September 28, 2012 By Chris Brummitt HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The 7-iron resting against the wall in Le Quoc Quan’s office is for self-defense, not
September 26, 2012 By Patrick Goodenough The imprisonment of three Vietnamese bloggers has focused fresh attention onto the gulf between practices of Hanoi’s communist regime
September 24, 2012 Vietnam has jailed three bloggers accused of spreading anti-government propaganda, in a case criticised by human rights groups. The high-profile but brief
September 19, 2012 By Simon Roughneen RANGOON, Burma — It is a sign of the times that a journalist in Burma is writing about a
September 13, 2012 Vietnam’s government has vowed to crack down on three dissident blogs, a move that appeared to backfire Thursday as record numbers of
September 12, 2012 The U.S. House of Representatives votes to promote human rights in Vietnam and condemn the country’s rights record. American lawmakers have passed
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, and Amnesty International Netherlands release a statement condemning the attack on human rights attorney Le Quoc Quan. August
August 30, 2012 Hanoi is forced to call a dissident a dissident. Sometimes being Orwellian is too much even for Communists. So it is with
As 17 Catholic activists face arbitrary detention with limited access to legal counsel for over a year, a coalition of twelve international human rights NGOs
August 27, 2012 About 50 family members and supporters of 17 detained Catholic youth activists marched to government offices in Hanoi this morning. With the
August 23, 2012 By Stuart Grudgings Farmer Le Dung and his fellow villagers stockpiled rocks and petrol bombs to battle police trying to take over
August 20, 2012 A Vietnamese human rights lawyer is beaten near his home in Hanoi. An outspoken and formerly imprisoned Vietnamese rights lawyer said Monday
