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  • Nguyen Phuong Uyen’s poem “My Native Land” before her arrest - Translated by Tô’-Tâm NKTA Nguyen Phuong Uyen (About 5-6 months before her arrest) My Native Land Hasn’t wars the country forsaken?Why then her people the pain endure, are still beaten?Yet the boastful regime continues, vainglorious
  • Vietnam’s New Internet Decree - David Brown Asia Sentinel | 12.8.20113 | Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? From the flurry of alarms filling space in Western media last week, a reader could be forgiven for thinking that the Vietnamese government has finally figured out how to suppress the dissident bloggers that torment it. The furor has been prompted by […]
  • Resumption of death penalty ‘major setback’ for human rights in Viet Nam – UN - United Nations News Center 9 August 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today said that the resumption of the death penalty in Viet Nam represents a “major setback” in the country’s human rights record.
  • Vietnam caught between a rock and a hard place - David Brown YaleGlobal | August 9, 2013 1:00 am Is disappointment with China the reason behind Vietnam president’s recent hurried visit to Washington? Early in June, US State Department officials told a Congressional sub-committee that closer ties with Vietnam, in particular weapons sales, are on hold until there is “continued, demonstrable, sustained improvement in the human […]
  • REPORTER WHO INVESTIGATES CORRUPTION ARRESTED FOR “CORRUPTION” - Reporters Sans Frontières PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 9 AUGUST 2013. Reporters Without Borders questions award-winning investigative reporter Vo Thanh Tung’s arrest in the southern province of Dong Nai on 7 August for suspected corruption. Two people who had assisted Tung in previous investigations into highway police corruption, identified only as Tai and Minh, were arrested with him. Also known by […]
  • Vietnam anti-graft award-winning journalist arrested: Reports - Asia One AFP | 08 Aug. 2013 | HANOI – Vietnam has arrested a prize-winning investigative journalist who made his name exposing corruption in the communist country on suspicion of taking bribes, state media reported on Thursday. Vo Thanh Tung, 31, who works for Ho Chi Minh City’s Law newspaper, was detained on Wednesday after allegedly […]
  • Tuyên bố của ĐSQ Hoa Kỳ về Nghị định 72/2013/NĐ-CP | U.S. Embassy’s Statement on Internet Content Decree - TUYÊN BỐ Nghị định về Nội dung Internet Hà Nội, 6/8/2013 Các quyền tự do cơ bản áp dụng trong không gian mạng cũng giống như trong đời sống thực. Nghị định 72 dường như trái với nghĩa vụ của Việt Nam trong Công ước Quốc tế về các Quyền Dân sự và Chính trị […]
  • A Starving Blogger’s Vietnam Crusade - Asia Sentinel  Written by Pham Doan Trang SUNDAY, 04 AUGUST 2013 Dieu Cay’s prison-bound campaign for his fellow prisoners As I write this story, it is the 38th day of Dieu Cay’s hunger strike. Word that Vietnam’s most famous blogger has been refusing food since June 20 has seeped out from the prison where he […]
  • Will Vietnam’s New Internet Decree Ban Sharing of Online News? - Global Voice Mong Palatino  3 August 2013 17:10 GMT Vietnam’s new Internet decree made public on July 31 instantly generated controversy after it purportedly contains several provisions that would ban the sharing of news stories in various social networks.
  • Blogger trong tù VN kết thúc tuyệt thực sau năm tuần - Bản dịch của Nguyễn Thái Nguyên (Defend the Defenders) Tường thuật Martin Petty Sửa bài Jeremy Laurence HÀ NỘI ngày 3/08/2013 (Reuters) – Một nhà bất đồng chính kiến ​​Việt Nam đi tù vì chỉ trích các nhà lãnh đạo của đất nước đã kết thúc tuyệt thực sau năm tuần, khi cơ quan tư pháp đã […]