GENERAL

  • Vietnam: Attack on human rights lawyer Mr Le Quoc Quan - TO: President Truong Tan Sang Office of the President, 1 Bach Thao, Hanoi, Vietnam. Your Excellency, On 19 August 2012, prominent human rights lawyer Mr Le Quoc Quan was attacked near his home in Hanoi. He believes that the police were behind the attack. 
  • ANOTHER JOURNALIST ARRESTED, HELD INCOMMUNICADO FOR PAST MONTH - FRIDAY 17 AUGUST 2012 – As the Vietnamese authorities continue to arrest and convict bloggers, Reporters Without Borders has just learned that they have also been holding the journalist and political essayist Pham Chi Dung for the past month.
  • Two Vietnamese bloggers given prison sentences - Bangkok, August 17, 2012–Harsh prison sentences handed down recently to two independent Vietnamese bloggers represent the latest official abuses in a widening crackdown on Internet freedoms in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
  • An Interview with Engineer Do Nam Hai on the Announcement - Reporter – Internet Radio Rallying for Democracy: Kind regards to Do Nam Hai, the democracy activist and dissident, is here for an interview today.  Do Nam Hai: Greetings and welcome to the listeners of Radio Rallying for Democracy. I am Do Nam Hai, speaking from Saigon, Việtnam.
  • Spate of trials - TUESDAY 14 AUGUST 2012. Reporters Without Borders deplores the five-year jail sentence that a Hanoi people’s court passed on the blogger Le Thanh Tung at the end of a summary one-hour trial on 11 August, just three days after fellow blogger Dinh Dang Dinh was given a six-year sentence (below).
  • THE ANNOUNCEMENT on the death of Mrs. Dang Thi Kim Lieng – Mother of blogger Ta Phong Tan being illegally detained. - Vietnam, August 8, 2012. To the attention of:   Vietnamese compatriots, domestic and abroad. And to:   The governments, diplomatic missions, human rights organizations and progressive people worldwide. We are deeply sad but we have to speak out about the tragic and mystery death of Mrs. Dang Thi Kim Lieng – 64 years, on 30 July, 2012 […]
  • Viet Nam: Halt crackdown on freedom of expression - 7 August 2012 – Viet Nam’s government must halt its ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today after mass arrests during a peaceful protest in the capital Ha Noi.
  • Acting Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - Geneva, 3 August 2012, Ravina Shamdasani: We are concerned by what appears to be increasingly limited space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam. Information that we have received indicates ongoing persecution of bloggers and people who use the Internet and other means to freely express their opinions.
  • Vietnam Postpones Trial of Bloggers for Third Time - Aug 3 2012 – 3:50pm: Freedom House condemns today’s decision to postpone the August 7 trial for three Vietnamese bloggers. This is the third time the court has delayed the trial, which stems from charges widely considered to be punishment for their criticism of the government. Freedom House calls for the Vietnamese government to drop all […]
  • U.S. Embassy’s Statement on Lieng Self-immolation - August 1, 2012 – We were deeply concerned and saddened to hear of Ms. Dang Thi Kim Lieng’s July 30 self-immolation reportedly related to circumstances surrounding the detention of her daughter Ta Phong Tan.