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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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In KonTum, Vietnam, Catholics pray in private homes since the communist government seized their church
AsiaNews, August 16, 2012 by Nguyen Hung The authorities in Hiếu Đạo confiscated the building 30 years ago and have not returned it yet. Nevertheless, the number of believers keeps on growing through conversions. “We are convinced that God will return the altar to us,” local bishop tells AsiaNews. Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) –…
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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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Vietnam workers kept like slaves at factory in Russia
August 10, 2012 By Oxana Vozhdaeva BBC Russian.com Workers showed the BBC skin rashes they said were the result of poor hygiene The BBC has found disturbing evidence of Vietnamese textile workers being kept in slave-like conditions at a Vietnamese-run factory in Russia. Staff at Vinastar, a medium-sized business in the village of Savino south-east…
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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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Vietnam’s Government Stopped Catholic Journalist from Traveling Abroad with Ailing Mother
Compiled bo DVOV, August 3, 2012 In the morning of August 2, 2012, J.B Nguyen Huu Vinh, a journalist associated with the Catholic news media, was prevented from taking his ailing mother to Singapore for medical treatment. As soon as Mr. Vinh and his mother arrived at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, two public security…
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