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Former Vietnamese Official Jailed for Critical Blog Posts
March 19, 2014 by Marianne Brown Phạm Viết Đào, 62, on Wednesday became the latest blogger in Vietnam to receive a jail term for criticizing the government, as Hanoi continues an increasing crackdown against online dissident. After a two-hour trial at the Hanoi People’s Court, Đào was sentenced to 15 months in prison for “abusing…
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Vietnam Tightens the Squeeze on Its Bloggers
By Shawn Crispin When Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Lan Thang left his home in Hanoi to report on the trial of a group of political activists charged with anti-state crimes, he switched off his mobile phone to avoid government surveillance of his movements. Despite taking that precaution, the police raided the hotel where he was staying…
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Vietnam Worse Than Syria in Jailing Reporters
With 18 journalists behind bars, Vietnam ranks fifth in the world for imprisoning members of the press. By Luke Hunt for The Diplomat January 21, 2014 Vietnam has made the top 10 list of countries that jail reporters for simply doing their job. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Vietnam came in at…
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Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan did not receive fair trial
2 October 2013 Bangkok, Thailand — The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said the conviction today of Le Quoc Quan, a lawyer and human rights defender in Vietnam, violated international standards governing the right to a fair trial. Judge Le Thi Hop of the People’s Court of Hanoi convicted and sentenced Le Quoc Quan to…
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Viet Nam: Lawyer latest victim of government’s crackdown on dissent
2 October 2013 Viet Nam must immediately release a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who was jailed on politically motivated charges today, Amnesty International said. A court in Viet Nam’s capital Ha Noi today sentenced Le Quoc Quan, one of the country’s best known dissidents, to 30 months in prison on trumped up tax…
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Vietnamese Online Activist Ordered Jailed for 15 Years
Radio Free Asia, 2013-09-11 A court in Vietnam’s south-central coastal province of Phu Yen has sentenced an online activist to 15 years in prison on charges of plotting to overthrow the country’s one-party communist government, sources said today. The sentence, to be followed by five years of probation, was handed down to Ngo Hao, a…
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Vietnam’s thought control
The Phnom Penh PostMon, 16 September 2013 Roger Mitton There was a time when it was possible to buy genuine wartime propaganda posters in Vietnam. Most date from what the Vietnamese call the American War, and one example, a large diptych of two women, adorns the wall near my desk. The serene-looking woman on the…
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Freedom Online Coalition Joint Statement on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Decree 72
Press Releases: Freedom Online Coalition Joint Statement on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Decree 72 By Newsroom America Feeds at 26 Aug 17:12 Freedom Online Coalition Joint Statement on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Decree 72 Press Statement Marie Harf Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC August 26, 2013 The Freedom…
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Why was Blogger Truong Duy Nhat arrested?
Democratic Voice of Vietnam May 29, 2013 According to the Global Dispatch, the Vietnamese police detained Truong Duy Nhat, 49 and a former journalist who ran a blog containing anti-state views, on Sunday May 26. He was first detained at his home in Da Nang City and then soon transported to Ha Noi, as part…
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Netizen Prize winner prevented from taking international flight
Published on Monday 13 May 2013. Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese public security ministry’s decision to prevent the well-known blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh from travelling abroad. Winner of the 2013 Netizen Prize, which Reporters Without Borders awards annually with support from Google, Chenh and his daughter were stopped at Ho Chi Minh City airport…
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