Hanoi Anti-China Activist Brutally Beaten by Plainclothes Agents after No-U Football Match-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 10, 2016 On July 10, security forces in Hanoi allegedly attacked La Viet Dung, a member of No-U football team, which opposes China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea (South China Sea), after the team’s Sunday match. The No-U striker received serious injuries on his body and […]
Eight Vietnamese Activists Brutally Beaten by Nghe An Police-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 9, 2016 On July 9, police forces in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An allegedly assaulted a group of eight activists from Quang Binh when they came to the province to attend a wedding party of a local pro-democracy activist. Arriving in Nghe An for the wedding party of Nguyen […]
Will China respect international court’s South China Sea decision?-PBS | Jul 08, 2016 BY MICHAEL D. MOSETTIG From Beijing to Washington and all across Asia, eyes will be on an obscure tribunal in the Hague this coming Tuesday. The panel’s words could mark a decisive next step in the growing territorial disputes between China and its Southeast Asia neighbors in the South China […]
Police attack again Thien An monastery in Hue-asianews | Jul 07, 2016 Hanoi (AsiaNews) – Vietnamese authorities have attacked again the Catholic monastery of Thien An (Hue Province, central Vietnam), which has been targeted for land grabs in the past few years. On 26 June, police raided the religious community as the monks were building a path from the main building to the […]
Interview: ‘The People Have Lost Their Trust’-RFA | Jul 08, 2016 On July 7, thousands of Vietnamese took to the streets in the central coastal province of Quang Binh to press the government to help fishermen who lost their livelihoods in a mass fish die-off in April. Police quickly intervened in the protest march by Catholic parishioners in the town of […]
Vietnam Bill on Association Limits Freedom of Association: Legal Expert-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 8, 2016 The Vietnamese draft Law on Association would limit citizens’ right of freedom of association as it empowers the government to intervene in the organization and activities of associations, said legal expert Dr. Hoang Ngoc Giao at a seminar organized by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations […]
Vietnamese Protesters Fault Government Handling of Fish Kill Disaster-RFA | 07-07-2016 Thousands of Vietnamese took to the street in the central coastal province of Quang Binh on Thursday to press the government and a Taiwanese conglomerate to help fisherman who lost their livelihoods in mass fish die-off in April. The protest by Catholic parishioners in the town of Ba Don came a week […]
Vietnam Violently Disperses Anti-Formosa Protest, Injuring Four People in Central Province-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 7, 2016 On July 7, security forces in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Quang Binh violently suppressed an anti-Formosa protest of around 2,000 local residents, beating and injuring a number of demonstrators, local activists said. Due to police attacks, Mr. Pham Duc, 48, suffered numerous serious injuries on his head […]
Wife of Arrested Human Rights Lawyer Released after Ten-hour Interrogation-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 7, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi released Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of arrested prominent political dissident and human rights advocate Nguyen Van Dai, mid-night of July 6 after ten hours of interrogation about her foreign trip in April-July. Mrs. Khanh, who was in the […]
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