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 […]
Tom Malinowski says Vietnam promised to reform its Penal Code-Doan Trang | May 17, 2015 Below is an exclusive interview by VNRN with Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski, Head of Delegation, US Delegation to the 19th US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue (May 7-8). My name is Trang, I’m an independent journalist and blogger in Vietnam, covering political and marco economic issues. My first question is that as […]
US asks Vietnam to release political prisoners ahead of TPP-Trtworld | May 16, 2015 The US wants Vietnam, a country in negotiations to be in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), to improve its human rights record in the near future, including the release of some political prisoners, a senior US official said on Friday. “In the short term, we would like to see, of course, prisoners […]
MP Hayes Urges Australian Gov’t to Ask Hanoi to Release Leader of Newly-established Republican Party-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 17, 2015 Mr. Chris Hayes, member of the Australian Parliament, has called on the Australian Government to take action to demand Vietnam to release Mr. Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of the newly-established Republican Party of Vietnam in the communist nation in the Southeast Asia. In his letter dated […]
Vietnamese Anti-China Activist Freed After Year-Long Jail Term-RFA | May 15, 2015 Well-known anti-China activist and government critic Le Thi Phuong Anh was released from a prison in Vietnam on Friday after serving a 12-month sentence for anti-state activity, she said, calling her experience in jail “the most horrible year of my life.” Speaking to RFA’s Vietnamese Service on Friday, the mother of […]
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