The recent violent land dispute spotlights serious issues that remain to be addressed. Thousands of Vietnamese security police stormed a village on the outskirts of
In coming weeks, the European Parliament is expected to take a binding decision on whether to approve, postpone or reject the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and
In a brief trial earlier today, Vietnamese authorities sentenced Tran Van Quyen, Nguyen Van Vien, and Australian national Chau Van Kham to 10 to 12 years in prison on baseless charges of “terrorism”. Today’s arbitrary verdict confirms that legal proceedings in Vietnam are a sham.
Viet Tan condemns the trial to be held on November 11 by Vietnamese authorities against Australian citizen Chau Van Kham, and Nguyen Van Vien and Tran Van Quyen from Vietnam. The Vietnamese authorities have again demonstrated their arbitrary application of the legal system to crackdown on peaceful expression.
A group of human rights activists and organisations from Southeast Asia are calling to stop the attacks on democracy and media activists, as well as other individuals-at-risk,
One of Vietnam’s longest serving political prisoners was released on August 2 after eight years of arbitrary detention and harsh prison conditions. Nguyen Dang Minh Man, a photojournalist who documented peaceful demonstrations, returned to her home in Tra Vinh province, southern Vietnam on Friday afternoon.
Open Letter to Facebook on World Press Freedom Day 2019: Don’t Give in to Censorship in Vietnam May 3, 2019 With over 64 million Facebook
A PDF version of the report can be downloaded here. Introduction Censorship has taken on new forms on the Internet, and Vietnam is on the
As the Vietnamese government tries to enforce its new “cybersecurity” law, free expression activists, technologists, journalists and policy makers will meet for the 3rd Vietnam
Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for providing me the opportunity to talk about the human rights situation in Vietnam through my lens. My journey started
Things to Know about Vietnam & the Internet Vietnam’s connectivity in numbers: Population: 97 million Internet users: 64 million Number of Facebook users: 61 million
One of its writers is missing and another sits behind bars. Vietnam is tightening controls on dissent and targeting journalists. When President Trump goes to
