Vietnamese Authorities Send in the ‘Thugs’ to Beat Activists
February 14, 2017 Vietnamese authorities appear to be systematically cracking down on activists, as environmentalists and others have been attacked by security forces and thugs
February 14, 2017 Vietnamese authorities appear to be systematically cracking down on activists, as environmentalists and others have been attacked by security forces and thugs
February 14, 2017 Police in Vietnam stopped hundreds of protesters on Tuesday from marching to present compensation claims against a steel plant over a toxic
January 23, 2017 On 21 January 2017 human rights defender Ms Tran Thi Nga was arrested in Ha Nam province on charges of anti-state propaganda.
January 25, 2017 Reporters Without Borders condemns the “preventive” arrests of three bloggers and citizen journalists in the past few days in the run-up to
January 13, 2017 Nguyen Van Hoa, a Vietnamese Catholic youth, was arbitrarily arrested by Ha Tinh security police on January 11, 2017. Hoa has reported
January 20, 2017 Nguyen Van Oai, a former prisoner of conscience, was ambushed and kidnapped by a group of men, later identified as the local
January 20, 2017 Vietnamese human rights defender, blogger and former political prisoner Nguyen Van Oai has been re-arrested. His wife Ho Thi Chau said Nghe
January 13, 2017 Bangkok, January 13, 2017 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison of Vietnamese journalist Dang Xuan Dieu and
January 13, 2017 By Quyên Ngô (Loa) – Web Exclusive Vietnamese authorities released and promptly exiled a blogger and democracy activist held for six years
One of Vietnam’s most prominent political prisoners was released and exiled after almost six years of arbitrary detention and harsh treatment. Dang Xuan Dieu arrived in Paris today following sustained pressure for his freedom from the EU, human rights groups, elected officials, and Vietnamese at home and around the world.
December 28, 2016 By Đôn Lê (Loa) – Web Exclusive A court in Nha Trang has upheld the sentence of a Vietnamese democracy activist, who
December 16, 2016 The Vietnamese government must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai who has been arbitrarily detained for