Protesters Want Mekong Dams Stopped-Oct 31 www.khmertimeskh.com About 20 environmental activists called on the government to stop all new dam projects on the Mekong River to protect fish stocks and communities slated to be affected by construction. The appeal was made by the group as they gathered in front of the parliament building in Phnom Penh yesterday morning, before […]
Beyond Vietnam’s ‘Great Fish Kill’-By David Brown October 27, 2016 www.asiasentinel.com Environmental concerns, human rights issues begin to surface “If the problem of human rights isn’t properly solved,” said my friend C.V., “Vietnam is going to be isolated from the international community, and that will make it really hard to develop our country.” We spoke just after blogger Mẹ […]
‘Mỹ – Việt đang gần nhau hơn bao giờ hết’-BBC | 30.10.2016 Chuyến công du của đương kim Thường trực Ban bí thư của Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam tới Mỹ vào hạ tuần tháng Mười 2016 là một ‘chuyến đi rất đáng kể’, phản ánh ‘một thay đổi rất lớn’ trong quan hệ bang giao hai nước mà trong đó Hoa Kỳ và […]
Vietnam’s Growing Environmental Activism-Another act of civil disobedience shows that ordinary Vietnamese are becoming more vocal. By Gary Sands October 29, 2016 thediplomat.com In what is becoming a less than rare act of civil disobedience, thousands of Vietnamese citizens turned out again in protest on earlier this month – this time over the compensation offered by Formosa Plastics […]
Vietnam Authorities Continue Violent Wave against Local Activists-Defend the Defenders, October 29, 2016 Vietnam has continued its violent wave against local activists as authorities in many localities have deployed thugs and plainclothes agents to assault political dissidents, social activists and human rights. On October 26, a charity group consisting of members of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) and the […]
Hanoi Police Block Many Activists from Attending 5th Anniversary of Anti-China Football Club-Defend the Defenders, October 28, 2016 Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have deployed a large number of police officers to block local activists from attending the 5th anniversary of No-U Football Club, a football team of people who oppose China’s illegal claim of nearly the entire East Sea (South China Sea). Blogger Nguyen […]
Detained Vietnamese Prominent Blogger Yet to Have Legal Assistance-Defend the Defenders, October 27, 2016 Prominent Vietnamese blogger and well-known human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh has not been allowed to meet with her lawyers weeks after her arrest on October 10, said her mother Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan. On October 25, police in the central province of Khanh Hoa told Mrs. […]
Lại thêm một nạn nhân tử vong sau khi làm việc với công an-SBTN | 28.10.2016 Sau khi bị công an xã bắt lên đồn làm việc, ông Nguyễn Cao Tấn (sinh năm 1971, xã Lãng Công, huyện Sông Lô, tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc) trở về nhà với dấu hiệu mệt mỏi, thân hình có nhiều vết bầm tím do đánh đập. Tối đó ông đi ngủ, sáng hôm […]
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