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US Criticizes Ally Vietnam Over Lengthy Prison Terms for Dissidents
Wall Street Journal-Apr 5, 2018
The U.S. government strongly criticized Vietnam’s sentencing of six prominent dissidents to lengthy prison terms following a one-day trial in Hanoi, the latest in the communist-run state’s intensifying crackdown on its critics. But the State Department’s Thursday dressing down is unlikely to upset relations …
Vietnam jails six activists for up to 15 years for trying to ‘overthrow …
The Guardian-Apr 5, 2018US slams Vietnam for jailing human rights activists
Financial Times-Apr 5, 2018Six Vietnam activists jailed for attempt ‘to overthrow state’
The Sun Daily-Apr 5, 2018Vietnam jails prominent human rights lawyer, five other activists
Reuters-Apr 5, 2018Vietnamese human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai among six given …
Deutsche Welle-Apr 5, 2018
It included other, formerly jailed dissidents advocating via social media for human rights throughout Vietnam. The communist government in Vietnam imposes tight media censorship and controls criticism of the regime. Hundreds of police were posted outside the courtroom on Thursday and a planned …
Vietnam jails prominent human rights lawyer and five other activists
Asian Correspondent-Apr 5, 2018Viet Nam: New research reveals almost 100 prisoners of conscience …
Amnesty International-Apr 3, 2018
Many have been handed lengthy jail sentences after farcical trials in Viet Nam’sjudiciary. In 2017, Vietnamese authorities intensified a crackdown on real or perceived dissidents, and sought to tighten control of the internet by targeting bloggers and social media users. The well-known blogger Nguyễn …
Vietnam: List of nearly 100 prisoners of conscience published as …
Amnesty International UK-Apr 4, 2018Six Vietnamese bloggers jailed for total of 66 years in ‘intolerable …
Press Gazette-Apr 6, 2018
A group of six Vietnamese bloggers have been sentenced to a total of 66 years in prison and 17 years under house arrest. Press freedom campaign group … Dissidentswere placed under house arrest ahead of the trial and an AFP journalist was questioned by police, RSF said. Head of RSF Asia-Pacific …
Mai Khoi, Vietnam activist singer, detained after Europe tour
BBC News-Mar 27, 2018
Her new band is called The Dissidents and she has been compared by some to Lady Gaga or Pussy Riot because of her provocative style. … great economic and social change in recent years but there is strict state media censorship and pro-democracy activists are regularly jailed, beaten and threatened.
Online Vietnam Democracy Group Slams Government Move to Try …
Radio Free Asia-Mar 26, 2018
Online Vietnam Democracy Group Slams Government Move to Try Dissidents … In May, jailed human rights attorney and activist Nguyen Van Dai, a founding member of the group, received an award in absentia from the German Association of Judges, the Deutscher Richterbund, honoring him for his work …
Vietnam Transfers Political Prisoner Tran Thi Nga to Jail Far From …
Radio Free Asia-Mar 22, 2018
Nga’s transfer is the second case this week in which a Vietnamese political prisoner has been moved to a jails far from his or her hometown, apparently to increase their isolation and make it difficult for family and friends to visit them. “Ha Nam province had told me before that she would be transferred to Dak …
Amnesty publishes list of prisoners of conscience in Vietnam
Ekklesia-Apr 4, 2018
Last year, the Vietnamese authorities intensified a crackdown on dissidents and sought to tighten control of the internet by targeting bloggers and social media users. The well-known blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhur Quynh, better known as Me Nam (Mother Mushroom), was sentenced to 10 years in jail in June …
Foreign Policy (blog)-Mar 29, 2018
In 2002, Wang Bingzhang, a prominent pro-democracy activist, was seized in Vietnamby Chinese operatives and thrown into prison on the mainland, where he remains to this day. Two years later, another well-known dissident, Peng Ming, was kidnapped in Myanmar and jailed in China; in late 2016, …
Vietnam Holds around 100 Prisoners of Conscience, Amnesty Says
Latin American Herald Tribune-Apr 4, 2018
Among the prisoners are human rights defenders, lawyers, bloggers, and environmental and social activists who received lengthy jail sentences despite only … The organization said that in 2017 Vietnamese authorities intensified a crackdown on what they perceived as dissidents and sought to tighten control of the internet …
Vietnam upholds jail term for dissident amid crackdown on activists
Reuters-Jan 15, 2018
HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam upheld a five-year prison sentence on Monday for a dissidentconvicted of anti-state activities who violated the terms of his probation, state media said, the latest ruling in a series against activists. Nguyen Van Oai, 36, a prominent human rights activist and blogger who …
Former South Korean President Park found guilty of corruption
The Japan Times-Apr 5, 2018
SEOUL – Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday, a year after she was driven … sentenced to harsh prison terms in Vietnam after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the government by advocating a multiparty democracy.
Vietnam jails environmental blogger for 14 years
Reuters-Feb 6, 2018
(Reuters) – A court in central Vietnam jailed a prominent environmental blogger on Tuesday for 14 years for abusing his democratic freedom and opposing … Vietnamese prominent dissidents Hoang Duc Binh (R) and Nguyen Nam Phong stand at a court in Nghe An province, Vietnam February 6, 2018.
Vietnam Has Arrested Four More Dissidents as Crackdown on …
TIME-Jul 31, 2017
Vietnam’s communist government intensified its recent crackdown over the weekend with the arrest of four dissidents accused of trying to overthrow the one-party state’s leadership. The latest arrests come amid a wave of repression targeting activists, bloggers and rights lawyers following a change in …
Four dissidents held as Vietnam ramps up crackdown
The Star Online-Jul 30, 2017Vietnam dissident’s daughter calls on Melania Trump for help
Reuters-Oct 27, 2017
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, known as “Me Nam” (Mother Mushroom), is one of Vietnam’s most prominent activists. She was jailed for 10 years in June for publishing anti-state reports, including one about deaths in police custody. Her daughter Nguyen Bao Nguyen, nicknamed “Mushroom”, referred to …
Daughter of jailed Vietnamese blogger wants Melania’s help
Blog-New York Post-Oct 27, 2017Vietnam’s harsh summer: state launches largest crackdown on …
The Guardian-Sep 25, 2017
Vietnam’s summer has been particularly harsh for dissidents, with at least 11 having been arrested, charged or convicted, while another was stripped of his citizenship and deported to France. Human Rights Watch has described it as an “all-out effort” to clamp down on criticism, while Amnesty International …
Vietnamese Dissident in Failing Health in Prison
Radio Free Asia-Dec 18, 2017
Democracy advocate and former Vietnamese army officer Tran Anh Kim is in failing health in prison, with his jailers refusing medical treatment for his condition pending the … Kim, a former army colonel who served in the Vietnam War, has become one of Vietnam’s most persistent political dissidents.
Martin Luther King Jr.: The Prophet as Healer
The American Prospect-Apr 3, 2018
Along the way, King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, penned his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and wrote several books, including Stride Toward Freedom, Why We Can’t Wait, and Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? He also joined the protest against the Vietnam War when most …
Vietnam jails dissident nine years for propaganda against state
Reuters-Jul 25, 2017
HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam jailed a prominent dissident for nine years and gave her five years probation for spreading propaganda against the state, her lawyer said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the Communist-ruled country’s latest crackdown on critics. Despite sweeping reforms to its …
Vietnam Dissidents Sent to New Prison Far From Home
Radio Free Asia-Aug 31, 2017
Two high-profile Vietnamese dissidents have been quietly transferred from a prison in northern Vietnam’s Ha Nam province to a prison in Thanh Hoa … to 13 years and 12 years in prison respectively for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of Vietnam’s Penal Code.
Vietnam Hands Blogger Ho Van Hai Four-Year Jail Term For ‘Anti …
Radio Free Asia-Feb 1, 2018
A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced prominent blogger Ho Van Hai to four years in prison for anti-government propaganda, according to state … the U.N. had urged Vietnam to drop Articles 88 and 79, as well as various other broadly worded security laws Vietnam uses to jail dissidents and critics.
Rights report: 2017 worst year for dissidents in Vietnam
ucanews-Mar 7, 2018
Rights activist Tran Thi Nga, 40, stands during her appeal at a local people’s court in the northern province of Ha Nam on Dec. 22, 2017. She was earlier sentenced to nine years in prison for producing so-called anti-state propaganda, capping a grim year for activists in the one-party state. (Photo by …
Trump factor weighs as Vietnam intensifies crackdown on dissidents
Reuters-Aug 2, 2017
At least 15 people have been arrested so far in 2017 – more than in any year since a crackdown on youth activists in 2011 – according to a Reuters tally of arrests for anti-state activities reported by local and national authorities. Four dissidents — a pastor, an engineer, a journalist and a lawyer – were …
Vietnam intensifies crackdown on dissidents, emboldened by US de …
The Japan Times-Aug 2, 2017Vietnam jails dissident for five years in crackdown on activists
Reuters-Sep 18, 2017
On Monday, the people’s court in Nghe An, central Vietnam, also found him guilty of resisting security personnel in performing their duty. He was given another four years on probation as well as the prison sentence. “Oai said he was innocent and he would appeal,” his lawyer, Ha Huy Son, told Reuters.
Vietnam jails former political prisoner for five years
Gulf Times-Sep 18, 2017With Social Media, Vietnam’s Dissidents Grow Bolder Despite …
New York Times-Jul 2, 2017
HANOI, Vietnam — A prominent blogger and environmental activist in Vietnam was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison on charges of national security offenses, including sharing anti-state propaganda on social media. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, better known by her online handle Mother Mushroom, …
Vietnam jails four for flying flag of ‘Saigon regime’
Reuters-Jan 24, 2018
As many as 97 activists are serving prison sentences in Vietnam and 36 more are held in pre-trial detention, according to a database of the 88 Project website, which documents and advocates for Vietnamese dissidents. Last week, the foreign ministry released a report on human rights it said had been …
Four jailed in Vietnam for flying southern flag
The Straits Times-Jan 23, 2018Vietnamese Dissidents Summoned by Police Two Days Before …
Radio Free Asia-Nov 9, 2017
At least six members of the Brother for Democracy, which was founded in 2013 by now-jailed lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, have been arrested in recent months, … Communist Vietnam, where all media are state-controlled, does not tolerate dissent, and rights groups have identified Article 79 as among a set of …
‘Mother Mushroom’: Top Vietnamese blogger jailed for 10 years
BBC News-Jun 29, 2017
One of Vietnam’s top bloggers has been jailed for 10 years for distributing propaganda against the state. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu … The arrest of activists and dissident bloggers is not unusual in Vietnam but this case has struck a particular nerve with people because of Ms Quynh’s popularity. After her arrest …
Vietnam Blogger Gets 10 Years for ‘Conducting Propaganda’
Blog-Voice of America (blog)-Jun 29, 2017Vietnam jails 15 for foiled airport attack
eNCA-Dec 27, 2017
HANOI – Vietnam jailed 15 people on Wednesday for a foiled terrorism plot to detonate petrol bombs at the country’s busiest airport ahead of a national holiday, state media reported. Terrorism attacks are rare in Vietnam, though the conservative communist government routinely jails dissident bloggers and …
Citizen journalist jailed 7 years for reporting environmental disaster …
Mongabay.com-Dec 1, 2017
Nguyen Van Hoa is the second high-profile case in Vietnam in recent months of an independent reporter and blogger being jailed. … on alleged dissent following the notorious 2016 Formosa chemical spill, which devastated several of Vietnam’s north-central coastal provinces in the spring of that year.
EU, Rights Groups Call on Vietnam to Release Blogger ‘Mother …
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Vietnam lists US-based Vietnamese group as ‘terrorist’ organization
Reuters-Jan 30, 2018
Earlier this month, Vietnam jailed four men for flying the flag of South Vietnam. The flag, a bright yellow rectangle with three thin horizontal stripes, is used by political activists in Vietnam who oppose the Communist-controlled government in Hanoi. A video on a website the MPS said was operated by Quan’s …
Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom in Poor Health
Radio Free Asia-Feb 7, 2018
Jailed Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh is suffering from poor health and prisonauthorities have refused to allow family members to provide her … Communist Vietnam, where all media are state-controlled, does not tolerate dissent, and rights groups identify Article 88 as among a set of vague …
Vietnam jails 3 activists over ‘anti-state’ videos
The Straits Times-Jan 31, 2018
HANOI (AFP) – Three Vietnamese activists were sentenced to between six and eight years in jail on Wednesday (Jan 31) for “anti-state propaganda” after posting online videos criticising the communist regime, which is accused of tightening its grip on dissidents. The one-party state has long locked up …
Vietnam dissident locked in home for ‘Piss on you Trump’ protest
Yahoo Singapore News-Nov 11, 2017
Analysts also say that Trump’s muted criticism of Vietnam’s rights record have allowed the crackdown to go unchecked. Since the beginning of the year, at least 15 people have been arrested and several hefty jail sentences handed down, including dissident blogger “Mother Mushroom” who was jailed for …
Vietnam student activist jailed for six years
Channel NewsAsia-Oct 25, 2017
HANOI: A Vietnamese student was sentenced Wednesday (Oct 25) to six years in prison for anti-state propaganda, as the government tightens its grip on critics before an Asia-Pacific summit in the country next month. Scores of dissidents are already behind bars in the communist state, and rights groups …
Vietnamese Blogger Phan Kim Khanh Given Six-Year Prison Term
Radio Free Asia-Oct 25, 2017Jailed Viet Dissident is Latest in Rising Crackdown
The Asia Sentinel-Sep 19, 2017
In the latest sign of the increasing crackdown against dissidents by Vietnam’sgovernment, Nguyen Van Oai, a citizen journalist and human rights defender, was sentenced earlier this week to five years in prison and four additional years of house arrest for “resisting persons in the performance of their official …
Vietnam’s Facebook dissidents test the limits of Communist state
Reuters-Aug 29, 2017
Vietnamese dissident and activist JB Nguyen Huu Vinh uses a smartphone to live stream a mass to call for freedom of jailed dissidents and activists at Thai Ha church in Hanoi, Vietnam August 27, 2017. Picture taken on August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kham. For small businesses it is crucial: One new silk …
Vietnam arrests more dissidents
Deutsche Welle-Jul 30, 2017
Wives said the four activists were all arrested Sunday at their homes on the same charge leveled at lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and activist Le Thu Ha, who have been held since December 2015. Dai is the founder of a group advocating full rights throughout Vietnam, Brotherhood for Democracy. From 2007 he …
Vietnamese Activists Arrested in Widening Crackdown
Voice of America-Jul 30, 2017Vietnamese Democracy Advocate’s Health Failing in Prison, Wife Says
Radio Free Asia-Mar 1, 2018
A Vietnamese pastor and democracy advocate held in custody since last July is in failing health in jail, with injuries suffered in a beating last year still not fully … Communist Vietnam, where all media are state-controlled, does not tolerate dissent, and rights groups identify Article 79 as among a set of vague …
Vietnam police arrest dissident for ‘abusing democracy rights’
Reuters-May 15, 2017
Despite sweeping reforms to the economy and growing openness to social change, including gay, lesbian and trans-gender rights, Vietnam’s Communist Party retains tight media censorship and zero tolerance of criticism. Hoang Duc Binh, 34, was arrested in the central province of Nghe An and will be …
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Vietnam jails dissident 9 years for propaganda against state
THE BUSINESS TIMES-Jul 25, 2017
[HANOI] A court in Vietnam jailed a prominent dissident for nine years and gave her five years probation for spreading propaganda against the state, her lawyer said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the Communist-ruled country’s latest crackdown on critics. Despite sweeping reforms to its economy and …
Book Review: ‘At Play in the Lions’ Den: A Biography and Memoir of …
Real Change News-Mar 28, 2018
They stand around the flames awaiting arrest in prayer and protest against the Vietnam War. Two of the assembled are Catholic priests, … This experience and outrage at the ongoing war led Daniel to join his fellow dissidents at Catonsville, where the draft files were set afire. It was Daniel who gave the …
Nine jailed in Vietnam for ‘attempt to overthrow state’
Independent-Dec 29, 2017
Communist Vietnam routinely jails its critics, but 2017 has been particularly grim for dissidents, with at least 15 arrested and several others sentenced to lengthy prisonterms. Nine people were convicted on Thursday for attempting to overthrow the government and for anti-state propaganda — a charge …
Vietnam doctor jailed for ‘anti-state’ posts
The Sun Daily-Feb 1, 2018
Hai is the fourth person jailed in Vietnam this week after three men were convicted Wednesday also under Article 88 of the criminal code — anti-state propaganda, which rights groups say is vaguely worded and used to curb dissent. Last month, four Buddhist activists were jailed on the same charge for …
Vietnam: Renewed Crackdown on Rights Bloggers, Activists
Human Rights Watch-Jan 18, 2018
The Communist Party of Vietnam presides over a one-party state that severely limits basic freedoms and punishes dissent. At least 119 people are currently serving lengthy prison terms for expressing critical views of the government, taking part in peaceful protests, participating in religious groups …
The forgotten story of Khmer prisoners in colonial Con Dao prison
The Phnom Penh Post-Dec 28, 2017
On the evening of December 20, 1942, a ship arrived at Con Son Island far off the coast of southern Vietnam. Known as Koh Tralach in Cambodia, the island at that time housed a prison established by the French for those who dared rebel against its colonial rule in Indochina. Men and women in monotone …
Daughter of Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Calls on Melania Trump for …
News18-Oct 27, 2017
Hanoi: The 10-year-old daughter of Vietnamese dissident blogger “Mother Mushroom” has written a letter calling on the US First Lady to push for her … Ngoc Nhu Quynh, is among more than two dozen Vietnamese who have been jailed as part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent over the past year.
Vietnam Squeezes Activists on Facebook and on Stage
Wall Street Journal-Nov 10, 2017
In many cases they have been prosecuted for posting critical comments on Facebook. The latest blogger to be convicted, a university student named Phan Kim Khanh, was given a six-year prison sentence last month. The 11-year-old daughter of another jailed dissident, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, wrote to …
Vietnam’s Quiet Human Rights Crisis
The Diplomat-Apr 17, 2017
Tuyen, a dissident blogger who makes his living translating books into Vietnamese at a local publishing house, said around half a dozen men in plainclothes forced him off his motorbike before beating him to the ground. He didn’t know the attackers, nor did they rob him. “At least two motorbikes stopped me …
Vietnamese Authorities Transfer Jailed Blogger Mother Mushroom to …
Radio Free Asia-Feb 12, 2018
Vietnamese authorities have transferred ailing jailed blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh to a remote prison more than 620 miles from her former location in the … routinely send political prisoners to remote prisons, an action that activists have denounced as harsh and a further means of punishing dissidents.
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Vietnamese-French dissident blogger deported to Paris
Deutsche Welle (blog)-Jun 25, 2017
On May 17, President Tran Dai Quang revoked Hoang’s Vietnamese nationality on the grounds that he was involved in propaganda against the state. “My husband left Vietnam at 11:30 last night [local time], on a direct flight to Paris,” Oanh told the Agence France-Presse news agency Sunday. “I feel totally …
Vietnamese Dissident Recounts Forced Deportation to France
U.S. News & World Report-Jun 25, 2017Vietnam police detain dissident for deportation: wife
Reuters-Jun 23, 2017Vietnam exiles dissident after revoking his citizenship
Aljazeera.com-Jun 25, 2017Vietnamese Dissident Recounts Deportation to France
Voice of America-Jun 25, 2017Vietnamese-French dissident blogger deported to France
International-FRANCE 24-Jun 25, 2017Vietnam Upholds Decade-Long Jail Term For Activist Blogger …
Radio Free Asia-Nov 30, 2017
A court in south central Vietnam on Thursday rejected jailed blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh’s appeal of her 10-year prison sentence for publishing … Communist Vietnam, where all media are state-controlled, does not tolerate dissent, and rights groups identify Article 88 as among a set of vague …
Con Dao: Vietnam’s Prison Paradise
The Diplomat-Mar 8, 2018
The islands were ceded to France in the 1787 Versailles Treaty, and Phu Hai, the first prison on Con Son, was built by colonial authorities in 1862 to house political dissidents from Cambodia and Vietnam. As resistance to the French grew, so did the number of prison buildings, which spread along the shore …
Sweeping Crackdown on Activists Makes Vietnam Look Like a …
Radio Free Asia-Oct 31, 2017
As Vietnam prepares to host a major international meeting starting a week from now, the country’s leaders appear to be running scared. Since early last year Vietnam has been cracking down on citizens who advocate democratic reforms. A record number of dissidents and bloggers have been jailed.
Vietnamese Former Political Prisoner Held on ‘Public Disorder’ Charge
Radio Free Asia-Jan 5, 2018
Hung’s current arrest comes amid an ongoing crackdown on political dissent in Vietnam, with at least 46 activists jailed in 2017 “for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly,” according to a Jan. 5 statement by the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights …
Vietnam protester arrested for ‘attempt to overthrow state’
The Sun Daily-Oct 18, 2017
Vietnam routinely jails activists, bloggers and lawyers, and has come under fire for a spate of arrests this year. Amnesty International says at least 15 activists and critics have been jailed since January. Four dissidents were arrested in July on charges of trying to overthrow the state. They were all connected …
Vietnamese activist interrogated for pro-democracy book in hiding …
South China Morning Post-Mar 1, 2018
Human Rights Watch says at least 24 activists were convicted in Vietnam last year and another 28 arrested in one of the harshest years for dissidents. When asked about Trang’s case on Thursday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said anyone breaking the law would be “punished in …
‘It’s Very Easy to Die There’: How Prisoners Fare in Vietnam
New York Times-Aug 13, 2017
HANOI, Vietnam — Do Thi Mai said she was shocked to learn that her 17-year-old son, Do Dang Du, had fallen into a coma in prison a few weeks after … in prisons are mostly tolerated, these advocates say, because the system serves the party’s interests by silencing dissidents and enriching prison guards.
Vietnam Jails Nine For ‘Anti-Government’ Activities
Radio Free Asia-Dec 29, 2017
A court in Vietnam has sentenced nine people to a total of 83 years in prison for anti-government activities, according to state media, as authorities continue a … code are among the broadly-worded national security laws that rights groups and Western governments say Vietnam uses to persecute dissidents.
US citizen accused of ‘insulting’ Vietnamese national hero
BBC News-Jan 31, 2018
A US man with a large online following in Vietnam has caused widespread anger, and faces possible criminal charges, over a Facebook post thought to have insulted a military hero. … Its censorship rules have often been used to silence government critics and several dissident bloggers have been jailed.
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Apparent crackdown in Vietnam on social media, but many users …
Washington Post-Sep 4, 2017
Or, at least as far as experts, regular users and dissident bloggers can tell, that seems to be the case. “Even activists in Vietnam struggle to say how many people are actually caught and arrested” for online activity, said Janice Beanland, a campaigner at Amnesty International. “But one striking thing is that …
Germany accuses Vietnam of abducting businessman from Berlin
The Guardian-Aug 6, 2017
“We no longer have any doubt that Vietnam was involved in his abduction,” Martin Schäfer, a spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry said, adding that the incident amounted to “an extreme breach of trust”. … Following the accountancy revelations, four company employees were arrested. Trinh, who as an …
Vietnam’s answer to Pussy Riot furiously dissents
The Sydney Morning Herald-Mar 7, 2018
There were real fears on that occasion that she might be arrested, and she thought for a time about leaving the country. She stayed, however, and now the Vietnamesegovernment has another album to deal with. Its title? Dissent. She and her band the Dissidents launched it last week at an event attended …
Vietnam jails activist for 7 years over toxic leak protests
Capital FM Kenya-Nov 27, 2017
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Nov 27 – A Vietnamese court on Monday jailed a blogger for seven years for disseminating anti-state … Space for free expression is shrinking in the Communist country, with at least 15 activists and dissidents having been arrested and several others jailed …
ASEAN’s Women to Watch: Part 2
The Diplomat-Mar 15, 2018
Amid a frightening couple of years of increasing restrictions on bloggers and dissidents, Mother Mushroom stands tall. Better known by her blogging pseudonym, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was arrested in 2016 under charges of spreading propaganda against the Vietnamese government. She would soon …
‘I Won’t Leave Vietnam,’ Detained Blogger Says, Promising to Stay to …
Radio Free Asia-Feb 28, 2018
… Wife Says · China Places Outspoken Dissidents Under House Arrest Ahead of Parliament · Photo of Liu Xia in Bookstore ‘Doesn’t Mean She is Free’: Friends · Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom in Poor Health · Vietnam Upholds Decade-Long Jail Term For Activist Blogger Mother Mushroom …
Hollande presses Vietnam to release jailed dissidents
RFI-Sep 7, 2016
The four are a Catholic dissident, a blogger, a land rights defender and an activist who tried to form an opposition movement, according to the source travelling with the president. Their names were passed to Vietnamese authorities on orders from Hollande. The one-party state is routinely criticised for its …
Vietnam declares group behind foiled airport attack ‘terrorists’
The Straits Times-Jan 30, 2018
Scores of dissidents are behind bars in Vietnam, many serving sentences for “anti-state propaganda” or attempting to overthrow the government, though terrorism convictions are not common. Most are in jail for speaking out against the communist government or pushing for peaceful reform, not political …
Vietnamese Activist Sentenced to 9 Years in One-Day Trial
Human Rights Watch-Jul 26, 2017
Vietnam has long used vague national security laws to punish critics and stifle dissent. Yet recently the government’s response has grown increasingly severe, with extreme prison sentences and tighter online restrictions. Tran Thi Nga, also known as Thuy Nga, was arrested in January for sharing articles …
The Vietnam Trump refuses to see
Asia Times-Nov 9, 2017
Dozens of activists and religious leaders have been arrested and jailed in recent months in what human rights organizations say is indicative of an escalating crackdown on dissent. More than 100 people are now thought to be languishing in prison for political reasons. In the lead-up to Trump’s arrival, …
Apec summit: Trump and Xi offer competing visions for trade
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Five Buddhists jailed in Vietnam for ‘public disorder’
The Nation-Feb 9, 2018
The convictions come amid a crackdown on critics in the one party-state , where dozens of dissidents were convicted and arrested last year. Lawyers, bloggers and activists are routinely jailed in authoritarian Vietnam, but a conservative leadership in charge since 2016 is accused of tightening its grip.
Dissidents‘ Movements Blocked Ahead of US-Vietnam Rights …
Radio Free Asia-May 23, 2017
Vietnamese police surrounded the homes of two high-profile dissident bloggers this week in a move to isolate them just days ahead of a human rights … One whose home was put under guard, jailed blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, was honored this year with the U.S. State Department’s International …
50 years after MLK’s assassination: Honoring the radical King …
York Daily Record/Sunday News-Apr 3, 2018
Eventually, the historical King – a courageous dissident who unsettled the powerful –would be replaced by a mythical one. … “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story” by(Martin Luther King, Jr. “Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That …
Vietnam activist jailed for ‘anti-state’ charge
The Nation-Jul 25, 2017
Before Nga’s verdict, New York-based Human Rights Watch lashed out at the government for its treatment of dissidents. “The Vietnamese government consistently goes to extremes to silence its critics, targeting activists like Tran Thi Nga with bogus charges that carry a long prison sentence,” said Phil …
Vietnam Land, Labor Activist Handed Nine-Year Prison Term
Radio Free Asia-Jul 25, 2017Facebook puts business before dissent in Vietnam
Asia Times-Oct 2, 2017
A representative for Google, which owns YouTube, said it has resolved the complaints with the government but declined to elaborate. Vietnam continues to crackdown harshly, including through long prison sentences on anti-state charges, on dissidentswho use Facebook to post commentary critical of the …
Vietnam frees jailed dissident priest ahead of Obama’s visit, elections
The Sydney Morning Herald-May 22, 2016
Bangkok: Vietnam has granted a Catholic priest – who is one of its most prominent dissidents – early release from prison, a move widely seen as a goodwill gesture before US President Barack Obama’s official visit this week. The Catholic Archdiocese of the central city of Hue reported on its webpage that it …
As Obama Presses Vietnam on Rights, Activists Are Barred From …
In-Depth-New York Times-May 24, 2016Vietnam court upholds jail term for blogger; US protests
New York Daily News-Nov 29, 2017
A Vietnamese appeals court upheld a blogger’s 10-year prison sentence for Facebook posts alleged to be anti-state propaganda, her lawyer said Thursday, in the second tough sentence imposed on dissidents in a week that drew a rebuke from the U.S government. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was convicted …
Vietnam Jails Three Democracy Advocates Over Online Postings
Radio Free Asia-Jan 31, 2018
Vietnam Hands Blogger Ho Van Hai Four-Year Jail Term For ‘Anti-State Propaganda’ · ‘Gulmira Imin Must Not be Forgotten’ · Interview: Hun Sen Uses Facebook to Promote a ‘False Popularity’ · Wife of Detained Chinese Dissident ‘Still Not Free’ After First Sighting in Three Years · Hong Kong Court Jails …
Mother, Wife of Jailed Vietnamese Dissidents Describe Hardships …
Radio Free Asia-Mar 8, 2017
As the mother and wife of jailed Vietnamese dissidents, Nguyen Thi Kim Lien and Linh Chau have both endured hardships since their loved ones were arrested. Lien’s son, Dinh Nguyen Kha, is serving a four-year prison term for “conducting propaganda against the state” over leaflets he distributed at a …
Vietnamese Dissident’s Eyesight Failing in Prison, Relatives Say
Radio Free Asia-Apr 7, 2017
Vietnamese Dissident’s Eyesight Failing in Prison, Relatives Say … A Vietnameseactivist jailed seven years ago for writing online articles criticizing government policies is suffering failing vision after being kept in a dark cell, family members said after visiting him in prison at the beginning of the month.
In Vietnam, Repression Threatens Growth
Bloomberg-Aug 24, 2017
Yet even as its economy thrives, Vietnam’s politics have been getting more restrictive, with dissidents getting sentenced to increasingly harsh prison terms. Although international criticism has had little effect, this repression is now threatening to curtail the country’s hard-won economic progress — and that …
Chinese Dissident Writer Yang Tianshui Dies of Cancer in Prison
Radio Free Asia-Nov 8, 2017
Dissident writer Yang Tianshui has died while serving a 12-year prison term for subversion after contracting an aggressive form of brain cancer. … Although Yang was transferred to hospital from prison following his diagnosis, his family’s requests for him to seek treatment overseas were ignored, it said.
Chinese dissident writer Yang Tongyan dies on medical parole
Highly Cited-South China Morning Post-Nov 8, 2017Vietnam Blogger Phan Kim Khanh to Face Trial on Oct. 25
Radio Free Asia-Oct 13, 2017
Khanh and Vo were arrested on the charge under article 88 of the Vietnam Penal Code, part of the broadly-worded national security section of the 1999 Penal Code that rights groups and Western governments say Vietnam uses to persecute dissidents. They carry lengthy jail sentences or even life …
Who was Liu Xiaobo, Nobel winner and Chinese dissident jailed for …
Telegraph.co.uk-Jul 13, 2017
China’s Nobel Peace Prize winning dissident Mr Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison in December 2009 for “subversion” after calling for democratic reform. … He retrospectively praised the Korean and Vietnam wars, and was an enthusiastic supporter of George W Bush’s military action against Iraq.
Why China’s leaders are so terrified of dissent
Opinion-Washington Post-Jul 13, 2017Vietnam’s dissident footballers take aim at politics
The Star Online-Jul 25, 2017
But the squad has also embraced a number of other causes, calling for democracy, human rights and freedom of expression in a country where dissent is banned and often punished with lengthy prison terms. ”I joined this football club to support the democracy movement, to call on every Vietnamese to join …
Interview: ‘His Resolve is Unflinching’
Radio Free Asia-Jan 30, 2018
Vietnamese dissident and lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, founder of the Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam, was taken into custody in December 2015 after leaving his Hanoi home to meet with … 29, Dai’s wife Vu Minh Khanh visited her husband in prison, and later spoke to RFA’s Vietnamese Service.
Revoking Activist’s Citizenship ‘New Low’ For Vietnam Government …
Radio Free Asia-Jun 13, 2017
Hoang, who is the only dissident to have his citizenship revoked in recent history in Vietnam, has stated that he will not leave his home in Vietnam’s … He spent 17 months in prison for “undermining national security” and “ruining the nation’s image” through writings critical of Vietnam’s government, before …
‘Kidnapped’ Vietnam exec gets second life sentence for graft
Capital FM Kenya-Feb 4, 2018
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Feb 5 – A Vietnamese former oil executive allegedly kidnapped from Germany was jailed for life Monday for embezzlement, state media reported, his second life sentence tied to a corruption crackdown in the communist country. The one-party state has …
Mother Mushroom: how Vietnam locked up its most famous blogger
The Guardian-Jul 8, 2017
Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as Mother Mushroom, on trial in the city of Nha Trang. Photograph: … Arrested in October while attempting to visit another dissident in prison, Quynh, 37, has already spent nine months behind bars, in what her lawyer said were desperate conditions.
Vietnam Arrests Another Member of Online Democracy Group
Radio Free Asia-Sep 1, 2017
Authorities in northern Vietnam’s coastal Thai Binh province arrested another member of the Brotherhood for Democracy association on Friday, adding to the … Writing later on Facebook, dissidentsfamiliar with Tuc’s case said that the veteran activist, who had previously represented villagers in Thai Binh …
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Vietnam Activist Kidnapped by Police in Nghe An Province
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Declaration on the 42nd Commemoration of the Sad Day of April 30th, 1075
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Family of Vietnam Hoa Hao Buddhist Questions Death in Custody Ruled ‘Suicide’ RFA
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Activists question Buddhist’s death in police custody
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Interfaith Council of VN: letter-of-protest_draft-law-on-religion-or-belief
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Presentation to US Department of State regarding religious oppression in Vietnam
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UN Experts urge Vietnam stop the persecution and torture of religious leaders and rights defenders
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Report on Vietnamese communist authorities violating Religious Freedom for Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh’s Wife, Ms. Tran Thi Hong
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Urgent Update of the Lien Tri Pagoda
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Petition in protest of the forced expropriation of Lien Tri Pagoda, Vietnam
