GENERAL

  • Apr 14 – Apr 20, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly: Police used violence against “human rights café” - ********April 14th, 2014 ********** Vietnamese Women for Human Rights (VNWHR) visited many families of the prisoners of conscience in the southwestern provinces Last week VNWHR paid a visit offering gifts to the families of prisoners of conscience in Southwestern region. The meaningful trip has proved mutual assistance and necessary connections among Vietnamese dissidents in the […]
  • Tuần tin Người BVNQ 14/4 – 20/4/2014: Công an dùng vũ lực dẹp tan “Cà phê nhân quyền” - **********14/4/2014********** Hội Phụ nữ nhân quyền VN viếng thăm gia đình các tù nhân lương tâm miền Tây Tuần qua, Hội PNNQ Việt Nam đã có chuyến thăm hỏi, tặng quà cho các gia đình các tù nhân lương tâm miền Tây Nam Bộ. Đây là chuyến đi mang nhiều ý nghĩa thể hiện sự […]
  • VIETNAMESE ACTIVISTS IN U.S. ADVOCATING FOR PRESS FREEDOM - VNRN | APRIL 20, 2014 The visiting netizens, invited by members of the U.S. Congress and free-press organizations, will engage directly with policy makers, human rights organizations and Internet companies. They will also participate in training programs on citizen journalism and digital security. Participants will brief the U.S. Congress on Apr 29, and the activities will […]
  • THIRD ‘HUMAN RIGHTS COFFEE’ INTERRUPTED, 3 BLOGGERS ARRESTED - VNRN | APRIL 19, 2014 According to other bloggers who are coming to the event, arrested were Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Nguyễn Ngọc Nhu Quỳnh), who blogs as “Me Nam” (Mother Mushroom) or “Me Nam Gau“;Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh (Nguyễn Hồ Nhật Thành), known asPaulo Thanh Nguyen on Facebook; and his wife Trinh Kim Tien(Trịnh Kim Tiến), whose own father was […]
  • Vietnam: Dissidents Released Amid International Outcry - Lignet | April 18, 2014 Vietnam released two pro-democracy activists from prison this weekend in the face of sustained foreign pressure on the country’s Communist government . . . another prominent dissident was freed earlier this month and left Vietnam for the United States on April 6 . . . Reporters Without Borders lists Vietnam as […]
  • Tạ Phong Tần, Vietnam, jailed since September 2011 - Wan-Ifra  | 18.04.2014 Vietnamese blogger Tạ Phong Tần has penned over 700 articles on her blog ‘Justice & Truth’ in one of the world’s most restrictive countries for freedom of expression. She has written primarily about social issues, from the mistreatment of children and poor people to high-level corruption and police abuse – the latter to […]
  • Vietnam, U.S. witness strong development in comprehensive partnership: official - Xinhua – China | April 17, 2014 Vietnam and the United States have witnessed strong development in the two countries’ comprehensive partnership, Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Sinh Hung said Thursday. The remarks were made at a meeting between Hung and visiting President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate Patrick Leahy in […]
  • TWO MORE BARRED FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY - VNRN | APRIL 17, 2014 The son of a prisoner of conscience and a reporter are two people recently barred from leaving Vietnam and their passports were confiscated. The reporter is Anna Huyen Trang (Huyền Trang), who works forVietnamese Redemptorists’ News (VRNs), an independent online news outlet operated by the Catholic order Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. The other […]
  • Apr 7 – Apr 13, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly: Vietnam Authorities honestly released Prisoners of Conscience? - *********Apr 7, 2014 ********* Funeral of patriotic teacher, former political prisoner Dinh Dang Dinh Mr. Dinh Dang Dinh, a chemical teacher and former political prisoner passed away on April 3, two weeks after being freed by the communist government. His coffin was stationed in the Saigon-based Redemptorist Church. Hundreds of his friends, social activists, representatives […]
  • Tuần tin Người BVNQ 7/4 – 13/4/2014: Việt Nam có thực tâm thả tù nhân lương tâm? - **************7/4/2014************** Lễ an táng thầy giáo yêu nước Đinh Đăng Định Cựu tù nhân lương tâm – thầy giáo yêu nước Đinh Đăng Định qua đời ngày 3/4/2014 vì căn bệnh ung thư sau khi được trả tự do 2 tháng. Linh cữu thầy được quàn tại nhà thờ Dòng Chúa Cứu Thế Sài Gòn. […]