Month: December 2008

Vietnam To Police Blogs With Random Checks

December 10, 2008 BANGKOK—Vietnamese authorities plan to police the content of dissident blogs through random checks and self-policing by the…

Letter to Vietnamese PM on Human Rights Day

December 10, 2008 His Excellency Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung c/o Embassy of Vietnam 1233 20th Street, NW #400 Washington,…

Join Friends of Viet Tan on Facebook

Friends of Viet Tan is a community of activists who support Viet Tan’s goal of establishing democracy and reforming Vietnam…

Visit a prisoner of conscience

Visit these individuals. Many of the individuals profiled have not even been charged with a crime. A visit to an…

Write to a prisoner of conscience

Write to these individuals. Even if the letter is intercepted by authorities, at least the jailers will know that the…

Raise your voice

Raise with the Hanoi government the specific cases of individuals in jail, under house arrest, or otherwise persecuted.

Vietnamese activists still in prison for asserting nation’s claims

December 10, 2008 Three months after their arrests, at least eight Vietnamese democracy activists continue to be held without formal…

Vietnam court convicts Catholics in land dispute

December 8, 2008 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court convicted eight Catholics on Monday on charges of disturbing public…

No sign that jailed blogger Dieu Cay will get fair appeal

December 3, 2008 Reporters Without Borders calls on the Vietnamese authorities to stop manipulating the legal proceedings against blogger and…