WE CONDEMN AND OPPOSE VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, MAY 2015-FVPOC | Cập nhật 21/05/2015 In 2014, security forces staged 31 physical attacks, directly threatening hundreds of dissidents. Less than five months in 2015, the communist dictatorship did not stop using violence to attack dissidents and human rights defenders, there were 9 attacks targeting at least 17 people. Morning Jan 1, 2015 a group of […]
Statement of the Coalition of Young People of Indonesia for ASEAN (KoalisiPemuda Indonesia untuk ASEAN)-DTD | Cập nhật 20/05/2015 “The way ASEAN handled the issue of Rohingya refugees is a real proof of a major step back in ASEAN values of humanity“ Greeting of peace Dear ASEAN Community, lately we have been surprised by the news of forced migration of Rohingya people from Myanmar. More than 500 people were desperate […]
Vietcombank Continues Refusal to Allow Political Dissident to Withdraw Money-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 20, 2015 The Thanh Xuan district-based branch of the Joint Stock Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank (VCB) continues to illegally keep the deposit of Hanoi-based prominent political dissident Nguyen Thanh Giang, refusing to allow him to withdraw his money. On afternoon of May 20, Mr. Giang, […]
Plainclothes Police Beat Anti-China Activist in Vietnam’s Second City-RFA | May 19, 2015 A group of plainclothes police officers beat an outspoken anti-China activist in Vietnam’s economic capital Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, sending him to the hospital with a broken nose, he said, in the latest attack on a public campaigner in weeks. Dinh Quang Tuyen, who has participated in several […]
Authorities Detain Vietnamese Blogger in Hanoi Airport-RFA | May 18, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam briefly detained a prominent blogger shortly after his return to the capital Hanoi from Singapore, where he had attended a workshop on the use of a new mobile tool to promote citizen journalism, his daughter said Monday. Dung Mai was arrested Monday shortly after deplaning at the […]
One More Vietnamese Activist Beaten by Thugs After U.S. Urges Hanoi to Improve Human Rights Record-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 19, 2015 Vietnam’s plainclothes agents on May 19 severely attacked a Saigon-based activist, several days after the U.S. called on the communist government in Hanoi to improve its human rights records. In early morning of Tuesday [May 19], Mr. Dinh Quang Tuyen, a pro-democracy and human rights activist in […]
Hanoi Police Detain Blogger Returning from Cyber Security Training in Singapore-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 19, 2015 Vietnam’s security forces on May 18 detained for several hours Hanoi-based blogger Mai Van Dung who returned from Singapore where he attended a short training course in cyber security, local bloggers informed. Mr. Dung was scheduled to land in the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport at 6.20 […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly May 11-17: Hanoi-based Activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen Brutally Beaten by Thugs-Defenders’ Weekly | May 17, 2015 **********11/5/2015********** Many Vietnamese Threaten to Self Immolate to Protest Gov’t Suppression A number of Vietnamese have threatened to burn themselves in a bid to protest the on-going government suppression. Many of them are victims of the illegal land seizure of local authorities. On May 6, two female residents of […]
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