GENEVA (23 February 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called for the release of individuals jailed for writing about and reacting to a discharge
I have learnt with dismay of the 7 year sentence against Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa for expressing his views on this environmental disaster, which caused a very serious problem for the livelihood of fishermen in the Ha Tinh province.
November 22, 2017 The struggle against disinformation and fake news in Southeast Asia goes hand in hand with the fight to keep democratic spaces online
While the US leader is expected to focus on economics and eschew rights and democracy at meetings with communist leaders, the reality is the issues are fast converging…
November 3, 2017 Over 100 Behind Bars with World Leaders to Attend APEC Summit (New York, November 3, 2017) – The Vietnamese government should immediately
More than 60 Members of Australian Parliament have signed a letter to the Australian Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam regarding the dire human
October 25, 2017 Vietnamese democracy advocate and blogger Phan Kim Khanh was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison by a court in northeastern
September 26, 2017 Bennett Murray At least 11 activists have been arrested, charged or convicted over the past few months, while another was stripped of
September 19, 2017 A court in northern-central Vietnam’s Nghe An province on Monday sentenced prominent blogger and former political prisoner Nguyen Van Oai to five
August 25, 2017 Chief of state’s month out of public eye churns political rumor mill ATSUSHI TOMIYAMA, Nikkei staff writer HANOI — Vietnamese President Tran
August 14, 2017 A year after Vietnam’s worst environmental disaster, lives remain ruined while the government cracks down on protesters seeking compensation. “We used to
August 15, 2017 Vietnamese authorities have set the trial date for blogger and human rights defender Nguyen Van Oai. Local authorities notified Oai’s defense lawyer,
