Former Political Prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, Disappeared In Thailand After Seeking Refugee Status With UN
Last Friday, January 25, 2019, former political prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, was last seen at the office of the UN ...
Tag: picks
Political Prisoner Ngo Hao Suffered Minor Stroke In Prison, Health Deteriorated
On January 30, 2018, The Vietnamese received information that political prisoner Ngo Hao had suffered a minor stroke in prison. ...
Vietnam: Court Sentenced Doctor For Involuntary Manslaughter, Ignited Public Outrage
On January 30, 2019, The People’s Court of Hoa Binh Province found Dr. Hoang Cong Luong guilty of involuntary manslaughter ...
State-Owned Media Features Police Brutality With Neutral Headline, Sparks Debate
Yesterday evening, January 29, 2019, Facebookers in Vietnam were circulating a video clip showing a gentleman lying on the ground ...
Vietnamese Police Faced New Brutality Allegations Amid State’s Obligations To Follow Up UN’s Recommendations Against Torture
Today, January 28, 2019, a driver in Hanoi who was supportive of the movement to fight against illegal BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) ...
Nguyen Phu Trong Released Carp In Celebration Of Tet While Refused To Pardon Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
One of the most widely circulated pictures on Vietnam’s social media in the last 24 hours was probably the picture ...
Human Rights Peer Review of Vietnam Spotlights Persistent Rights Violations
On 22 January 2019, Vietnam underwent for the third time a comprehensive peer review of its human rights record at ...
Facebook’s Community Standards Continue to Hinder Activism in Vietnam
For almost two months, a group of drivers in Vietnam continuously protested against a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) toll booth near Ho ...
Not Just Football, Some Vietnamese Do Care About Human Rights, Political Pluralism, and Democracy
Throughout 2018 and up until yesterday, January 24, 2019, the world continued to witness Vietnamese people’s love of football exploded, ...
Death Penalty Remains “State Secret” In Vietnam
A representative from the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam said during the country’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held on ...