Vietnam Jails Two Hmong Men For Life in Alleged Campaign to Set up Separate Ethnic State-Three ethnic Hmong men captured by police in Gia Lai province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, March 19, 2020. Photo courtesy of Laodong RFA, March 19, 2020 A Vietnamese court sentenced two Hmong ethnic minority men to life in prison Wednesday for attempting to overthrow the state and establish a separate state in a rural district […]
Hmong Accused of Subversion: Two with Life Imprisonment, Nine Others with Total 84 Years in Jail- Defend the Defenders, March 19, 2020 Vietnam’s authorities have convicted 11 people from Hmong ethnic minority of subversion for their plan to establish an independent state in the country’s northwestern region, according to the state-run media. After three days, on March 18, the People’s Court of the northwestern province of Dien Bien found […]
5 brave Southeast Asian women making a change for a better future-BY MAE YEN YAP4 DAYS Southeast Asia Globe, March 13, 2020 We often hear about inspirational women around the world. Women like environmental activist Greta Thunberg or girls’ education advocate Malala Yousafzai are popular names we all know or have heard before. Well, here in Southeast Asia, we have our very own inspirational women making a change in […]
Armed Police Attack Residents Blocking Entry to Vietnam Waste Plant-Residents of Quang Ngai province’s Pho Thanh commune gather on a highway to protest local pollution, in an undated photo. Social Media RFA, March 16, 2020 Armed police in south-central Vietnam’s coastal Quang Ngai province attacked a crowd of people blocking garbage trucks from entering a long-disputed waste-processing plant over the weekend, arresting some 20 […]
US demands Vietnam free blogger handed 10-year term-AP, March 16, 2020 The United States on Monday demanded that Vietnam immediately free a blogger who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after posts critical of the government. The State Department said it was “dismayed” by the sentence handed last week to Truong Duy Nhat, a regular contributor to US-backed Radio Free Asia. […]
Vietnam’s Police Summon 654 Facebookers, Imposing Fines on 146 Bloggers for Posting about Coronavirus-Defend the Defenders, March 16, 2020 Vietnam’s state-controlled media has reported that 654 Facebookers have been summoned to the police stations for interrogation about their posts on the social network about the deadly Coronavirus outbreak, and 146 of them have been fined of between VND10 million ($430) and VND12.5 million. Citing the information from the […]
Recent Comments