Russian-financed search engine in Vietnam sends politically sensitive searches Google’s way

(Associated Press) May 16, 2013 HANOI, Vietnam — A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google’s dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company’s website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling (...) (17/05/2013)

Authorities in Vietnam Accused of Mistreating Jailed Activists

(Radio Free Asia) - At least eight of 14 Vietnamese activists jailed in January on charges of plotting to overthrow the government have been subjected to mistreatment in prison, an opposition group charged Wednesday as another blogger was imprisoned for conducting “propaganda against the (...) (19/04/2013)

Savage sentences have Hanoi on defensive

(Graham Cooke) - The freeing of Nguyen Quoc Quan after nine months in a Vietnamese jail did not attract a great deal of attention in the media, which is surprising considering Quan is an American citizen and never faced court to answer charges that he was engaged in terrorist (...) (8/02/2013)

Free From Vietnam

(The Wall Street Journal) - An activist’s release shows pressure from Washington works. January 31, 2013 Hanoi rarely delivers good news on human rights, which makes the release this week of Nguyen Quoc Quan all the more notable. Mr. Quan, an American citizen, was freed Wednesday after eight months in detention and (...) (2/02/2013)

Released from Vietnam, activist grateful for support

(Orange County Register) - Quan Quoc Nguyen stepped into the arms of family and others at LAX after being held for nine months. By Roxana Kopetman January 30, 2013 LOS ANGELES – Quan Quoc Nguyen walked into the embrace of his family and supporters Wednesday night. It had been nine months since he had seen them. The newly (...) (2/02/2013)

Q&A: Elk Grove’s Nguyen Quoc Quan tells of goals, hunger strikes in Vietnamese prison

(The Sacramento Bee) - Nguyen Quoc Quan is happy to taste freedom after nine months in a Vietnamese prison. But the pro-democracy activist from Elk Grove vows he won’t rest until the citizens of communist Vietnam can speak freely. (1/02/2013)

Democracy activist arrives home after release by Vietnam

(Los Angeles Times) - January 30, 2013 An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government returned home to Southern California on Wednesday night, more than nine months after he was first detained in Saigon. U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Quan was met by a crowd of about 100 supporters (...) (31/01/2013)

Civil-Rights Groups Criticize Vietnam for Severe Treatment of Political Dissidents

(National Catholic Register) - The Jan. 13 jailing of Catholic writers and political-reform activists in Vietnam has once again spotlighted the attitude of the country’s communist rulers toward political dissent and religious freedom. (29/01/2013)

David Cameron should call for release of prisoners of conscience in Viet Nam as top party official visits UK

(Amnesty International) - Prime Minister David Cameron should call on Viet Nam’s government to halt its crackdown on freedom of expression and release all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty International said on the first day of an official visit to the UK by Nguyen Phu Trong, the General Secretary of the ruling Communist (...) (23/01/2013)

Charged with subversion, King devotee faces trial in Vietnam

(Sacramento Bee) - Nguyen Quoc Quan would be among the 28,000 Sacramentans marching to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this morning if he weren’t in a Vietnamese prison for practicing King’s mantra for change – nonviolent protest. (22/01/2013)

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