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Human rights organizations jointly call for the immediate release of Vietnamese social activists and bloggers
August 27, 2012 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam Re: Request for the immediate release of 17 Vietnamese social activists and bloggers and the withdrawal of all charges Dear Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, As you receive this letter, seventeen Vietnamese social activists,…
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The U.S. shouldn’t sell out human rights in Vietnam
WashPost Opinions By Allen S. Weiner, Published: August 26 Allen S. Weiner is a senior lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, where he serves as director of the Program in International and Comparative Law. He has filed a petition with the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention challenging the legality of the arrest and…
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Vietnam’s War on the Blogosphere
The Diplomat Blogs, August 14, 2012 Despite growing ties with the U.S., a recent self-immolation in Hanoi was emblematic of the country’s deteriorating human rights situation and attacks on free speech. On July 30 Dang Thi Kim Lieng set herself on fire outside the Bac Lieu People’s Committee building in southern Vietnam. She died of…
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Vietnam sends more bloggers to prison
Just the day after the People’s Court of Dak Nong Province had sent blogger Dinh Dang Dinh to prison, the People’s Court of Ha Noi sentenced Le Thanh Tung to 5 years of imprisonment followed by 4 years of house arrest for “propaganda against the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” He was detained since…
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Vietnamese blogger gets six years in prison
August 10, 2012 Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the six-year jail sentence that a court in the central province of Dak Nong imposed on the blogger Dinh Dang Dinh two days ago on a charge of anti-government propaganda. “The same charges keep on being brought against Vietnam’s bloggers,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Article 88 of…
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Viet Nam: Halt crackdown on freedom of expression
7 August 2012 Vietnamese authorities are increasingly cracking down on freedom of expression. © HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/GettyImages Viet Nam’s government must halt its ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today after mass arrests during a peaceful protest in the capital Ha Noi. On 5 August, authorities in the capital…
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UN concerned at shrinking space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam
3 August 2012 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at reports of the ongoing persecution of bloggers and people who use the Internet and other means to freely express their opinions in Viet Nam.“We are concerned by what appears to be increasingly limited space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam,”…
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Harsher crackdown on dissidents prompts act of despair
Reporter Without Borders, July 30,2012 Dang Thi Kim Lieng, the mother of the jailed blogger Ta Phong Tan, died after setting fire to herself today outside the headquarters of the People’s Committee in Bac Lieu, Tan’s home province, in an act of despair about her dissident daughter’s trial next week in Ho Chi Minh City…
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Vietnam Blogger’s Mom Self-Immolates Before Trial
HANOI, Vietnam July 31, 2012 (AP) The mother of a prominent Vietnamese blogger has died after setting herself on fire ahead of her daughter’s trial next week, police said Tuesday. An officer in the southern province of Bac Lieu said 64-year-old Dang Thi Kim Lieng died Monday afternoon on the way to the hospital in…
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The mother of a popular Vietnamese blogger and government critic died Monday in a rare self-immolation protest
Reported by RFA’s Vietnamese service. Translated by An Nguyen. Written in English by Joshua Lipes. The mother of a popular Vietnamese blogger and government critic died Monday in a rare self-immolation protest, concerned over the plight of her daughter who is to stand trial for criticizing the state, according to a family member. Dang Thi…
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