Well-known Vietnamese Human Rights Lawyer Probed for Involvement in Tax Evasion Case-Defend the Defenders, June 3, 2019 On July 2, authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa issued a decision to investigate prominent human rights lawyer Tran Vu Hai and his wife Ngo Tuyet Phuong for their involvement in a tax evasion case three years ago. According to the state media, the Investigation Agency under […]
One More Vietnamese Blogger Arrested amid Increasing Persecution against Local Dissent-Defend the Defenders, June 30, 2019 On June 29, authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa arrested local resident Pham Van Diep, accusing him of “Making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the country’s Penal Code. The state […]
Vietnam Gives Eight-Year Prison Term to Man For Role in June 10, 2018 Protests-Truong Huu Loc stands in court in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, June 28, 2019 Photo: State Media RFA, June 28, 2019 A court in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City handed down an eight-year prison term on Friday to a man convicted of “disrupting public security” during rare and widespread protests last year against controversial […]
Vietnam Gets Tougher on YouTube as Citizens See Anti-Government Content-FILE – Signage is seen inside the YouTube Space LA offices in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 21, 2015. VOANEWS, June 28, 2019 TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Vietnam is squelching YouTube’s business activity after the service posted thousands of videos that the government considers inaccurate, offensive to the Communist leadership or a mechanism to lure children to […]
Vietnamese Activists Condemn Inhumane Treatment against Prisoners of Conscience, Demanding for Jail Condition Improvement- Defend the Defenders, June 28, 2019 Five Vietnamese independent and non-profit civil society organizations and dozens of activists have signed a joint letter condemning the inhumane treatment against prisoners of conscience and requesting the Vietnamese government to improve jail conditions, Defend the Defenders has learned. The open letter was released on June 28 […]
Vietnamese Peaceful Protester Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for “Distruption of Security”-Defend the Defenders, June 28, 2019 On June 28, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City unexpectedly held the first-instance hearing to try Truong Huu Loc on allegation of “disruption of security” under Article 118 of the Penal Code for his involvement in the mass demonstration in the city in mid-June last year. […]
Vietnamese Prisoner’s Wife Petitions Authorities Over Hunger Strike-Jailed Vietnamese activist Truong Minh Duc (L) and his wife Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh (R) are shown in an undated photo. RFA, June 26, 2019 The wife of a jailed Vietnamese activist has petitioned authorities in Nghe An province to restore the rights of democracy advocates held in a local prison, asking that prison officials […]
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