Cựu TNLT Lê Minh Thể bị kết án 30 tháng tù giam vì “lợi dụng quyền tự do dân chủ”-Toà án Nhân dân quận Bình Thuỷ, thành phố Cần Thơ kết án ông Lê Minh Thể 30 tháng tù giam vì cho rằng ông đã “xuyên tạc chủ trương, đường lối, chính sách của Đảng, pháp luật của Nhà nước.” Ngày 06/12, cựu tù nhân lương tâm (TNLT) Lê Minh Thể bị đưa ra […]
Eight Asia-Pacific nations ‘closed’ to democratic freedoms: CIVICUS-Civil society organizations, journalists and protesters in many Asia-Pacific nations are facing increasing repression, according to a new report by the CIVICUS Monitor. Vietnam came under particular criticism for failing to honor its obligations as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term. CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, assessed conditions in […]
Vietnam expels Khmer Krom monk for being ‘uncooperative’-A provincial board of Vietnam’s only state-recognized Buddhist Sangha decided over the weekend to expel ethnic Khmer Krom monk Thach Chanh Da Ra after authorities accused him of being “uncooperative,” state media reported. Thach, 33, is the abbot of the Dai Tho Pagoda, which is also known as the Tro Nom Sek Pagoda in Khmer, in Vinh […]
Khmer Krom Buddhists say they face persecution at Vietnam pagoda-A Buddhist pagoda serving the ethnic Khmer Krom group in Vietnam’s Vinh Long province has long been the target of government-backed religious repression, a senior monk at the Dai Tho Pagoda told Radio Free Asia. On Monday, state-controlled media reported that the pagoda’s abbot, Thach Chanh Da Ra, had been stripped of his position for violating the […]
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