A U.S. Citizen Detained in Vietnam Could Face the Death Penalty for Subversion-Time, June 11, 2019 A U.S. citizen, detained in Vietnam on charges of “attempting to overthrow the state,” is expected to face trial at the end of this month and could be sentenced to death if found guilty, Agence France-Press (AFP) reports. Michael Nguyen has been held in Vietnam since July last year. He was traveling with […]
Vietnam Blogger Le Anh Hung’s Mother Appeals For His Release From Mental Hospital-Jailed blogger Le Anh Hung is shown at right, with visiting family members shown in the photo at left. Facebook / Nguyen Vu Binh RFA, June 12, 2019 The mother of Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung has called on authorities in the communist state to release him from an involuntary stay in a mental hospital, […]
Vietnamese Victims of Toxic Waste Spill File Suit Against Taiwan Firm-Vietnamese supporters of the group lawsuit against Formosa Plastics Group demonstrate in Taipei, Taiwan, June 11, 2019. RFA, Juen 12, 2019 Lawyers in Taiwan on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Formosa Plastics Group, a large Taiwan-owned industrial conglomerate, demanding compensation for thousands of Vietnamese fishermen left jobless by an April 2016 spill of toxic […]
Vietnam Sets June 24-25 Trial For Detained US Citizen Michael Nguyen-Michael Nguyen is shown with his family in an undated photo. RFA, June 12, 2019 A U.S. citizen detained in Vietnam since July without access to any lawyers will go on trial at the end of June for “activity against the People’s government,” according to Article 109 of Vietnam’s Penal Code, his family and supporters […]
HCM City Court to Try American Michael and Two Vietnamese Activists on Subversion Accusation-Defend the Defenders, June 9, 2019 The People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City will hold the first-instance hearing on June 24-25 to try Vietnamese American Michael Minh Phuong Nguyen and two local activists named Huynh Duc Thanh Binh and Tran Long Phi on allegation of “Activities against the people’s government” under Article 109 […]
Vietnamese Activist to be Deported From U.S. After Seven-Country Asylum-Seeking Odyssey-Ha Van Thanh (in helmet) participates in protests over the Formosa disaster in Nghe An, Vietnam. Courtesy of FB Nguyễn Đình Thuc RFA, June 7, 2019 A Vietnamese activist on the run is facing possible deportation from the U.S. back to Vietnam after fleeing the country and embarking on a journey through seven countries in […]
Vietnam’s Court Sentences Activist to Six Years in Prison for Facebook Posts-Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), June 6, 2019 For Facebook posts on environment and democracy, Vietnamese activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh was sentenced to six years inprisontoday(June6). The decision was handed down by the People’s Court of Ben Tre province during the one-day trial. Mr.Anh, 39, was charged with a national security offense under Article […]
Viet Nam: Sham trial shows authorities ‘abusing Facebook’ to silence criticism-Amnesty International, June 5, 2019 Ahead of the court hearing in the case of Nguyen Ngoc Anh tomorrow, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia, said: The sham charges levelled against Nguyen Ngoc Anh show that no one is safe on Facebook in Vietnam. “The sham charges levelled against Nguyen Ngoc […]
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