Vietnam Imprisons Bloggers-VOA | Mar 30, 2016 A Vietnamese court convicted and sentenced Nguyen Huu Vinh and his colleague Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy for allegedly “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the state. A Vietnamese court convicted and sentenced Nguyen Huu Vinh and his colleague Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy on March 23, […]
Vietnam jails 4 bloggers for anti-state propaganda-The Statesman | Mar 31, 2016 A Vietnamese court sentenced a critical blogger and three other activists to prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the state, authorities said on Thursday. Nguyen Ngoc Gia, arrested in 2014, was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison by a court in Ho Chi Minh City. He […]
Blogger sentenced amid clampdown in Vietnam-CPJ | Mar 31, 2016 Bangkok, March 31, 2016 – In a mounting clampdown on dissent, Vietnam sentenced a prominent blogger on Wednesday to four years in prison on charges of disseminating “propaganda against the state,” according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentence and calls for the immediate release of all […]
Viet Nam: Spike in judicial repression with six convictions in eight days-Amnesty International, March 31, 2016 On 30 March 2016, four activists were convicted under Article 88, “spreading propaganda against the state”, in two separate trials. In one case, three women – Ngô Thị Minh Ước, Nguyễn Thị Trí, and Nguyễn Thị Bé Hai – were convicted by the Hồ Chí Minh People’s Court. Ngô Thị […]
Viet Nam: Spike in judicial repression with six convictions in eight days-Amnesty International, March 31, 2016 Viet Nam must end judicial repression, and immediately and unconditionally release six activists convicted in the past eight days, Amnesty International said. On 30 March 2016, four activists were convicted under Article 88, “spreading propaganda against the state”, in two separate trials. In one case, three women – Ngô Thị […]
Vietnam Imprisons Third Blogger within Eight Days as New Leadership Elected-By Vu Quoc Ngu, April 1, 2016 Vietnam has jailed the third blogger within the last eight days of March as the country elects key state positions for the next five years, state media has reported. After imprisoning prominent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka Anh Ba Sam) and his assistant Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy […]
New restrictions on the right to demonstrate in Vietnam-VCHR | Mar 30, 2016 PARIS, 30 March 2016 (VCHR) – The Minister of Public Security has issued new regulations which limit the right to demonstrate in Vietnam and give Police broad powers to crack down on public gatherings outside Courts when trials are in session. Circular 13/2016/TT-BCA on “Regulations on the duties of the People’s […]
“Democratic Socialism” Is a Contradiction in Terms-FEE | Mar 17, 2016 What Happens When You Try to Combine Democracy with Socialism? Why are so many young Americans suddenly calling themselves democratic socialists? I think many of them simply want to distinguish themselves from socialists who might have supported dictatorial regimes such as the former USSR and Maoist China, or who today […]
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