Blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh is nominated for the Netizen prize 2013-One of Vietnam’s most influential bloggers, Huynh Ngoc Chenh does not hesitate to criticize the government and defend freedom of expression. Born in 1952 in the central province of Da Nang, Chenh joined the newspaper Thanh Nien in 1992, first as a reporter and then in senior positions until his retirement in April 2012. He […]
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH – VIETNAM REPORT 2013-The Vietnam government systematically suppresses freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and persecutes those who question government policies, expose official corruption, or call for democratic alternatives to one-party rule. Police harass and intimidate activists and their family members. Authorities arbitrarily arrest activists, hold them incommunicado for long periods without access to legal counsel or […]
Support our Campaign: We Are All Vietnamese Bloggers!-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, […]
CPJ – ATTACKS ON THE PRESS in 2012-Vietnam Vietnam intensified its grip on old and new media through a campaign of censorship, surveillance, and imprisonments. Central Propaganda Department officials held weekly meetings with top newspaper editors, outlining news agendas and identifying banned topics. The list of prohibited topics expanded to include criticism of the government’s economic management, land conflicts between the state and local […]
Report: Dozens detained, jailed in crackdown on Vietnam bloggers-By Emily Alpert – February 12, 2013, 4:46 p.m. Nguyen Hoang Vi was knocked from her motorcycle in an accident she believes was no accident. The windows of a car she was riding in were smashed nine months later, gashing her arms, legs and face, she told activists. Last spring her passport was taken away, rights groups say. […]
Release of two Vietnamese human rights defenders-Last Update 8 February 2013 – On February 6, 2013, Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung was released from forcible internment. The latter had been kidnapped and interned in “Social Support Centre No 2” Ung Hoa, a mental hospital, on January 24, 2013. FIDH member organisation VCHR and the Observatory (FIDH-OMCT) had since then mobilised to call for his […]
Vietnam jails activists for subversion amid crackdown on dissidents-Pro-democracy activists convicted of trying to overthrow communist government, sparking human rights concerns. Reuters in Bangkok guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 February 2013 09.43 GMT Vietnamese activists jailed – Phan Van Thu, centre, and affiliates have been handed lengthy jail terms for subversion. Photograph: Vietnam News Agency/AFP/Getty A court in Vietnam has sentenced a man to life in prison and […]
Vietnam detains blogger who covered corruption-Authorities have ramped up arrests of Vietnamese bloggers in recent months. (AP/Chitose Suzuki) Bangkok, February 1, 2013– In a widening crackdown on online expression, Vietnamese security officials have arrested critical independent blogger Le Anh Hung and are holding him against his will in a psychiatric institution, news reports said. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns […]
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