Call for release of Buddhist monk and prominent Vietnamese dissident Thich Quang Do
A renowned spiritual leader, scholar, dissident and many-times Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Thich Quang Do, 87, has spent more than three decades in detention in Vietnam for his peaceful advocacy of religious freedom, democracy and human rights.
Ta Phong Tan freed, 15 other citizen-journalists still in prison
RWB is relieved by blogger Ta Phong Tan’s release after three years in prison on an anti-state propaganda charge but points out that 15 other citizen-journalists are still detained in Vietnam.
Q&A: Ta Phong Tan’s sister calls for release of ailing and jailed Vietnamese blogger
In email correspondence with CPJ, a Vietnamese blogger’s sister spoke about the blogger’s dire situation and renewed her family’s call for Tan’s immediate and unconditional release.
Interview: Activist Le Quoc Quan, one day after his release from prison
Vietnamese blogger Le Quoc Quan describes the conditions during his 30 months in prison, and vows to continue speaking out in defense of human rights.
Dieu Cay on solitary confinement, hunger strikes, and his fight for press freedom
Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hai suffered greatly during his six and a half years in prison. He gives a grim account of life as a political prisoner and pledges to use his new-found freedom to continue his fight against injustice.
Jailed Vietnamese blogger Ta Phong Tan on hunger strike over mistreatment
Incarcerated blogger Ta Phong Tan has been on hunger strike since mid-May to protest the mistreatment of political prisoners at the prison where she is being held in Vietnam’s central Thanh Hoa province.
Vietnamese editor faces anti-state charges for reporting on corruption
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 13 May 2015. Authorities in Vietnam today [May 13, 2015] levied anti-state charges against a former news editor who published reports on official corruption, according to news reports. The accusations mark a trend of legal harassment against journalists who probe sensitive corruption issues in Vietnam, the Committee […]
Three Vietnamese bloggers get jail terms for “abusing democratic freedoms”
RWB condemns the sentences ranging from 12 to 18 months in prison that a people’s court imposed on three Vietnamese bloggers under criminal code article 258.
Vietnamese bloggers assaulted for visiting fellow activist
The government’s apparent use of thugs to assault rights campaigners is on the rise in Vietnam, says Human Rights Watch.
The shock of freedom: Vietnamese blogger’s life after prison
A reflection on Vietnamese blogger Dieu Cay’s time in prison and his freedom, by lawyer and human rights activist Christine Dang.
In Vietnam, arrests dash hopes that crackdown on bloggers will end
Last October’s early release of jailed blogger Nguyen Van Hai, more commonly known as Dieu Cay, has proven to be an anomaly as Vietnamese authorities have subsequently ramped up their repression of other independent bloggers.
Another blogger held in Vietnam, call for his immediate release
RWB calls for the immediate release of Nguyen Dinh Ngoc, the latest blogger to be detained in Vietnam. His arrest on 27 December 2014 confirms his country’s position as the world’s second biggest prison for netizens, after China.
Blogger detained in Vietnam amid clampdown on dissent
Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Quang Lap was detained by police in Ho Chi Minh City, the second blogger to be arrested in as many weeks in Vietnam, according to news reports.
Another blogger arrested in Vietnam for “abusing democratic freedoms”
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 2 December 2014. Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese public security ministry’s arrest of Hong Le Tho, a Vietnamese blogger of Japanese origin, in Ho Chi Minh City for posting “bad content and incorrect information that reduce trust in state agencies.” Hong Le Tho was arrested on […]
Vietnamese journalist beaten unconscious by eight policemen, in critical condition
Freelance journalist Truong Minh Duc is in critical condition in hospital in Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam where he was taken after being beaten unconscious by policemen on the morning of 2 November.
Vietnamese blogger and his family face harassment
The French consul-general in Ho Chi Minh City was assaulted by gangsters supported by plain-clothes police when he tried to assist Pham Minh Hoang, a Franco-Vietnamese blogger, and his mother.