Month: March 2011

Viet Tan members detained at peaceful protest in Saigon

March 16, 2011 At 8am on March 14, 2011, members of Viet Tan participated in a peaceful demonstration for aggrieved…

Session 5: Hacking Our Way Back to Democracy @ Wired for Change

On Feb. 16, 2011, social innovators, technologists, entrepreneurs and philanthropists gathered at the Ford Foundation to take on the greatest…

Recognising defenders of free expression online

March 9, 2011 Events in the Middle East have sparked a global discussion on the importance of free expression and…

Vietnam human rights lawyer freed after 4 years in prison for calling for multiparty system

March 7, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been freed from prison after serving a four-year…

Facebook and Civil Disobedience in Vietnam

March 4, 2011 Viet Tan - Facebook and Civil Disobedience in Vietnam Despite an intermittent block since November 2009, Facebook…

Activist Released for Health Condition

But the Vietnamese pro-democracy activist has to be available whenever authorities want to question him. March 1, 2011 Vietnamese authorities…

From Cairo 2 Hanoi

A panel discussion on Egypt’s success and a look forward to Vietnam’s struggle From Suez, Alexandria, to Cairo, ordinary citizens…

The Democratic Wave from North Africa to Vietnam

February 28, 2011 After decades of living through repression and injustice, the peoples of Tunisia and Egypt have courageously risen…