Activist Tran Van Quyen Arrested in Relation with Viet Tan-Defend the Defenders, February 2, 2019 Vietnam’s authorities have reportedly arrested Tran Van Quyen due to his membership in the California-based Vietnamese group named Vietnam Reform Party (Viet Tan), the organization listed as a terrorist group by the communist regime in the Southeast Asia. According to Saigon-based lawyer Nguyen Van Mieng, Quyen’s brother informed him […]
Student Tran Ngoc Phuc Interrogated for Facebook Posting amid Increasing Online Crackdown-Defend the Defenders, February 2, 2019 Authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre have summoned university student Tran Ngoc Phuc for interrogation about his writing on Facebook, according to the local online newspaper Dong Khoi. Accordingly, police have found his original and shared statuses on his Facebook account named Ngoc Phuc harmful for the ruling […]
Việt Nam: Hà Nội gian dối về hồ sơ nhân quyền với Liên hiệp Quốc-Hàng loạt vi phạm bị bỏ qua trong đợt kiểm định ở Geneva Human Rights Watch, ngày 01/02/2019 (Geneva) – Hôm nay, Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền phát biểu rằng Việt Namđã đệ trình một hình ảnh rất sai thực tế về hồ sơ nhân quyền tại Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên hiệp Quốc ở Genevavào […]
Vietnam: Hanoi Misleads UN on Rights Record-Widespread Violations Ignored During Geneva Review Human Rights Watch, February 1, 2019 (Geneva) – Vietnam presented a grossly inaccurate picture of its human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on January 22, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s claim that it had implemented 175 of 182 recommendations accepted at its previous Universal Periodic […]
Former Political Prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, Disappeared In Thailand After Seeking Refugee Status With UN-The Vietnamese, February 1, 2019 Truong Duy Nhat. Photo courtesy: Teu Blog Last Friday, January 25, 2019, former political prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, was last seen at the office of the UN HCR – The Refugee Agency in Bangkok, Thailand. Nhat was there to register himself as an asylum seeker after leaving Vietnam earlier in […]
Second Vietnamese Facebooker Arrested After Cyber Security Law Becomes Effective-Defend the Defenders, January 31, 2019 Security forces in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have arrested local resident named Duong Thi Lanh for her online activities, Defend the Defenders has learned from her family. According to her husband, in the morning of January 30, Mrs. Lanh received an summoning letter from the province’s […]
Trung tá Công an ‘lấy chân tác động’ người làm chứng-RFA, ngày 29/01/2019 Ngày 30/1/2019, Đại tá Nguyễn Văn Dũng, Trưởng Công an Thành phố Tuy Hòa, tỉnh Phú Yên quyết định tạm đình chỉ công tác đối với Trung tá Huỳnh Minh Lễ, Phó Công an phường Phú Thạnh, đồng thời yêu cầu ông này tường trình để xử lý kỷ luật theo quy […]
Minh Bạch quốc tế: Trung Quốc, Việt Nam vẫn nhiều tham nhũng-Minh Bạch quốc tế: Trung Quốc, Việt Nam vẫn nhiều tham nhũng RFA, ngày 20/01/2019 Báo cáo mới của tổ chức Minh bạch Quốc tế về Chỉ số Nhận thức Tham nhũng toàn cầu năm 2018, đã xếp Việt Nam hạng 117, xuống 10 hạng so với năm trước. Báo cáo mới của tổ chức […]
First Vietnamese Facebooker Arrested after Cyber Secyrity Law Becomes Effective in Early January-Defend the Defenders, January 28, 2019 Vietnam’s authorities have reportedly arrested Dong Nai province-based Facebooker Huynh Tri Tam for his online posts criticizing the communist government, nearly one month after the Cyber Security law became effective. According to local activists, security forces in Dong Nai province stumped in the private residence of the Facebooker whose […]
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