Vietnam: mounting concerns for the health of writers and activists-by English PEN | March 12th, 2014 English PEN shares PEN International’s grave concern for the health of blogger Dinh Dang Dinh who is suffering from end-stage stomach cancer and was transferred to hospital on 15 February 2014. PEN is also seriously concerned for the health of poet, essayist, scholar and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly, and writer […]
Vietnam: Targeting bloggers-Reporters sans frontières 03.12.2014 Ministry of Information and Communications Internet regulation is the ministry’s prerogative. The office in charge of the task is the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information. The ministry prepares and proposes laws that allow authorities to justify to the international community prosecutions of bloggers and cyber-dissidents. In order to avoid submitting […]
Manila calls China action in disputed South China Sea an ‘urgent threat’-SCMP| 11 March, 2014 Manila protested on Tuesday against Beijing’s blockade of civilian supply ships in disputed waters of the South China Sea, saying China’s latest actions “constitute a clear and urgent threat to the rights and interests of the Philippines”. China’s coastguard ships had driven away two Philippine vessels which had tried to approach […]
ENEMIES OF THE INTERNET 2014: ENTITIES AT THE HEART OF CENSORSHIP AND SURVEILLANCE-PUBLISHED, RSF | 11 MARCH 2014. This year’s “Enemies of the Internet” report, which Reporters Without Borders publishes every year on World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (12 March), spotlights the government units and agencies that implement online censorship and surveillance. These entities, which include Pakistan’s Telecommunication Authority, North Korea’s Central Scientific and Technological Information Agency, Vietnam’s Ministry of […]
Illegally-detained citizens in Lap Vo received support from FVPoC, VNWHR-Tell The World By [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks] (Defend The Defenders) On Mar 10, 2014 Two independent Vietnamese organizations, the Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience (FVPOC) and the Vietnamese Women for Human Rights (VNWHR) visited those people who were illegally detained by the police forces in Lap Vo district in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, and […]
Statement by the EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2014-EUROPEAN UNION | Brussels, 8 March 2014 Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement: Today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the real transformation the world has witnessed in women’s rights, thanks both to individual achievements and our […]
Australian MP Chris Hayes speaks out for Bui Thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, Nguyen Van Minh-Chris Hayes | March 8, 2014 The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister of Foreign Affairs PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Minister I am writing to request your urgent attention on the issue of human rights violation in Vietnam, namely, the detention of three human rights activists: Mrs Thi Minh […]
UNESCO initiative promotes gender equality-VOV | March 07, 2014 02:13 PM UNESCO joins international and regional partners to launch the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative on the International Women’s Day (March 8) themed “Advancing Global Partnerships to Achieving Gender Equality in and through Media.” It is closely linked to the International Women’s Day global theme, “Equality for women […]
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