To skirt harsh media laws, a nation’s activists are honing their cyberskills September. 30, 2013 By Jak Phillips [Hanoi] Being a dissident in Vietnam has
27 September 2013 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hoang Van Thu Street HA NOI VIET NAM Dear Prime Minister, I have
Ten U.S. Members of Congress, led by Representative Ed Royce, call on the government of Vietnam to release human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan. September
September 23, 2013 (The report entitled “Vietnam: programmed death of freedom of information” is available in PDF format here.) At a time when free speech
September 5, 2013 In one of the bloodiest religious crackdowns in recent years in Vietnam, police on Wednesday fired multiple gunshots and lobbed grenades in
By Charlie Campbell Septermber 02, 2013 Contentious legislation that effectively prohibits Vietnamese bloggers and users of social-networking sites from discussing current affairs came into force
August 30, 2013 Based on information provided to Front Line Defenders on 24 August 2013, human rights defenders Messrs Vi Duc Hoi and Nguyen Van
August 26, 2013 By CHRIS BRUMMITT A young Vietnamese dissident released early from prison said Monday she will continue fighting for multiparty democracy in the
August 20, 2013 HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s government is to decide policy in managing free internet-based telecom tools like Viber, Line and Whatsapp, Prime Minister
August 16, 2013 An appeals court in Vietnam on Friday freed a student activist serving a six-year jail term for alleged subversion, her lawyer said,
August 7, 2013 Expectedly, at 9:30 am today, August 07, 2013, some representatives of the Network of Vietnamese Bloggers were going to meet officials of
Hanoi July 31, 2013 By Jak Phillips “Oppressive.” “Brutal.” “Terrible and worsening.” These were some of the fierce editorial lightning bolts to scorch Vietnam’s human-rights
