Month: June 2018

Vietnam’s National Assembly Approves ‘Cybersecurity’ Law, Further Limiting Online Debate

June 12, 2018 Vietnam’s national assembly has approved new legislation aimed at further restricting citizens’ use of the internet, voting…

Anti-Chinese protesters take to Vietnam’s streets

June 10, 2018 Demonstrations target plans for special economic zones thought to favour Beijing John Reed, South-East Asia Correspondent Protesters…

Germany welcomes freed Vietnamese human rights lawyer

June 8, 2018 HANOI/BERLIN (Reuters) - Human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai has arrived in Germany after his release from…

Rights groups urge EU to reject Vietnam free trade deal

Dozens of organisations including rights groups and pro-democracy activists have urged the European Union to reject a proposed free trade…

Open Letter to Reject the EU-Vietnam FTA: NO FREE TRADE WITH UNFREE REGIMES

June 6, 2018 To: The Council of the European Union The Members of the European Parliament We, the undersigned organizations,…

Center for International Human Rights asks UN human rights experts to intervene with Government of Vietnam on behalf of exiled Vietnamese human rights and pro-democracy activist Pham Minh Hoang

As the one-year anniversary of his forced exile from Vietnam approaches, the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) of Northwestern…

Is Facebook helping Vietnam suppress online dissent?

Activists say the US social media giant is obliging Communist Party requests to block and take down democracy and rights-related…