Vietnam: Crackdown on peaceful dissent intensifies
New wave of arrests ahead of the 13th party congress
Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan arrested on anti-state charge in Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities should immediately release journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan and drop the charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalist said today.
Vietnam’s judicial system on trial
On 14 January 2008, two female postal workers were found murdered inside a small post office where they also resided in Vietnam’s Long An province.
Censorship tactics overshadow Vietnam’s successful COVID-19 response
The pandemic has offered an opportunity for the police state to flex its muscles
Jailed Australian democracy activist has ‘disappeared’ inside Vietnam’s prison system
Chau Van Kham’s family has lost contact with him for nearly four months and fear the Australian government has ‘forgotten about him’
A clandestine press, Vietnam’s Liberal Publishing House wins IPA’s 2020 prix Voltaire
Liberal Publishing House—an underground press specializing in politically charged content that Hanoi has tried to suppress—wins the IPA’s highest honor for courage in the freedom to publish.
Capital punishment in Vietnam and Ho Duy Hai
Deep concerns abound that skewed system results in deaths of innocents
Vietnam’s government is using COVID-19 to crack down on freedom of expression
In the wake of COVID-19’s spread across the world, countries are dealing with the rise of both intentional fake news and well-meaning misinformation about the virus.
Vietnam jails Facebook user over ‘anti-state’ posts
A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a man to 1-1/2 years in prison for uploading anti-state posts to Facebook, the security ministry said, days after Facebook sources told Reuters they had agreed to censor more content in the Southeast…
The rising cost of religious freedom in Vietnam
In March 2019, Ms. Bui Thi Kim Phuong, a Hoa Hao Buddhist from Vietnam, prepared to board a flight to the United States for a series of meetings on the deteriorating human rights and religious freedom conditions in Vietnam.
Vietnam: Facebook, pressured, censors dissent
Company caves to government after local servers disrupted
Exclusive : Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam slowed traffic
Facebook’s local servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to significantly increase the censorship of “anti-state” posts for local users, two sources at the company told Reuters on Tuesday.
Dong Tam shows that Vietnam land laws are unjust and grassroots democracy is failing
On 9 January 2020, thousands of police entered the Dong Tam commune in Hanoi. A clash erupted, leading to the killing of three policemen and a civilian later named as Le Dinh Kinh.
Vietnam jails two Hmong men for life on charge of trying to overthrow state
A court in Vietnam jailed two men from the Hmong ethnic minority for life after finding them guilty on Wednesday of attempting to overthrow the state and set up a state of their own in a northern province, state media…
US demands Vietnam free blogger handed 10-year term
The United States on Monday (March 16) demanded that Vietnam immediately free a blogger who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after posts critical of the government.
Rights groups condemn 10-year jail term for Vietnam blogger
The jailing of a Vietnamese blogger for 10 years was condemned by rights groups Tuesday as « unacceptable » and an attack on free speech.
Vietnam’s own ‘Lady Gaga’ is a controversial singer who is barred from performing at home
Vietnamese pop star Mai Khoi sings about censorship and human rights. It’s gotten her in trouble with the authorities in Vietnam.
Australian Van Kham Chau loses appeal in Vietnam against ‘terrorism’ charges
Sydney retiree Van Kham Chau has lost his final appeal against his 12-year jail sentence in Vietnam on terrorism charges.
Buddhist Monk and Famed Dissident Thich Quang Do Dies at Age 91
Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the Communist government kept him in prison or under house arrest for more than 20 years, has died at age 91.
Thich Quang Do, Defiant Rights Champion in Vietnam, Dies at 91
As the patriarch of a banned Buddhist church, he endured prison, house arrest and internal exile but refused to bend to the Communist authorities.
EU: Press Vietnam on Human Rights reforms
Upcoming dialogue should focus on commitments made in recent trade deals.