Vietnamese Security Agents Suspected of Assaulting Nghe An-based Political Dissident-by Vu Quoc Ngu, October 16, 2015 Nghe An province-based political dissident Tran Duc Thach, 63-year old writer and poet, on October 15 was brutally beaten and robbed by a group of thugs who are suspected to be security agents. At mid day on Thursday, when he was riding his motorbike on the way to […]
Religious freedom denied: Bishop of Kontum slams church demolition-Asia News | Oct 16, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) – In an open letter to the local authorities, the bishop of Kontum has defended the campaign of local Catholics against ongoing attacks on religious freedom in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The most recent episode was the decision by the provincial administration to […]
Vietnam Is Pissed at US Over Report Claiming Its Record on Religious Freedom Sucks-Vice News | Oct 16, 2015 Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decried the United States government’s evaluation of the Southeast Asian nation’s record on religious freedom, saying a recent report released by the Department of State made false claims against its government and was biased. The State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2014, released Wednesday, accused the Vietnamese […]
Vietnamese Experts Call For Negotiations With China Over Disputed Islands-RFA | Oct 14, 2015 A recent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese surveillance vessel has prompted two foreign affairs experts from the Southeast Asian nation to call for a more assertive stance by Hanoi toward what many in Vietnam see as Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. On Sept. 29, […]
Viet Nam: Bishop appeals to the government to put an end to the harassment against Catholics in Central Highlands-Vietcatholic | Oct 15, 2015 Bishop Michael Hoang Duc Oanh of Kontum diocese has just issued an open letter to local government questioning the motive of local government behind their relentless effort to urge Catholics in a remote village to destroy a makeshift church. In his letter summarizing in chronological order the series of actions […]
Minister of Public Security Demands Investigation into Death of Detained Boy in Hanoi-by Vu Quoc Ngu, October 15, 2015 Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang has requested the police in Hanoi to investigate deeply to determine the real causes of the recent death of a 17-year-old detained boy. The move was taken responding to strong protest of the family’s victim Do Dang Du as […]
Vietnamese Resident Accuses Police of Torture, Coercion Before Committing Suicide-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Oct 15, 2015 A resident in Vietnam’s Central Highlands city of Buon Ma Thuot has written a letter accusing the local police of conducting torture and coercion before he decided to commit suicide, the Phu Nu newspaper reported Wednesday. After returning from a working meeting with the Buon Ma Thuot city […]
Mẹ Đỗ Đăng Dư: ‘công an ngăn gia đình thăm’-BBC | 14-10-2015 Mẹ nạn nhân Đỗ Đăng Dư nói bà rất đau lòng vì “công an ngăn gia đình vào thăm Dư trong bệnh viện và bác sĩ không nói rõ bệnh tình của Dư mà chỉ bảo gia đình chuẩn bị tâm lý cho điều xấu nhất. Đến lúc Dư mất, gia đình […]
Vietnamese Authorities Harass Independent Buddhist Church-RFA | Oct 13, 2015 Vietnamese authorities in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria Vung Tao have begun a campaign of harassment against a small, independent Buddhist church operating outside of government control, sending mobs to harass community members and block access to their building, sources say. The crackdown against the Dat Quang pagoda, […]
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