GENERAL

  • Debate on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression, in European Parliament - Author: Marietje Schaake Thurday 18 April 2013/Strasbourg  Madam President, the struggle for human rights has moved online. The availability of the internet and new technologies has helped people to access information, to freely express themselves, to assemble and to document human rights abuses, which can then be shared with the rest of the world. Governments that […]
  • Thảo luận về Việt Nam, đặc biệt là quyền tự do ngôn luận, tại Nghị viện Châu Âu - Bản dịch của Lê Thiên Hà (Defend theDefenders) Tác giả: Marietje Schaake Thứ Năm 18.4.2013/Strasbourg  Thưa bà Chủ tịch, cuộc đấu tranh vì quyền con người đã lan sang mạng Internet. Internet và công nghệ mới đã hỗ trợ mọi người trong việc tiếp cận thông tin, trong việc tự do bày tỏ chính kiến, trong […]
  • POLICE USE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLOGGERS AT HUMAN RIGHTS PICNICS - On Wednesday, 8 May 2013. Bloggers and netizens who took part in “picnics to discuss human rights” in public places in several Vietnamese cities on 5 May were violently attacked by police and many were briefly detained. “We firmly condemn this deliberate police violence against news providers and we are very disturbed to see that […]
  • When and where is going to a picnic in the park against the laws? - As a Vietnamese person living abroad, I often follow various events back in Viet Nam with keen interest, and with a somewhat diffrerent viewpoint. Today such an event occured in Viet Nam which made me think hard, especially when I compare it to similar events in the country where I am now residing.
  • “We can’t even have a good time and talk about our rights”: Vietnamese police repressed Human Rights picnic (May 5th, 2013) - ©2013 The 88 Project Sunday May 5th, 2013: Young Vietnamese activists organized for the first time Human Rights picnics to share documents on and discuss about human rights. The day before, before May 5th, Trinh Kim Kim and Paolo Thanh Nguyen led a group to discuss the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in front of […]
  • Vietnam: Amending the constitution - ABC reporter Richard Aedy: Saturday 16 March 2013 7:45AM. Now to Vietnam. The government there wants to change the constitution. It was written in 1946 and was amended 4 times since, and most recently in 1992. From January to the end of this month the government has asked for public comment on the draft amendment, […]
  • Taming the online spaces in Vietnam - [Southeast Asia Press Freedom Challenges for 2013] 02 May 2013 – The maritime sovereignty dispute between Vietnam and China has continued into 2013, with the latest incident occurring on 26 March 2013 after a Chinese patrol boat fired on a Vietnamese fishing vessel. China’s use of weapons may perhaps signal a new phase in the […]
  • Aussie link as Vietnam crackdown continues - 03 May 2013 | By Greg Dyett. As the Vietnamese government continues a crackdown on dissent, one man with alleged links to a group in Australia has gone to jail. As the Vietnamese government continues a crackdown on dissent, it is facing a new challenge from activists at home and abroad who are using the internet to […]
  • Press Release: USCIRF’s 2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators, April 30, 2013 - Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal advisory body created by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) to monitor religious freedom abuses abroad, today released its 2013 Annual Report.  The Report highlights the status of religious freedom globally and identifies those governments that are the most egregious violators.
  • PLEA FOR HELP LETTER and LETTER OF COMPLAINT from DIEU CAY’S FAMILY - Translated by Lê Anh Hùng (Defend the Defenders) PLEA FOR HELP LETTER FROM:             Nguyen Tri Dung, prisoner Nguyen Van Hai’s son and Duong Thi Tan, Nguyen Van Hai’s ex-wife, mother of Nguyen Tri Dung. TO:       – International Embassies in Hanoi.               – International Organizations on Human Rights Saigon, 29 April 2013 Dear […]