Vietnam: RSF condemns sham trial of citizen-journalists-RSF, March 24, 2016 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Vietnamese authorities to quash the jail sentences passed yesterday on two citizen-journalists and reiterates its call for the repeal of article 258 of the criminal code – the article used to convict them – which penalizes “abusing democratic freedoms.” The Hanoi local court took just […]
Vietnam: Five Years in Prison for Popular Blogger-Civil Rights Defenders, March 24, 2016 Vietnamese authorities should release blogger Nguyễn Hữu Vinh and his assistant Nguyễn Thị Minh Thúy who were convicted on politically motivated charges, said Civil Rights Defenders after a court in Hanoi announce its decision on Wednesday. On March 23, 2016 prominent blogger Nguyễn Hữu Vinh, more known under his […]
Mobile Police in Vietnam’s Central Accused of Severely Assaulting Two Boys-by Vu Quoc Ngu, March 24, 2016 Ho Hai Anh and Le Anh Vu, both 16, from Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An have complained that they were severe beaten by local mobile police for not wearing helmet while riding motorbike, state media has reported. The incident happened on March 19 when the two boys […]
Vietnam Cop Sentenced to 102 Months in Jail for Beating School Boy to Death-by Vu Quoc Ngu, March 24, 2016 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa on March 23 sentenced police officer Le Minh Phat to eight and half years in prison for illegal detention and beating to death a local school boy, state media has reported. Phat, a policeman in Van Long commune, […]
Vietnam’s First Juvenile Court to Debut in HCMC in April-by Vu Quoc Ngu, March 24, 2016 Vietnam will establish its first juvenile court in Ho Chi Minh City next month in a bid to improve its justice system and handle cases of young offenders better, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Wednesday. The court will run on a trial basis dealing with offenders under 18 […]
Vietnamese Blogger Trial Set for Wednesday-RFA | Mar 22, 2016 A day before prominent independent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant are scheduled to go on trial in Vietnam, a human rights organization is calling on Hanoi to release the pair. Nguyen Huu Vinh, who also goes by the pen name Anh Ba Sam, and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy […]
Viet Blogger Heads to Court-asiasentinel | Mar 21, 2016 The Hanoi People’s Court is expected to take up the case on Wednesday of perhaps Vietnam’s most influential independent blogger, Nguyễn Hữu Vinh (pen name Anh Ba Sam or “Brother Gossip” and his administrative assistant, Nguyễn Minh Thúy, on charges of “misusing democratic freedom to encroach on State interests [and] the […]
Vietnam Prominent Blogger Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Abusing Democracy Freedom-By Vu Quoc Ngu, March 23, 2016 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on March 23 sentenced prominent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka Anh Ba Sam) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy with respective five and three years in jail in an open hearing which failed to meet international norms of […]
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Prominent Bloggers-Human Rights Watch, March 22, 2016 (New York) – The Vietnamese government should release and drop all charges against two prominent bloggers, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial of Nguyen Huu Vinh and his colleague Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy is scheduled for March 23, 2016, before the People’s Court of Hanoi. The two have […]
In One-Party Vietnam, Independents Vie for Assembly Seats-Nytimes | Mar 21, 2016 HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Taking the stage here on Friday, the singer-songwriter Mai Khoi launched into her hit song “Vietnam,” an optimistic ode to the country’s landscape and people. But the rest of her set list included songs, such as one called “Cuffed in Freedom,” that addressed hot-button […]
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