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  • Vietnamese blogger detained on anti-state charges - CPJ | Bangkok – Dec 02, 2014 An independent blogger was detained in Vietnam on Saturday on anti-state charges for online postings deemed critical of the government, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest and calls on Vietnam’s government to cease its campaign of persecution against journalists and bloggers. Police […]
  • Rights Groups Urge Vietnam to Free Detained Blogger - VOA | Dec 02, 2014 Local and foreign groups have asked Vietnam to release a blogger who was arrested for allegedly posting “bad content” and “false information” to the Internet. Hong Le Tho, also known by his blogger name Nguoi Lot Gach, or “Brick Layer,” was detained recently on anti-state charges. Tho’s blog has been […]
  • ANOTHER BLOGGER ARRESTED FOR “ABUSING DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS” - RSF | 2/12/2014 Hong Le Tho was arrested on 29 November for posting an article critical of the ruling Communist Party on his blog “Nguoi Lot Gach” (“brick-layer”), which dealt mainly with political issues. The authorities seized his laptop, his mobile phone and USB flash drive, and closed the blog shortly after his arrest (see […]
  • TẬP HỒ SƠ MỘT GIA ĐINH BA NGƯỜI TÙ - Kiều Lê Defend The Defenders | 2/12/2014 Đàn Áp Tôn Giáo của nhà nước Việt Cộng đối với một gia đình theo đạo PHẬT GIÁO HÒA HẢO. 1/ Bùi văn Thâm, tín đồ Phật Giáo Hòa Hảo, ngụ xã Phước Hưng, huyện An Phú, tỉnh An Giang, bị bắt ngày 26/7/2012. Đưa ra xét xử […]
  • Công an tiếp tục khủng bố Tin Lành Mennonite Bình Dương - Defend The Defenders | 2/12/2014 Lúc 22h ngày 02/12/2014 .  –  Tin từ Bà  cụ Lê Thị Phước Hiền kêu cứu qua phone số 01212690848 cho biết công an tràn vào nhà nguyện rất đông, mặc sắc phục, không đọc lệnh tự do lục soát tất cả phòng của nhà nguyện, Thấy một nhân sự […]
  • Vietnamese Police Arrest Prominent Anti-China Blogger -   RFA | Dec 01, 2014 Vietnamese authorities have arrested an anti-China blogger under an ambiguous law in the latest crackdown on critics in the bustling social media scene in the one-party communist state. Police in Ho Chi Minh City searched the home of 65-year-old Hong Le Tho, who had previously lived in Japan, and […]
  • Vietnam Arrests 65-Year-Old Blogger for Posting ‘Bad Content’ - VICE NEWS | Dec 02, 2014 The Vietnamese government arrested a 65-year-old blogger Saturday for allegedly publishing “bad content that decreases trust in state agencies,” in a move demonstrating the regime’s increasing crackdown on online content in the Southeast Asian country. For the past three years, Hong Le Tho has been posting both English and French language entries […]
  • VIETNAM CSOs’ MESSAGE on INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – Dec 10, 2014 - Defend The Defenders | Dec 01, 2014 Translation by [rollinglinks]Trang Thien Long[/rollinglinks] Tell The World. The authorities of Communist dictatorship in Hanoi have restricted or deprived of the fundamental human rights of Vietnamese people  set forth in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Civil rights, Political, Cultural, Economic and Social […]
  • THÔNG ĐIỆP XÃ HỘI DÂN SỰ VIỆT NAM NGÀY QUỐC TẾ NHÂN QUYỀN 10-12-2014 - Defend The Defenders | 01/12/2014 Nhà cầm quyền cộng sản độc tài độc đảng tại Hà Nội đã và đang hạn chế hay tước bỏ mọi nhân quyền của toàn dân Việt Nam được nêu ra trong Tuyên ngôn Nhân quyền Quốc tế và hai Công ước Quốc tế về các quyền dân sự, chính […]
  • Vietnam detains blogger for ‘bad’ content - REUTERS | Nov 30, 2014 Vietnamese police have detained a blogger for posting “bad content” about the state, the latest move in a crackdown on dissent that has been condemned by rights groups and Western governments. Hong Le Tho, 65, was detained for “posting online articles with bad content and false information that discredit and […]