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Displaced Residents in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Brushed Aside by Government
About 100 people who were suddenly evicted as a result of the demolitions that took place in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City in a two-day operation on Jan. 4 and Jan. 8 have gone to the offices of the city government, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the national assembly to submit a petition…
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Largest Wave of Arrests in Two Decades: At the End of 2018 Vietnam Holds 244 Prisoners of Conscience
(Year End 2018 Press Release from the NOW! Campaign) According to the Now! Campaign, an initiative involving 14 international and Vietnamese civil society organizations, the government of Vietnam is holding at least 244 in prisons or similar forms of detention. This makes the country the second largest jailer of dissidents in Southeast Asia, only behind…
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Catholic homes destroyed, land expropriated in Ho Chi Minh City
The authorities sent bulldozers and agents with batons and electric whips to Lộc Hưng to seize land owned by the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris (MEP). Gathered in prayer, about a hundred families ask for justice. The displaced pledge to continue the fight. Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) – Ho Chi Minh City authorities…
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Jailed Vietnamese Environmental Activist in Declining Health-Brother
Jailed Vietnamese activist Hoang Duc Binh is suffering back pain, rashes from poor hygiene and failing eyesight from being in a dark cell in a prison in Quang Nam province, his brother told RFA’s Vietnamese service on Wednesday. “About two days ago, I received a letter in the mail from Binh telling me that he…
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Facebook rebuts Vietnam claims over alleged illegal content
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Facebook was defending itself Wednesday against allegations that it allows illegal content in violation of Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law. The social media giant said it has restricted illegal content and is in discussions with the government. “We have a clear process for governments to report illegal content to us, and we…
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Vietnam accuses Facebook of breaching new cyber law
Vietnam has accused Facebook of violating a new cybersecurity law by refusing to scrub anti-government content from its site, the first reprimand since the controversial bill came into effect days ago. The law, which went live January 1 and has drawn criticism from the US, the EU and web freedom groups, requires internet companies to…
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NOW! CAMPAIGN 2018 REPORT ABOUT VIETNAMESE PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
Year-end report Latest Count: Vietnam Holds 244 Prisoners of Conscience Press Release, January 3, 2019 According to the Now! Campaign, an initiative involving 14 international and Vietnamese civil society organizations, the government of Vietnam is holding at least 244 in prisons or similar forms of detention compared to 165 cases in November 2017, when the campaign was…
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Viet Nam: Open Letter calling for investigation into the death in custody of Nguyen Huu Tan
Open letter from 32 organizations calling on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately order an independent, impartial and effective investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hoa Hao Buddhist Nguyen Huu Tan, who died in police custody on 3 May 2017 in Vinh Long province, Viet Nam. The letter also calls on the authorities to…
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PUBLIC STATEMENT: Viet Nam must immediately release prisoners of conscience Nguyễn Văn Đài and Lê Thu Hà
19 February 2016 Viet Nam must end the ongoing incommunicado detention of human rights defenders Nguyễn Văn Đài and Lê Thu Hà which is in violation of their human rights, including the right to freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. All charges against Nguyễn Văn Đài and Lê…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rights Groups Call on Obama to Get Tough on Vietnam
15 February 2016 – Washington D.C., USA As ASEAN’s leaders and top officials arrive in town, economic ties will likely be the focus of conversation, but so should Vietnam’s ongoing human rights violations. That is the position taken in a letter addressed to President Obama by a collection of human rights organizations and religious communities…
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