Vietnamese Dissident Writer Arrested on Subversion Charge-Vietnamese writer Pham Chi Thanh is shown in an undated photo taken from his blog Ba Dam Xoe RFA, May 21, 2020 Police in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi arrested a dissident writer and blogger on Thursday on charges of producing and distributing information opposing the government amid a deepening crackdown on freedom of expression in […]
Dissident Blogger Pham Thanh Arrested on Allegation of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”-Defend the Defenders, May 21, 2020 On the morning of May 21, police officers from the Hanoi Police Department arrested local dissident blogger Pham Thanh and took him to Hoa Lo temporary detention facility under the authority of the city’s police. His family said he is accused of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 […]
Family Member of Slain Vietnamese Community Leader Petitions Police for Return of Belongings-A gate at the Dong Tam commune outside Hanoi is shown in an April 21, 2017 RFA, May 19, 2020 A close relative of an elderly community leader killed by Vietnamese police during a land protest outside Hanoi in January has petitioned authorities for the return of a car and other valuables that disappeared from […]
Vietnam Publisher Recovering From Torture, Daughter Released-Writer-Visitors look at a stand selling used books during a four-day book fair at a public park in downtown Hanoi, Sept. 11, 2015. AFP RFA, May 18, 2020 A Vietnamese man arrested and beaten by police for delivering books from a publishing house targeted by authorities for putting out proscribed political books is recovering and […]
Vietnam’s National Assembly to Review Ho Duy Hai Murder Case-RFA, May 18, 2020 Vietnamese death-row inmate Ho Duy Hai won an apparent reprieve in his long-running case Monday with a National Assembly announcement that its specialized agencies would review irregularities in a sentence that caused a rare public uproar in the communist country. National Assembly General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc told a press briefing […]
Thường vụ Quốc hội đang xem xét lại vụ án Hồ Duy Hải-Tổng thư ký Quốc hội Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc cho biết Uỷ ban thường vụ Quốc hội đang xem xét vụ án Hồ Duy Hải RFA, ngày 18/5/2020 Tổng thư ký Quốc hội Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc cho biết Uỷ ban thường vụ Quốc hội đã giao cơ quan chuyên môn nghiên cứu, đề xuất hướng xử […]
Ân xá Quốc tế kêu gọi viết thư cho Thủ tướng Việt Nam phản đối đàn áp NXB Tự Do-Hình minh hoạ. RFA, ngày 18/5/2020 Tổ chức Ân xá Quốc tế hôm 14 tháng 5 kêu gọi những người trên thế giới viết thư cho Thủ tướng Chính phủ Việt Nam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yêu cầu chấm dứt việc sách nhiễu và đe dọa chống lại một thành viên của Nhà xuất bản Tự […]
Vietnamese Prisoners Beaten For Requesting More Hours of Outside Work- Huynh Duc Thanh Binh is shown (L) in an undated photo next to his mother’s May 12, 2020 petition demanding an explanation of the prison guards’ attack. RFA, May 13, 2020 Guards in Vietnam’s Xuan Loc Prison recently beat six political prisoners, later throwing them into isolation cells, for requesting outdoor working hours on […]
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