Black Wednesday: Vietnam Arrests Two More Activists on Allegation of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”- Defend the Defenders, June 24, 2020 Vietnam’s persecution against the local dissent on June 24 does not end with the four detentions in Hanoi but continues with two more in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, Defend the Defenders has learned. According to the […]
Update: Four Activists Detained for Advocating for Dong Tam Land Petitioners-Defend the Defenders, June 24, 2020 Later, the state-controlled media reported that Ms. Theu and her younger son Tu were charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code with the imprisonment of between seven and 12 years in prison but maybe up to 20 years in jail. Police said they […]
Luật sư: “Cáo trạng đối với Nguyễn Quốc Đức Vượng là nghèo nàn!”-Hình minh hoạ. Anh Nguyễn Đức Quốc Vượng và Facebook cá nhân có tên Vượng Nguyễn FB Vượng Nguyễn RFA, ngày 22/6/2020 Luật sư bào chữa của nhà hoạt động Nguyễn Quốc Đức Vượng vừa nhận được bản Cáo trạng của Viện Kiểm sát Nhân dân tỉnh Lâm Đồng đề ngày 7 tháng 5 cáo […]
Vietnam Indicts Facebook User For Anti-State Documents-A policeman, flanked by local militia members, guards the outside of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court in a file photo. AFP RFA, June 22, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam indicted detained businessman Nguyen Duc Quoc Vuong for allegedly spreading information against the state and slandering its leaders on Facebook, Nguyen’s lawyer told RFA […]
Cao Dai Church in Vietnam Resists Takeover Bid by Followers of State-Controlled Branch-Members of a Cao Dai church in Vietnam’s Phu Yen province confront intruders from a state-sanctioned branch of the religion, June 18, 2020. RFA, June 20, 2020 Followers of Vietnam’s Cao Dai religion confronted supporters of a state-sanctioned branch of the church who came to take over their facilities on Thursday, with church members barring […]
Việt Nam: Gia tăng đàn áp bất đồng chính kiến ôn hòa-Phạm Chí Thành, Nguyễn Tường Thuy, Lê Hữu Minh Tuấn. Phạm Chí Dũng, Trần Đức Thạch, Đinh Thị Thu Thủy. Làn sóng bắt bớ mới trước Đại hội Đảng lần thứ 13 Human Rights Wacth, Thông cáo báo chí New York, ngày 19/6/2020 Hôm nay, Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền phát biểu rằng […]
Vietnam: Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies-New Wave of Arrests Ahead of the 13th Party Congress Human Rights Watch, Press release New York, June 19, 2020 The Vietnamese government is intensifying a crackdown on human rights activists and dissidents ahead of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 13th party congress scheduled for January 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have […]
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