bloggers

Vietnam Jails Prominent Blogger For Five Years

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

Hanoi’s 2017 Crackdown on Freedom of Expression

August 30, 2017 Vietnamese authorities have been continuing their crackdown on freedom of expression, detaining advocates and drafting cybersecurity laws which target online content critical

2017 Crackdown in Vietnam

August 13, 2017 A snapshot of the ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression in Vietnam in 2017. 25 bloggers, human rights defenders and community organisers

Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang abducted by authorities, may face exile

Prominent blogger and former university lecturer Pham Minh Hoang was taken by authorities on Friday evening in Saigon. According to his wife, police entered his home, initially refused to provide the order for his detention, then quickly read the order out loud before taking him to the local public security station.

Government strips HRD of citizenship

June 12, 2017 Pham Minh Hoang deprived of Vietnamese citizenship, faces deportation On 10 June 2017, French-Vietnamese human rights defender, Pham Minh Hoang, received a