WGAD Says Arrest of Independent Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan Arbitrary, Calling on Vietnam to Free Him- Defend the Defenders, June 18, 2021 The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued a letter saying the arrest and the prosecution of Vietnamese independent journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan arbitrary and calling on Vietnam’s authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. Mr. Tuan, an editor of the unregistered professional group […]
Four Members of “Clean Newspaper” Being Probed for Allegation Related to State Secret-Defend the Defenders, June 21, 2021 Vietnam’s state-controlled media has reported that authorities in the Mekong Delta hub of Can Tho will launch an investigation against four members of the Báo Sạch (Clean Newspaper” on the allegation of “Deliberate disclosure of classified information; appropriation, trading, destruction of classified documents” under Article 337 of the Criminal […]
Amnesty International Calls for Sending Petition to Vietnam’s Authorities for Release of HRD Nguyen Thuy Hanh- Defend the Defenders, June 18, 2021 After two months of the arrest of prominent human rights advocate Nguyen Thuy Hanh, the London-based human rights group Amnesty International has launched a campaign calling on the international community to write a petition to Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to urge him to release her. Mrs. […]
Urgent Action: HRD Nguyễn Thuy Hanh arbitrarily detained- Amnesty International, June 18, 2021 Prominent human rights defender and advocate Nguyen Thuy Hanh, was arrested on 7 April 2021 and charged under Article 117 of the Criminal Code for “opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam,” carrying a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years. Nguyen Thuy Hanh, through […]
Vietnamese Human Rights Defender Arbitrarily Detained: Nguyen Thuy Hanh-Amnesty International, June 18, 2021 Prominent human rights defender and advocate Nguyen Thuy Hanh, was arrested on 7 April 2021 and charged under Article 117 of the Criminal Code for “opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam”, carrying a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years. Nguyen Thuy Hanh, through the organization […]
Việt Nam ban hành Bộ quy tắc ứng xử trên mạng xã hội-RFA, ngày 18/6/2021 Ngày 17 tháng 6, Bộ Thông tin và Truyền thông Việt Nam ban hành bộ quy tắc ứng xử trên mạng xã hội. Tin do truyền thông Nhà nước loan đi trong cùng ngày. Bộ Quy tắc này, theo thông báo, được áp dụng đối với ba nhóm đối tượng gồm: […]
Israeli lawyer Eitay Mack on bringing transparency to surveillance exports that threaten press freedom-CPJ, June 17, 2021 “Many countries are using these technologies to put people in jail,” Israeli lawyer Eitay Mack told CPJ in a recent video interview. He was describing advanced surveillance capabilities, such as those that CPJ has documented being used to target journalists like Omar Radi and Maati Monjib, who were both jailed in Morocco in 2020. Israeli companies […]
Nhóm ‘Báo Sạch’ bị điều tra về cáo buộc cố ý làm lộ bí mật Nhà nước-Hình minh hoạ. Bốn thành viên của nhóm Báo Sạch (từ trái qua): Đoàn Kiên Giang, Nguyễn Thanh Nhã, Nguyễn Phước Trung Bảo, Trương Châu Hữu Danh RFA, ngày 16/6/2021 Các thành viên Nhóm Báo Sạch hiện đang bị bắt giữ tiếp tục phải chịu điều tra về cáo buộc ‘cố ý làm lộ bí […]
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