Coronavirus and democracy in Southeast Asia-Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha speaks on March 25, announcing that the Emergency Decree would be invoked form march 26 to April 30. (TV POOL) James Gomez & Robin Ramcharan Bangkok Post, April 1, 2020 In Southeast Asia, as the health crisis escalates and countries go into different variations of a lockdown, it […]
Vietnamese Facebooker Probed for “Abuse of Democratic Freedom” for Posting on COVID-19-Defend the Defenders, April 10, 2020 Authorities in Ninh Kieu district in the Mekong Delta’s hub of Can Tho City have arrested a local female resident named Ma Phung Ngoc Phu and charged her with “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s Criminal Code for her posts on Facebook regarding the ongoing […]
ONLINE DEBATE ON DONG TAM INCIDENT FOLLOWED BY PANDEMIC SILENCED BY VIETNAM AUTHORITIES- Security forces in Dong Tam village CIVICUS, April 7, 2020 On 12th February 2020, the EU parliament approved the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) despite demands from civil society groups to postpone the deal until the Vietnamese government agrees to meet concrete and verifiable benchmarks to protect labor rights […]
Defend the Defenders: Vietnam Should Release All Prisoners of Conscience amid Coronavirus Pandemic- Defend the Defenders, Press release Hanoi, April 4, 2020 For immediate release Coronavirus or COVID-19 is spreading across Vietnam and most of the countries in the world, forcing the whole humanity to put all efforts to deal with the deadly disease. In Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health, there have been more than […]
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