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.
Vietnamese blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ fears arrest for Facebook activity
CPJ is greatly concerned about the safety of Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who has been repeatedly questioned by local police in Nha Trang about her activity on Facebook, and says that she fears arrest.
Life of Vietnamese activist in danger due to gross mistreatment in prison
The Vietnamese government should immediately cease the ill-treatment, physical and psychological abuse of Dang Xuan Dieu while in arbitrary detention. The activist, who is currently serving one of the longest politically motivated sentences in Vietnam, has been held in solitary confinement and subject to physical and psychological abuse.
Vietnamese blogger Dieu Cay released after more than six years in jail
Nguyen Van Hai, a citizen journalist better known by his blogger name of Dieu Cay, was released on 21 October 2014; 26 other citizen journalists are still held in Vietnam, the world’s third largest prisoner of netizens.
Undercover in Vietnam: Special four-part series on press freedom
The series looks at the risks for Vietnamese journalists and bloggers, who face harassment, jail time or being forced into exile; CPJ includes recommendations for the Vietnamese government and international bodies.
Concern over police abuses in Vietnamese prisons, ‘uneven’ media coverage
Police throughout Vietnam abuse people in their custody, in some cases leading to death, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. Local media coverage of these incidents has been uneven, raising serious concerns about the negative impact of government control of the media
Prominent Vietnamese blogger, two other activists, receive prison sentences
The Vietnamese authorities displayed their warped sense of justice again when a people’s court sentenced blogger and pro-democracy activist Bui Thi Minh Hang to three years in prison at the end of a summary trial that violated defence rights. Two other activists who were tried with her were given jail terms of 30 and 24 months respectively.
Joint appeal for release of Le Quoc Quan
Human rights organisations urge Vietnam to comply with UN and release human rights lawyer.
Hanoi government must stop attacks against Vietnam’s Facebook community
Vietnamese authorities are using so-called “opinion shapers” to send an onslaught of abuse reports to Facebook, which has then led to the taking down of Facebook pages of well-known Vietnamese activists and human rights organizations.
Creation of Vietnam’s first independent journalists association hailed
The launch of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City saw the biggest-ever gathering of journalists to promote freely reported and politically independent information.
Physical attacks against Vietnamese bloggers on the rise
On May 25, 2014, a Vietnamese blogger and human rights activist, Tran Thi Nga, was seriously injured during a violent attack in Hanoi.
Arrests of Internet activists escalate in Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities were urged to drop all charges and immediately release bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, and stop interfering with websites.
A message from son of Vietnam blogger Nguyen Van Hai
While CPJ seeks the release of all imprisoned journalists in Vietnam, it has focused on blogger Dieu Cay because he was given, in absentia, a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 2013, and is the longest jailed journalist in Vietnam–since April 2008.
Two Vietnamese netizens released from prison, 31 others still held
RWB is relieved to learn that two netizens who had spent several years in prison – Vi Duc Hoi and Nguyen Tien Trung – were released although they are now assigned to a form of house arrest.
Two Vietnamese writers and activists released under an amnesty, another remains imprisoned
Vietnamese blogger Dinh Dang Dinh and writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau were released under an amnesty. However, poet, essayist and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly continues to serve a lengthy prison sentence and is seriously ill.