Month: February 2010

Hanoi’s Problems Run Deeper Than the Dong

Wall Street Journal February 11, 2010 Economic unease is only part of a deeper crisis of legitimacy facing Vietnam’s Communist…

Two popular Web sites blocked in Vietnam

February 11, 2010 Two pioneering Web sites that stretched the limits of free expression in Vietnam say they have been…

Open Letter for Liberty, Democracy and Territorial Integrity

February 5, 2010 Dear compatriots at home and abroad, Dear supporters of human rights and democracy, The ruling regime in…

Vietnam: Expanding Campaign to Silence Dissent

February 4, 2010 (New York) - The Vietnamese government should immediately drop all charges and free the prominent writer and…

Vietnam convicts pro-democracy novelist of assault

February 5, 2010 Hanoi - A Hanoi court convicted a pro-democracy writer and her husband of assault Friday in a…

Australian MP Luke Simpkins Addresses Human Rights in Vietnam

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROOF Main Committee CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS Human Rights: Vietnam SPEECH Wednesday, 3 February 2010 BY AUTHORITY OF THE…

Trial documents against Tran Khai Thanh Thuy

Novelist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was arrested on October 8, 2009 after attending the trials of fellow democracy activists. The…

Convictions of activists could hurt US-Vietnam relations

February 3, 2010 Hanoi - The recent sentencing of 15 Vietnamese democracy activists to prison could damage the country’s image…

Letter of a daughter to her parents

February 1, 2010 My dearest parents, Once again, I am writing to you to express all my love and most…

Vietnamese writer jailed for spreading ‘propaganda’

February 1, 2010 New York, The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a jail sentence given to a Vietnamese journalist on…