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  • Bộ công an CSVN đính chính thông tin “bắt cóc lấy nội tạng” ở Lào Cai - SBTN | 11.8.2016 Bộ công an CSVN đã nhanh chóng bác bỏ thông tin “bắt cóc lấy nội tạng” đã được công an huyện Si Ma Cai, vùng giáp biên với Trung Cộng gửi đến công an các xã, các trường học trên địa bàn huyện trước đó. Bộ công an nói rằng thông tin […]
  • Saigon-based Activist Detained, Beaten due to Wearing T-shirt with Human Rights Logo - By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 11, 2016 On August 8, Nguyen Lam Hoang Bao, an activist in Ho Chi Minh City, was detained and brutally beaten by local police for wearing a T-shirt with a human rights logo, the victim said. In late evening of Monday, Bao, 23, was held by traffic policemen when he […]
  • Vietnamese, Taiwanese Environmentalists Hold Anti-Formosa Demonstration in Taipei -   by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 11, 2016 On August 10, around 100 environmentalists from Vietnam and Taiwan held a demonstration outside the headquarters of Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group in Taipei, calling the conglomerate to leave Vietnam after causing an environmental disaster which has affected hundreds of people in Vietnam’s central coastal region, foreign media […]
  • ASEAN ‘failing to put people first’ - The Jakarta Post, August 10 2016 Commemorating its 49th anniversary on Monday, ASEAN has yet to see a strong singular identity among its some 625 million citizens, with experts saying the grouping needs to work on involving people and engaging civil society groups in a more substantial way. “[ASEAN] needs to move away from activities […]
  • Activists demand Formosa Plastics Group shut steel unit in Vietnam - Reuters, August 10, 2016 About 100 activists protested in front of Formosa Plastics Group’s headquarters in Taipei on Wednesday demanding it shut its steel project in Vietnam and urged Hanoi to prosecute the Taiwanese firm for environmental damage. “Formosa: out of Vietnam”, “We want the truth”, chatted the protesters, most of whom were Vietnamese. The […]
  • Anti-pollution protesters demand Taiwan’s Formosa quit Vietnam - AFP, August 10, 2016 Angry Vietnamese protesters rallied in Taiwan Wednesday calling for local conglomerate Formosa to leave their country after an environmental disaster affected hundreds of thousands of people. The demonstration outside Formosa’s headquarters, in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, included relatives with families in the area at the centre of the scandal, which saw tonnes […]
  • 80-year Old Vietnamese Seeking Clearance in Wrong Murder Case for 43 Years - By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 10, 2016 An 80-year-old man from Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh has been seeking for being cleared from allegation of killing his cousin in the past 43 years after the local judiciary failed to issue any official announcement regarding his innocence following his wrongful conviction. In 1970, Tran Van […]
  • Vietnam to Try Two Activists in August, Charging Them with Conducting Anti-state Propaganda - By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 09, 2016 Authorities in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will bring to court two online activists Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy and Nguyen Huu Thien An in August for allegation of conducting anti-state activities under Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code, according to their families and lawyers. Mr. […]
  • Philippines sẽ kiểm tra chặt chẽ công dân Việt Nam nhập cư - RFA | 10.8.2016 Cơ quan Di trú Philippines ban hành lệnh kiểm tra chặt chẽ công dân Việt Nam nhập cư Philippines sau khi có phát hiện một đường dây tuyển người đưa sang làm việc bất hợp pháp tại Philippines. Báo mạng Inquirer của Philippines loan tin này hôm qua, 9 tháng 8. Theo […]
  • CSVN hoàn thuế hơn 450 triệu mỹ kim cho Formosa Hà Tĩnh - SBTN | 10.8.2016 Formosa- công ty chịu trách nhiệm gây ô nhiễm môi trường trầm trọng- đã được nhà cầm quyền CSVN miễn và hoàn thuế hàng trăm triệu Mỹ kim, trong đó cả phần thuế tài nguyên và phí bảo vệ môi trường. Truyền thông trong nước hôm Thứ Tư cho hay, Tổng Cục […]