October 22, 2014
RWB CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF 27 JAILED VIETNAMESE BLOGGERS
RSF | Oct 20, 2014 Vietnam is the world’s second biggest prison for bloggers and cyber-dissidents, after China. Vietnam’s bloggers are a source of independently-reported news and information that is an alternative to the government media. They write about corruption, environmental problems and the country’s political developments. There have been several waves of arrests of […]
October 8, 2016
Prominent Prisoner of Conscience Conducts Hunger Strike to Support Formosa-affected People
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Kim Nhan, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
By Defend the Defenders, October 8, 2016 Prominent prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving his 16-year sentence in prison, is conducting a hunger strike to support people in the central coastal region who have been affected by the environmental disaster caused by the Taiwanese Formosa steel plant, said prisoner of conscience […]