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Vietnam’s Prisoners of Conscience: ‘Like Fish Under the Blade’

January 18, 2021 Judith Bergman | The Diplomat “We are like fish under the blade, always ready to be arrested,”…

Congressman Lowenthal, House Colleagues, Urge Magnitsky Sanctions Against Vietnamese Police Who Tortured Journalist

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, today joined with seven House colleagues in urging the…

Vietnamese Americans Condemn the Attacks on American Democracy

January 9, 2021 An assault on democracy took place this past Wednesday, January 6, when violent mobs attacked the United…

Phan Kim Khanh Receives the 2020 Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award

December 12, 2020 Phan Kim Khanh Receives the 2020 Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Viet Tan is proud to…

Dialogue and Commitment for Prisoners of Conscience in Vietnam During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Berlin -- November  20, 2021 The Federal Association of Vietnamese Refugees in the Federal Republic of Germany asked the following…

Vietnam: Release Dissident Poet

November 25, 2020 (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and release the dissident and poet Tran Duc…

Torture of Political Prisoners Continues in Vietnam

November 8, 2020 Kaylee Uland | Asia Sentinel There is strong evidence that Vietnam continues to torture some of the…

Facebook slammed in Vietnam by Reporters Without Borders for blocking posts critical of the government

DPA for South China Morning Post | October 31, 2020   Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Friday accused…

Facebook touts free speech. In Vietnam, it’s aiding in censorship

David S. Cloud, Shashank Bengali | October 22, 2020 SINGAPORE —  For months, Bui Van Thuan, a chemistry teacher turned crusading…

Fifteen US Members of Congress Speak Out on Unjust Dong Tam Trial

Fifteen members of the United States Congress signed onto a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the unjust…

Fifteen United States Members of Congress Speaks Out on Unfair Dong Tam Trial

Fifteen members of the United States Congress signed onto a joint letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about…

International Community Demands Justice for the People of Dong Tam

At the end of a trial lasting from September 7 to 14, 2020 in Vietnam, some of the 29 citizens…