Journalist Truong Chau Huu Danh arrested in Vietnam-CPJ, December 21, 2020 Bangkok – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release journalist Truong Chau Huu Danh and drop any pending charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 17, police in the southern city of Can Tho arrested Danh, a former state media reporter who co-founded and contributes to Bao Sach (Clean Newspaper), […]
Facebook Lets Vietnam’s Cyberarmy Target Dissidents, Rejecting a Celebrity’s Plea-Mai Khoi, the “Lady Gaga of Vietnam,” wants that country’s vigilante force kicked off Facebook. The company told her the group is well within its rules. The Intercept, December 21, 2020. For the past two years, Do Nguyen Mai Khoi has been trying painfully, futilely, to get Facebook to care about Vietnam. The Vietnamese singer and pro-democracy […]
Trump và cuộc bầu cử năm 2020 ở Hoa Kỳ giúp ích cho các chế độ độc tài như thế nào?- Chính quyền Trump đã ban tặng cho các chế độ chuyên chế ba công cụ chính để củng cố sức mạnh của chúng trong nước Mai Trương, The Diplomat, 17/12/2020 (Người dịch: Vũ Quốc Ngữ) Cử tri đoàn Hoa Kỳ đã bảo đảm chiến thắng của Tổng thống đắc cử Joe Biden. […]
How Trump and the 2020 US Election Are Helping Authoritarians’ Domestic Causes-The Trump administration has gifted autocrats with three key tools for consolidating their strength at home. By Mai Truong, The Diplomat, December 17, 2020 The U.S. Electoral College has secured President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Some argue that Biden’s victory should frighten autocrats throughout the world because he emphasizes the promotion of human rights […]
Three Facebookers Convicted of “Abusing Democratic Freedom,” Sentenced to Total 45 Months in Prison-Relatives of three Facebookers- defendants not allowed to enter the courtroom during the hearing on Dec 21, 2020 (Facebook Bảo Ngọc Phạm) Defend the Defenders, December 21, 2020 On December 21, the People’s Court of District 8 in Ho Chi Minh City found three local Facebookers named Nguyen Dang Thuong, Huynh Anh Khoa, and […]
Vietnam Arrests Journalists for Tollbooth Scheme Criticism-An internet user browses through a Vietnamese government Facebook page in Hanoi, Vietnam in a file photo. RFA, December 17, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam arrested a journalist Thursday for social media posts criticizing tollbooths set up under a controversial infrastructure funding program, local media reported. Truong Chau Huu Danh, a contributor to a popular Facebook […]
Vietnam arrests popular Facebook user for “anti-state” posts-HANOI (Reuters) – Police in Vietnam have arrested a well-known Facebook user over allegations of abusing democratic freedom and publishing posts against the state, state media reported on Thursday. Truong Chau Huu Danh, 38, a former journalist, will be detained for three months for posts that the police said were abuses of freedom of speech […]
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