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  • Vietnam’s bloggers denied all contact with outside world - Reporters Without Borders, October 7, 2016 Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese government’s policy of isolating Vietnamese journalists and bloggers and its systematic reprisals against those who dare to connect with the outside world. In a recent case, security officers at Noi Bai international airport stopped Vu Quoc Ngu, the editor of the Defend The […]
  • Blogger’s prison sentence reduced, news site shuttered in Vietnam -   www.cpj.org Bangkok, October 5, 2016 – A Vietnamese appeals court yesterday reduced from four to three years a prison sentence given earlier this year to independent blogger Nguyen Ngoc Gia on anti-state charges related to his critical journalism, according to news reports. Gia, also known as Nguyen Dinh Ngoc, was sentenced on March 30 […]
  • Thailand’s detention of Joshua Wong shows how deeply some Southeast Asian nations are in China’s orbit - Quartz, October 6, 2016 Thai authorities yesterday (Oct. 5) detained Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong at Bangkok’s airport and barred him from attending an event at a university, drawing attention once more to how Thailand and some neighboring countries are increasingly bowing to China’s demands. In response, some Thai citizens have been circulating a […]
  • Congressmen urge returning Vietnam to ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ list over religious restrictions - Signal Tribune, October 6, 2016 U.S. Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Ed Royce (CA-39) this week urged Secretary of State John Kerry to exercise his authority under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to return Vietnam to the list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC) because of government moves to restrict religious freedom. In […]
  • APHR Slams Vietnam’s ‘Repressive’ Religious Law Reforms - Jakarta Globe, October 6, 2016 Jakarta. Lawmakers from across the region on Thursday (06/10) called on the Vietnamese government to reject a draft law regarding religious freedoms until the law is brought to international human rights standards. In a statement sent to the Jakarta Globe, the Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) voiced concerns of […]
  • Cá chết Hồ Tây là ‘bài học sau Formosa’ - BBC | 06.10.2016 Hiện tượng cá chết Hồ Tây là một “bài học sau Formosa” đắt giá cho Việt Nam, nhà nghiên cứu thủy sản nói. Cá chết bắt đầu nổi lên từ tối ngày 1/10 trên Hồ Tây ở Hà Nội, với mô tả cá chết nổi đầy mặt nước, trôi dạt trắng ven […]
  • Vietnam Revokes Press Card of Editor-in-chief of PetroTimes - By Defend the Defenders, October 5, 2016 Vietnamese Minister Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on Oct 4 gave reasons of the withdrawal of press card of an editor-in-chief and the three-month suspension of an electronic newspaper, one day after the ministry announced its decision on the disciplines. One of the reasons is that PetroTimes […]
  • Vietnamese Fined for Criticizing Gov’t Policies on Facebook - By Defend the Defenders, October 6, 2016 Authorities in Vietnam’s central city of Danang have imposed a fine of VND8.75 million ($390) on a local man who was allegedly posting offensive comments about city’s policies and officials on his Facebook page. Inspectors from the city’s Department of Information and Communication said that Giang Kien Huy […]
  • HƯỚNG ĐI MỚI NHÂN BẢN CHO VIỆT NAM - Bs Nguyễn Đan Quế  Thế kỷ 20 có những khám phá khoa học quan trọng về đại vũ trụ và tiểu vũ trụ. Đặc biệt, nhận thức mới về con người: tinh thần và vật chật là 2 mặt của sinh năng (như 2 mặt của đồng tiền) và sinh năng là một phần của […]
  • Formosa châm ngòi cuộc ‘Cách Mạng Cá’ - SBTN | 05.10.2016 Sáng Chủ Nhật ngày 2 tháng 10 năm 2016, hơn 10,000 giáo dân từ các giáo xứ Đông Yên, Mỹ Dụ, Dũ Lộc, Quy Hòa, Tây Thành thuộc giáo hạt Kỳ Anh – Hà Tĩnh, tham gia cuộc biểu tình rầm rộ trước cổng công ty Formosa. Nhiều người dân trèo lên […]