Next week, BPSOS will conduct two international advocacy activities at the same time in Geneva and in Taipei. The Geneva delegation, coordinated by BPSOS, consists of more than 30 people from the United States, France, England, Germany, Holland, Norway, Switzerland and Thailand, will participate in many activities from March 11 to March 15. The delegation…

It is time again for BPSOS’ annual fundraising event. The “Lend A Hand” fundraiser, with dinner and live performance, will be held on Friday May 17, 2019 at Harvest Moon Restaurant, 7260 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, Virginia. The funds raised will support BPSOS’ operations to protect the growing number of Vietnamese seeking refugee protection in…

“The Vietnamese government needs to know that there will be consequences if they don’t treat American citizens with respect,” Congressman Mimi Waters said of American citizen Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, who is currently being detained by the Vietnamese government. Nguyen, who has been imprisoned since July of 2018, has had no contact with his family…

February 28, 2019 http://chrissmith.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C.— This week, Rep. Chris Smith, Ranking Member of the global human rights subcommittee, reintroduced the Vietnam Human Rights Act (HR 1383) to punish human rights abuses in Vietnam and help prioritize religious freedom, internet freedom, and labor rights. “It’s been a bad year for human rights in Vietnam. U.S. citizen Michael Nguyen,…

The wife of missing Vietnamese blogger Truong Duy Nhat is pleading with Vietnamese authorities to help look for her missing husband. Nhat, a former political prisoner and weekly contributor for RFA’s Vietnamese Service, vanished at a shopping mall on the outskirts of Bangkok after going the day before to the Bangkok office of the United…

Vietnamese democracy advocate and blogger Phan Kim Khanh, who is serving a six-year jail sentence for “spreading propaganda against the state” will submit a complaint to his local court after officials there failed to respond to an appeal he previously filed, his mother said Sunday. The 25-year-old student was arrested in March 2017 for “abusing…

The United States on Friday welcomed news that Thailand will investigate the disappearance of Truong Duy Nhat, a Radio Free Asia blogger from Vietnam who went missing on Jan. 26 after fleeing to Thailand to seek political asylum with a U.N. refugee agency. Nhat, a former political prisoner and weekly contributor for RFA’s Vietnamese Service,…

By Editorial Board February 14 EXILE IS becoming increasingly hazardous for writers and other activists who challenge authoritarian regimes. First Russia and China, and then lesser powers such as Saudi Arabia, have demonstrated that they can kidnap and even kill their opponents in other countries — and get away with it. If the impunity continues, other dictatorships inevitably…

Part of BPSOS’ mission is to help immigrants and refugees from Vietnam start a new life in the United States. We provide guidance in finding medical care, English language training, and citizenship classes. Providing these services could never happen without our dedicated employees and volunteers. Today we are highlighting the work of Duc Truong who…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy Nhat, a famous Vietnamese blogger who went missing in Bangkok on 26 January, one day after going to the local office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to apply for refugee status. RSF is…