Vietnam sends blogger to prison for critical posts- Associated Press| Tuesday, March 4, 2014 HANOI, Vietnam — A well-known blogger in central Vietnam was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for posting criticism of the communist government in the latest case from an intensified crackdown against dissent in the one-party state. Truong Duy Nhat was convicted of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe […]
VIETNAM: Another blogger jailed for denouncing human rights violations-FIDH | 4 March 2014 Today, a court in Danang, central Vietnam, sentenced prominent blogger and human rights defender Truong Duy Nhat to two years in prison under Article 258(2) of the Criminal Code for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, […]
Proclamation of the Committee to Promote the Founding of the League of Independent Vietnamese Writers-BASAM | March 4th, 2014 After 1975, the end of a hundred-year history of war, our country was in need of a substantial cultural renaissance. Unluckily, this grave and urgent rebirth did not happen as expected. On the contrary, Vietnamese culture has evolved from bad to worse, and appears to be in danger of losing the […]
Dư luận trước phiên xử Blogger Trương Duy Nhất-Kính Hòa, phóng viên RFA 2014-03-03 Vài giờ đồng hồ nữa, phiên xử nhà báo, blogger Trương Duy Nhất, sẽ diễn ra tại Đà Nẵng. Ông Nhất bị nhà nước Việt Nam truy tố về tội lợi dụng quyền tự do dân chủ, chiếu theo điều 258 của Bộ Luật Hình Sự. Hôm qua tổ […]
Vietnam: Relentless Prosecutions to Squelch Dissent- HRW | MARCH 3, 2014 (New York) – The trial of the blogger Truong Duy Nhat scheduled for March 4, 2014 in Da Nang demonstrates that there is no slackening of the Vietnamese authorities’ determination to target people for peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. In his blog, Truong Duy Nhat has often criticized the government and raised […]
Vietnam Prepares for Trial of Another Online Activist-VOA News |March 03, 2014 Nhat is one of several bloggers to face trial in the past few months as Vietnamese authorities continue a crackdown on activists. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison. Tran Vu Hai, Truong Duy Nhat’s lawyer, says in an interview with VOA’s Vietnamese Service that […]
Presentation by Mr. Dang Xuong Hung to the sixth Conference of Human Rights and Democracy in Geneva-by Mr. Dang Xuong Hung | 25th February 2014 Distinguished Guests and Members of UN Watch, My name is Dang Xuong Hung. I am the ex consulate of Vietnam in Geneva (2008-2012), the ex Deputy Director in the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Vietnam who has denounced the Vietnamese Communist Party and its government from 18th October 2013. […]
Human Rights Situation Depressing in East Asia: Report-By Parameswaran Ponnudurai 2014-02-27 Human rights in East Asia suffered a severe blow this past year as China tightened Internet controls and stepped up a crackdown on anti-corruption protesters; Vietnam used vague national security laws to curb freedom of expression; and North Korea was blamed for rampant disappearances, detention, and torture, an annual U.S. human […]
STATE DEPT. BRIEFING ON COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES-US | February 27, 2014 State Department acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya briefs reporters in Washington on the 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya on the Country Reports on Human Rights February 27, 2014 Washington, D.C. ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY […]
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