Activist Truong Huu Loc Still Under Detention for 8th Month, Investigation Continues-Defend the Defenders, January 21, 2019 Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are still holding local activist Truong Huu Loc in detention for the 8th month since his arrest in mid June 2018. Mr. Loc, 58, was kidnapped by police in HCM City on June 11, one day after the mass demonstration in which tens […]
Appeal Hearing of Democracy Activist Luu Van Vinh and His Friends Postponed-Defend the Defenders, January 21, 2019 On January 21, the Higher People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City postponed the appeal hearing of democracy activists and human rights defenders Luu Van Vinh, Tran Quoc Hoan, Nguyen Van Duc Do, Tu Cong Nghia and Phan Trung. The absence of an appointed lawyer of defendant Mr. Trung […]
Three Vietnamese Activists Arrested for T-shirt with Slogan Protesting Cyber Security Law-Defend the Defenders, January 20, 2019 On January 20, authorities in Ho Chi Minh City arrested three activists as one of them wears a T-shirt with “Protesting Cyber Security Law” slogan, Defend the Defenders has learned. Local activists said activists Pham Ngoc Minh (Facebooker Hoàng Trường Sa), Nguyen Phuoc Hoang Vu (Facebooker Paul Vu Nguyen) and […]
Two Activists Beaten by Plainclothes Agents on Paracells Commemoration-Defend the Defenders, January 19, 2019 Plainclothes agents have brutally beaten two activists on the day of 45th anniversary of the loss of the Hoang Sa (Paracells) to China (January 19, 1974), Defend the Defenders has learned. While human rights activist Truong Van Dung from Hanoi suffered not significant injuries from the attack, female rights […]
NGOs Urge the EU to Postpone Vote on Vietnam Free Trade Agreement-Joint Letter to the EU’s Council and Parliament To: Mr Donald TuskPresident of the European Council Mr Bernd LangeChair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade Brussels, 18 January 2019 Re: Call to Postpone the Ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Dear President Tusk,Dear Mr Lange MEP, We, the undersigned Vietnamese and international […]
Vietnam Events of 2018-Human Rights Watch, January 2019 Vietnam’s appalling human rights record worsened in 2018 as the government imprisoned dissidents for longer prison terms, sanctioned thugs to attack rights defenders, and passed draconian laws that further threaten freedom of expression. The Communist Party of Vietnam monopolizes power through the government, controls all major political and social organizations, […]
Việt Nam- Các sự kiện năm 2018-Human Rights Watch, tháng 1 năm 2019 Hồ sơ nhân quyền tồi tệ của Việt Nam tiếp tục xấu đi trong năm 2018. Chính quyền bắt các nhà bất đồng chính kiến phải chịu các mức án tù nhiều năm, dung túng cho côn đồ tấn công những người bảo vệ nhân quyền và thông […]
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