Tòa án tỉnh Tiền Giang tuyên 8 năm tù giam với cáo buộc “làm, tàng trữ, phát tán, tuyên truyền thông tin, tài liệu nhằm chống Nhà nước” theo Điều 117 Bộ Luật Hình sự Việt Nam. Truyền thông […]
Detained Vietnamese activist denied access to lawyer-A Vietnamese activist, accused of “propaganda against the State” is being denied access to a lawyer, his family told Radio Free Asia. Phan Tat Thanh, 38, has been detained since July 2023, charged under Article 117 of the criminal code. Prosecutors say he used three Facebook accounts to post and distribute content, “propagating information and […]
Vietnam local govt bans Buddhist pagoda repair-The government in Vietnam’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is blocking the repair of a 35 year-old Buddhist pagoda because the religious group that owns it is not state-sanctioned. On Monday, Thich Vinnh Phuoc, the abbot of Phuoc Buu pagoda, said local officials told workers to stop filling cracks and replacing tiles and “wait for advice […]
Vietnamese political prisoner ‘starved’ for two weeks-Political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach spent a fortnight without food during the first two weeks of March, his wife told Radio Free Asia. Bach is the head of the nonprofit Center for Research on Law and Policy for Sustainable Development. He was arrested on June 24, 2021 and convicted a year later. The lawyer is […]
Việt Nam kết án 2 nhà hoạt động Khmer Krom về tội ‘lợi dụng quyền tự do dân chủ’-Một toà án tại Việt Nam hôm 20/3 tuyên phạt hai nhà hoạt động người Khmer Krom tổng cộng 7 năm 6 tháng tù giam về tội “lợi dụng các quyền tự do dân chủ xâm phạm lợi ích của Nhà nước, quyền, lợi ích hợp pháp của tổ chức, cá nhân” theo Điều 331, […]
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