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  • Vietnam: Arbitrary arrests and harassment of bloggers and activists continue - FIDH | Paris, 7 May 2014 Vietnam must end the arbitrary arrest and harassment of activists and bloggers and immediately release the more than 200 political prisoners it holds, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), said today. On 5 May, Vietnamese police in Hanoi arrested blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, […]
  • Vietnamese blogger arrested on anti-state charges - CPJ | Bangkok | May 7, 2014 Vietnamese police in Hanoi arrested the founder of a popular blog and his assistant on Monday on accusations of disseminating anti-state articles, according to news reports. In 2007, blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh started the Ba Sam news website and aggregator, which often posted materials critical of the government […]
  • FVPOC: Vietnam Seriously Violates Freedom of Expression by New Arrests - By FVPOC | May 7, 2014 Translation by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks] (Tell The World) On May 5, Vietnam’s police arrested Nguyen Huu Vinh, owner of the most popular Vietnamese online website AnhBaSam, and one co-partner for posting articles carrying out ““incorrect contents that aim to defame the party and state.” The arrest is pursuant to Article […]
  • Vietnam: Arrests of Internet Activists Escalate - Drop Charges Against Top Bloggers; Stop Interfering With Sites HRW (Bangkok) | May 7, 2014 “Vietnam’s arrests of more bloggers for allegedly abusing ‘democratic freedoms’ is a cynical and chilling move,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director. “Vietnam should immediately drop these bogus charges, and then take the next step by scrapping article 258 and […]
  • Two more bloggers arrested for “abusing democratic freedoms” - RSF | May 6, 2014 They have been charged under article 258 of the penal code covering “abuse of democratic freedoms,” which carries sentences ranging from warnings to two years in prison, or seven years in “grave circumstances.” “The arrest of two more bloggers, just two days after World Press Freedom Day, is a clear […]
  • April 28 – May 4, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly:  RSF honored three Vietnamese journalists , bloggers as “information heroes”. - **********04/28/2014********** Disabled Vietnamese veterans (the Army of the Republic of Vietnam) met together at Saigon Redemptorist Cathedral At 8 pm, on April 28, 2014, Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and  Redemptorist Monastery in Saigon helda meeting “Paying tribute to Disabled Veterans of the Army of  the Republic of Vietnam ” and offered gifts […]
  • Tuần tin Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền 28/4 – 4/5: RSF vinh danh “Anh hùng thông tin” cho 3 nhà báo, blogger Việt Nam - **********28/4/2014********** Họp mặt thương phế binh VNCH tại Dòng Chúa cứu thế Vào lúc 8 giờ, ngày 28.04.2014, Giáo xứ Đức Mẹ Hằng Cứu Giúp và Tu viện DCCT Sài Gòn đã tổ chức ngày “Tri Ân Quý Thương Phế Binh Việt Nam Cộng Hòa” cho khoảng 440 thương phế binh VNCH. Ngoài hơn 400 […]
  • Statement from the Network of Vietnamese Bloggers regarding the recent arrest and detention of bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy - MLBVN | 6/5/2014 On May 5, 2014, the Security Investigation Office of the Ministry of Public Security carried out a search warrant and arrested two bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy. Mr. Nguyen Huu Vinh is a well-known blogger known under the name Anh Ba Sam. His basam.info website has greatly contributed information promoting […]
  • FAMOUS BLOGGER ARRESTED FOR ‘LOWERING THE PRESTIGE OF THE STATE’ - (VNRN) – One of the most famous and influential political bloggers in Vietnam, Nguyen Huu Vinh [Nguyễn Hữu Vinh], was arrested at his home in Hanoi on May 5, said the  Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security. Vinh, 58, founded and edited the Basam.info blog (originally named Anh Ba Sàm, or Brother Gossiper). He has been accused of “publishing […]
  • Đấu tranh vì lương tâm: Phương pháp của Gandhi (2) - Pro&Contra | 26/2/2014 Joan V. Bondurant Phan Trinh dịch  Xem kì 1 II. BẤT BẠO ĐỘNG 12. Chữ ahimsa diễn tả một quy tắc đạo đức cổ xưa của Ấn Độ giáo, Jain giáo và Phật giáo. Chữ “a” có nghĩa phủ định nằm trước “himsa”, vốn có nghĩa là “làm hại”, tạo thành một chữ thường được […]