April 4, 2011 As widely expected, Vietnamese authorities today convicted legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu for “propaganda against the socialist state” in a closed
April 1, 2011 Five months after arresting legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu for an alleged “improper relationship” with a woman, Vietnamese authorities will bring
March 24, 2011 Jennifer Truong was released today, following 10 days of detention by the Vietnamese communist authorities. She was detained on March 14, following
March 23, 2011 Nguyen Quang Khanh (Khanh Q. Nguyen) was released today following nine days of detention by the Vietnamese communist authorities. He was arrested
March 21, 2011 Nguyen Ly Trong returned to the United States today after being held for a week in Vietnam. Two other Vietnamese-American democracy activists,
March 16, 2011 At 8am on March 14, 2011, members of Viet Tan participated in a peaceful demonstration for aggrieved citizens in front of the
March 4, 2011 Viet Tan – Facebook and Civil Disobedience in Vietnam Despite an intermittent block since November 2009, Facebook is fast becoming the most
February 28, 2011 After decades of living through repression and injustice, the peoples of Tunisia and Egypt have courageously risen up to end the dictatorships
February 3, 2011 The Mubarak government this week pulled the plug on Egypt’s internet connections to the outside world in a desperate effort to stop
Successful rebellions are inherently unpredictable. The middle-class revolt that recently toppled the Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali regime in Tunisia can only be explained in retrospect;
January 19, 2011 The Vietnamese Communist Party concluded its 11th Congress today, conferring to itself monopoly power over the nation irrespective of the consequences to
December 17, 2010 According to the South China Morning Post, communist Vietnam has confirmed secret talks with China regarding maritime disputes in the South China
