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  • VIETNAM: CITIZENS AGAINST CORRUPTION - Transparency | 12 September 2013 Corruption’s cruel backlash: the case of Doan Van Vuon Early last year near the port-side city of Hai Phong, fish farmer Doan Van Vuon armed himself with homemade bombs and guns in a violent resistance against the public officials who had come to forcibly confiscate his land.
  • Vietnam man jailed for 15 years for subversion - Agence France-Presse September 12, 2013 Vietnam has sentenced a former army officer to 15 years in jail for plotting to overthrow the communist regime, a court official said Thursday, in the latest crackdown on dissent. Ngo Hao, 65, who served under the US-backed regime in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, was convicted at a […]
  • Vietnam’s Internet Censorship Bill Goes Into Effect - Electronic Frontier Foundation Internet freedom has gone from bad to worse in Vietnam as an online censorship law known as Decree 72 went into effect this month. It bans bloggers and users of social media from quoting, gathering, or summarizing information from press organizations or government websites. While the main justification for the law is to […]
  • Vietnamese bloggers initiate a unique campaign for freedom of expression - Civil Rights Defenders 11 September, 2013 As Vietnam is seeking a seat in the UN Human Rights Council for 2014-2016, the authorities are tightening the restrictions of the right to freedom of expression on the Internet through new regulations and peaceful activists are arrested, threatened and harassed. Dinh Nhat Uy is one of them. He […]
  • Viet Nam: Response to Government of Viet Nam’s comments concerning the Petition filed on behalf of Mr Le Quoc Quan - TO: UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION Mr. Malick Sow (Senegal) Ms. Shaheen Ali (Pakistan) Mr. Vladimir Tochilovsky (Ukraine) Mr. Roberto Garretón (Chile) Mr. Mads Andenas (Norway) HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY in the matter of Le Quoc Quan (the “Petitioner”) v. Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 30 August […]
  • Vinh: Church against government media for slandering and manipulating the facts - by J.B. An Dang | Asia News 09/09/2013, 13:31 The diocese takes a clear and tough stance against pro-Communist TV, radio, newspapers and news agencies that published “false” stories and articles to defend violent acts by local officials against residents. Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop calls for ‘Sunday prayers’ for victims of abuse and the […]
  • Commend Activist Fighting for Free Speech in Vietnam - BY JENNIFER IP Force Change | 10 September 2013 Target: Nguyen Phuong Uyen Goal: Commend Vietnamese dissident for exercising her rights despite Vietnam’s one party law Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Uyen, age 21, was sentenced to prison for handing out leaflets that were considered hostile and contradictory to the Communist ruling party. She was released 10 months […]
  • Vietnam Questions Bloggers After Embassy Meetings - Tra Mi | VOA September 09, 2013 Vietnamese police have summoned bloggers for questions and accused them of holding “illegal gatherings” at the U.S. and Swedish embassies in Hanoi.
  • Democracy activist Pham Ba Hai completes 7-year sentence - By Sao Khue (Defend the Defenders) Sept 9, 2013 On Sept 8, democracy activist Pham Ba Hai marked his completion of the two-year period under house, the additional measure set by the communist government after spending five years in prison for “conducting propaganda against state”.
  • Hot News: Writer Nguyen Xuan Nghia beaten in jail - [stextbox id=”info”] Today, 4 September 2013, Mrs Duong Thi Tan and Nguyen Tri Dung, ex-wife and son of blogger Dieu Cay – Nguyen Van Hai, went to visit him at Prison Camp VI in the north central province of Nghe An. The meeting lasted about 20 minutes. Upon hearing Dieu Cay hurriedly saying that “Uncle Nguyen Xuan […]