Open letter to EU regarding Vietnam’s human rights violations regarding Dong Tam land dispute and Duong Noi activists-Dear representatives of the European Union Parliament, EU congressmen, representatives of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Civil Rights Defenders, representatives of the EU delegation and Embassies in Vietnam, We are journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders/activists reporting here very serious cases of human rights violation and lawlessness in Vietnam, and we call for […]
Detained Vietnamese Blogger Beaten, Forcibly Injected-Jailed blogger Le Anh Hung is shown at right, with visiting family members shown in the photo at left. Facebook / Nguyen Vu Binh RFA, July 16, 2020 A Vietnamese blogger held in a psychiatric hospital while awaiting trial for criticizing Vietnam’s one-party communist state in postings online has been beaten, tied to his bed, […]
Việt Nam, phát triển mà không cần đàn áp-Thông cáo báo chí, ngày 13/7/2020 Chúng tôi rất mong nhà cầm quyền Việt Nam chấm dứt đàn áp truyền thông độc lập và những người thể hiện sự bất đồng chính kiến và bảo vệ cũng như thúc đẩy quyền tự do ngôn luận, tự do thông tin, phù hợp với nghĩa vụ […]
Vietnam, Move beyond Repression-Press release, July 13, 2020 (For immediate release) We strongly urge the Vietnamese authorities to cease their crackdown on independent media and those who express dissent and to protect and promote the rights to freedom of expression, opinion, and information, in line with Viet Nam’s obligations under international law. We, the undersigned ten organizations […]
Prominent Dissident Pham Doan Trang Forced to Give up Her Role in Liberal Publishing House- Defend the Defenders, July 10, 2020 Under the increasing pressure of Vietnam’s security forces, prominent dissident Pham Doan Trang has been forced to stop her activities in the unregistered Liberal Publishing House which was honored with Prix Voltaire prize by the International Publishers’ Association for printing and disseminating books of political dissidents. In […]
Facebook: Vietnam’s Fickle Partner-in-Crime-Vietnam’s government has been able to co-opt Facebook to act in its own interests – for now. By Dien Luong, The Diplomat, July 9, 2020 Vietnamese politicians have many talking points to brag about their achievements, particularly when trying to embellish their records in front of top leaders. But there is one selling point that […]
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