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Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Four Land Rights Activists
Jun 30, 2020
Editors
Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Four Land Rights Activists
Jun 30, 2020
Editors

Vietnamese authorities arrested four land rights activists after finishing their investigation on the Đồng Tâm police raid in January 2020.

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Jun 30, 2020
Editors
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Dec 27, 2018
Gia Linh Vũ
The Vietnamese on Tonlé Sap
Dec 27, 2018
Gia Linh Vũ

Gia Linh Vũ takes us on a photo journey into the lives of the stateless Vietnamese population on Tonlé Sap lake in Cambodia.

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Dec 27, 2018
Gia Linh Vũ
Six Vietnamese Activists Sentenced to Sixty Six Years in Prison
Apr 5, 2018
Kathy Trieu
Six Vietnamese Activists Sentenced to Sixty Six Years in Prison
Apr 5, 2018
Kathy Trieu

Six Vietnamese activists were sentenced between seven to fifteen years in prison on charges of subversion after a one-day trial in Hà Nội. 

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Apr 5, 2018
Kathy Trieu
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Apr 3, 2018
Kathy Trieu
Free Speech Activist Ejected from Parliamentary Hearing in Singapore
Apr 3, 2018
Kathy Trieu

Han Hui Hui, a 26-year-old blogger from Singapore, was forcefully removed from a Select Committee hearing in Parliament by Singaporean officials on Thursday, March 29.

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Apr 3, 2018
Kathy Trieu
A Wife’s Letter, on the Eve of Her Husband’s Trial
Sep 17, 2017
Editors
A Wife’s Letter, on the Eve of Her Husband’s Trial
Sep 17, 2017
Editors

Human rights activist Nguyễn Văn Oai is on trial again, after having previously served four years in prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Oai became a father while in prison awaiting trial. His wife Hồ Thị Linh Châu posted a letter to him on her Facebook page, just before he was originally due to appear in court. 

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Sep 17, 2017
Editors
Pilgrimage to Huế: Of Spirits, Rituals, and Trances
Aug 31, 2017
Jenny Lý
Pilgrimage to Huế: Of Spirits, Rituals, and Trances
Aug 31, 2017
Jenny Lý

[VIDEO] Travel back to the annual Ðiện Hòn Chén Festival in Huế, Việt Nam -- this time, to witness the practice and rituals of ancestor worshipping.

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Aug 31, 2017
Jenny Lý
Việt Nam Social Rights Advocate Sentenced to 9 Years for “Propaganda”
Jul 25, 2017
Đôn Lê
Việt Nam Social Rights Advocate Sentenced to 9 Years for “Propaganda”
Jul 25, 2017
Đôn Lê

Vietnamese authorities have sentenced yet another social activist to a lengthy prison term, continuing a spate of heavy-handed punishments against dissent. In a one-day trial, the People’s Court in Hà Nam province sentenced Trần Thị Nga to nine years in prison and five years of house arrest for “conducting propaganda against the State.”

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Jul 25, 2017
Đôn Lê
Videographer of Anti-Formosa Protests Charged With "Propaganda"
Jul 6, 2017
Editors
Videographer of Anti-Formosa Protests Charged With "Propaganda"
Jul 6, 2017
Editors

[VIDEO] Video journalist Nguyên Văn Hoá captured drone footage of protests against the Formosa steel plant in Hà Tĩnh, Việt Nam, the company at the source of a massive fish kill in 2016. He is now charged with conducting propaganda against the state.

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Jul 6, 2017
Editors
Blogger Phạm Minh Hoàng: "Tôi Không Thể Nào Bị Tước Quốc Tịch"
Jun 19, 2017
Lilly Nguyễn
Blogger Phạm Minh Hoàng: "Tôi Không Thể Nào Bị Tước Quốc Tịch"
Jun 19, 2017
Lilly Nguyễn

(Vietnamese original) Một giáo sư Việt Nam bị cấm giảng dạy, và một chút bản sắc Việt Nam cuối cùng cũng bị tước mất: quốc tịch Việt Nam của ông. Nhà bất đồng chính kiến Phạm Minh Hoàng năm nay 62 tuổi, là một người viết blog về nhân quyền, công lý, xã hội và nạn tham nhũng tại Việt Nam. Ông đã trò chuyện từ Sài Gòn với phóng viên của Loa, Lilly Nguyễn.

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Jun 19, 2017
Lilly Nguyễn
Why Hà Nội Still Pretends to Care
May 30, 2017
Trần Minh Nhật
Why Hà Nội Still Pretends to Care
May 30, 2017
Trần Minh Nhật

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc is visiting the United States this week to meet with Donald Trump. Hà Nội wants to show that its human rights records has progressed and it is eager to deepen its ties with America. But what are its real motives and ambitions for this visit? And what should America know about Việt Nam's human rights situation before making any decisions?

Reporter Trần Minh Nhật gives his outlook on the current news.

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May 30, 2017
Trần Minh Nhật

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