Obama must urge free press during meeting with Vietnam-Committee to Protect Journalists July 24, 2013 His Excellency Barack Obama President of the United States of America White House Via facsimile: +1 202-456-2461 Dear President Obama: We are writing to express our concern about the deteriorating press and Internet freedom situation in Vietnam ahead of your Thursday meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR RELEASE OF 35 BLOGGERS JAILED IN VIETNAM-RSF | 24 July 2013 | Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang, who is to meet with US President Barack Obama tomorrow, heads a country that is second only to China in the number of bloggers and netizens it is currently detaining – 35. Serving long sentences of up to 13 years in prison on trumped-up charges, […]
Harmonious encounter: U.S.-Vietnam differences likely to be downplayed in presidential visit-Simon Roughneen The Edge Review 19 July 2013 When Vietnam hosted the East Asia Summit in 2010, the keynote press conference was a joint appearance by then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem. In a small side room of the cavernous Hanoi National Convention Centre,
USCIRF Urges President Obama to Raise Concerns About Religious Freedom in Vietnam-July 22, 2013 | Press Release by USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. — USCIRF urges President Obama to raise concerns about religious freedom violations in Vietnam when he meets at the White House with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on July 25. Raising these concerns as the U.S.-Vietnamese bilateral relationship is improving will underscore America’s support for […]
Freedom of Expression Online threatened by new Internet Decree in Vietnam-VCHR | 23 July 2013 | Press Release by VCHR on 23 July 2013 regarding Decree 72/2013-ND-CP PARIS, 23 July 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) is gravely concerned by the adoption of the “Decree on Management, Provision, Use of Internet Services and Information Content Online” (Decree 72/2013-ND-CP) which imposes new restrictions on […]
19 NGOs’ letter to U.S. President Barack Obama: Please ask the Vietnamese President to free Le Quoc Quan-Southeast Asian Press Alliance 23 July 2013 Nineteen human rights organizations have written to U.S. President Barack Obama to raise the issue of the detention of human rights defender and blogger Mr Le Quoc Quan to when President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam meets Obama on 25 July. The President of the United States The […]
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