Vietnam Urged to Publicize Information about Truong Duy Nhat’s Situation-Defend the Defenders, March 23, 2019 Internationl rights groups such as Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Amnesty International have urged Vietnam’s communist regime to publicize clear information about the situation of former prisoner of conscience Truong Duy Nhat, who is held in detention in Hanoi after reportedly went missing […]
Dự Luật Đặc Khu Kinh Tế đang hồi sinh?-Việt Nam bỏ tù thêm 30 người biểu tình phản đối dự luật Đặc khu. Phạm Chí Dũng, VNTB 23/3/2019 Không phải Trưởng ban tổ chức trung ương Phạm Minh Chính hay Chủ tịch quốc hội Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân – những đối tượng quan chức bị dư luận mặc định là tác giả kiêm […]
Vietnamese blogger turns up in Hanoi jail after going missing in Bangkok- RSF, March 21, 2019 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Vietnamese authorities to clarify why they are holding Truong Duy Nhat, a well-known citizen-journalist and blogger who was last seen on 26 January in Bangkok, where he had requested refugee status. He is now in a prison in Hanoi, family members and a friend […]
RFA Blogger Who Disappeared in Bangkok is Being Held in Hanoi, Says Daughter-Blogger Truong Duy Nhat and his wife and daughter at Vinh airport in 2015 Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2019 A Vietnamese blogger for Radio Free Asia, Truong Duy Nhat, who disappeared in Bangkok in late January amid suspicions he was abducted by Vietnamese agents, is in a Hanoi jail, his daughter and a local […]
Vietnamese Activist Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Facebook Posts-Defend the Defenders, March 21, 2019 Vietnam’s authorities have convicted democracy activist Le Minh The (Facebooker Lê Minh Thể) of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens” under Article 331 of the country’s 2015 Penal Code. In the three-hour-lasting trial on March 20, 2019, […]
Vietnamese Facebooker Detained for Disseminating News on Childen’ Infection with Tapeworm-Defend the Defenders, March 19, 2019 On March 19, authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh detained a local resident named Nguyen Ba Manh, accusing him of disseminating “fake news” about the infection of many children in his local kindergarten on social network. According to state media, Mr. Thanh, a 32-year-old resident of Cuu […]
Latest Review Under UN’s Human Rights Treaty Body Highlighted Vietnam’s Dismal Records-The ICCPR Review of Vietnam During the HRC’s 125th Session. Photo credits: Screenshot from UN’s WebTV The Vietnamese, March 16, 2019 “How do you explain or assess that Vietnam is ranked 175 out of 180 countries in the Reporters Sans Frontiers’ 2018 World Press Freedom Index?” The question from Mr. Fathalla, a member of the […]
Vietnam: Stop The Continued Harassment And Intimidation Of Our Editor, Pham Doan Trang-Pham Doan Trang and her two books written in recent years. The Vietnamese, March 18, 2019 March 18, 2019, The Vietnamese Magazine’s editorial board received an urgent message tonight from journalist Pham Doan Trang that the secret police have found her current residence and started to surveil the location. Ms. Pham is a member of our editorial […]
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