Two Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience Arrested, Facing Criminal Charges-By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 1, 2016 Vietnam’s security forces have arrested two former prisoners of conscience Truong Minh Tam and Chu Manh Son when they were covering news on the environmental disaster in the central coastal region with the massive death of aquatic species in April, state media has reported. According to the Vietnam […]
Letter to President Barack Obama-vietecology | May 01, 2016 Viet Ecology Foundation 45272 Omak St. Fremont, CA 94539 April 27, 2016 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington DC 20500 Subject: Message to Vietnam Dear Mr. President, I am writing you this letter on behalf of the Viet Ecology Foundation, an NGO based in the US. […]
Vietnamese Teacher Interrogated for Writing Poem about Country’s Issues-By Vu Quoc Ngu, April 29, 2016 Female teacher Tran Thi Thanh Lam from Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh has been interrogated by local security officers after her poem about country’s issues was broadcast on social networks. Ms. Lam, an excellent teacher on literature of Ha Tinh High School, on April 25 posted her […]
Vietnam: Wife of detained pastor ‘beaten and tortured’ by local authorities-christiantoday | Apr 28, 2016 The Vietnamese government must investigate allegations that a Christian human rights campaigner has been tortured by local authorities, campaigners have said. A joint statement by more than 30 faith-based organisations, human rights NGOs and individuals, including Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Amnesty International and Vietnam’s Association for Promotion of Freedom of […]
EU sacrifices human rights for Vietnam free trade-euobserver | Apr 27, 2016 For almost six months, the family and friends of imprisoned Vietnamese lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai have been waiting to hear what will happen to him. Dai was arrested on 16 December 2015, hours before a planned meeting with EU officials in Hanoi. Since his arrest, his wife has […]
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