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Vietnamese Government and State TV launch fresh attacks on Bishop of Vinh
AsiaNews by J.B. An Dang 09/16/2013 13:13 A 10 minute report aired last night made slanderous accusations against Msgr. Paul Nguyen Thai Hop and the local Catholic community . The prelate is charged with leading a revolt , exploiting a story to create legal cases of religious persecution . Diocesan website risks closure. Vietnamese Catholics…
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Vietnamese Authorities Refuse to Free Two Church Parishioners
Radio Free Asia, 2013-09-05 Vietnamese authorities have released all 15 Catholics detained in a bloody crackdown on protests in a North Central Coast province but are still refusing to free two parishioners whose arrest in June triggered the demonstrations, sources said Thursday. Security remained tight in Nghi Phuong village in Nghe An province one day…
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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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Vietnamese Police Open Fire, Crack Down on Christian Protesters
In one of the bloodiest religious crackdowns in recent years in Vietnam, police on Wednesday fired multiple gunshots and lobbed grenades in front of a church as they violently dispersed hundreds of Catholics demanding the release of two parishioners in a North Central Coast province, according to sources. A unknown number of people were rushed…
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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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Amnesty International releases annual report on Vietnam
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – VIET NAM – covering the period 1 January to 31 December 2012 Repression of government critics and activists worsened, with severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association and assembly. At least 25 peaceful dissidents, including bloggers and songwriters, were sentenced to long prison terms in 14 trials that failed…
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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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