VICSON’S STATEMENT ON THE SUPPRESSION OF VIETNAMESE PROTESTER FOR CLEANER ENVIRONMENT-Vietnam | May 16, 2016 Reality: For more than a month, the North-Central region of Vietnam has experienced an environmental disaster. Yet, there has not been any official statement from Vietnam’s government to explain the causes and consequences of the disaster. The information which was disseminated through the state media was not sufficient to clear […]
HCMC Police Still Hold Many Environmentalists after Detention on Sunday-By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 16, 2016 Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam, have yet to release all peaceful protestors who were detained on Sunday [May 15], local bloggers said. On Monday, the city’s police deployed huge number of police officers and militia the tighten security in the […]
Vietnam TV says ‘reactionary forces’ at work in environmental protest-Reuters | May 16, 2016 Vietnam’s state television issued a warning to the public on Sunday to shun calls by “reactionary forces” to join protests over an environmental disaster it said was being exploited to try to overthrow the government. An 11-minute prime-time report on Vietnam Television (VTV) disclosed names and images of well-known dissidents […]
Vietnamese Authorities Interrogate Pastor’s Wife Over Meeting With U.S. Diplomats-RFA | May 12, 2016 Local police in Vietnam subjected the wife of an imprisoned Mennonite pastor to an intense interrogation about a meeting she had two months ago with a U.S. religious freedom delegation that visited the Southeast Asian nation. Tran Thi Hong, wife of pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, told RFA’s Vietnamese Service that […]
Vietnamese Environmentalists Rally in Localities despite Intensified Crackdown ahead of Parliament Election-By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 15, 2016 Many Vietnamese activists have conducted peaceful demonstration on environmental issues in a number of localities despite the ongoing intensified crackdown one week prior to the general election for the country’s parliament. Small groups of activists successfully escaped close monitoring of local security to gather in centers of Hanoi, […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Concerned about Increasing Violence against Vietnam Activists-www.ohchr.org, May 13, 2016 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on May 13 has issued a statement to express its concern over the ongoing Vietnam’s intensified crackdown against local dissidents, social activists and human rights defenders. “We are concerned about the increasing levels of violence perpetrated against Vietnamese protesters expressing their anger over the […]
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