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Vietnamese Communist party steadily ratchets up the pressure | Dustin Roasa | Comment is free | The Guardian
Political dissidents face a growing crackdown as authorities take a tough stance towards the pro-democracy movement The Vietnamese authorities are tight-lipped when it comes to requests for comment on the fate of political dissidents, who are facing a growing crackdown on their activities. When asked by email about the cases involving Nguyen Ngoc Quang and Nguyen Thu Tram, who have been forced to flee the country after being interviewed by the Guardian, the foreign ministry was giving little away.
Une des dernières interpellations concerne donc l'arrestation de ce juriste survenue début novembre à Ho Chi Minh-Ville. Il vient d'être officiellement accusé de diffamation contre l'administration et les institutions de l'Etat. Cu Huy Ha Vu est une figure du régime, fils d'un poète membre du premier gouvernement révolutionnaire en 1945, il était un des hauts cadres de la diplomatie vietnamienne. Licencié par le ministère des Affaires étrangères en 2009, il dirige depuis, avec sa femme, un cabinet d'avocats à Hanoï. Ses ennuis ont commencé quand il a porté plainte contre l'actuel Premier ministre Nguyen Tan Dung, pour dénoncer un projet d'exploitation de bauxite sur les hauts plateaux. Il s'agit d'un projet très controversé au Vietnam parce qu'il pourrait avoir de graves conséquences pour l'environnement.
Un opposant vietnamien poursuivi pour propagande contre l’Etat | RFI
The Right to Establish Political Parties In the first few months of 2006, we have witnessed a robust development and coming of age of the democratic movement inside Viet-Nam that includes people both within and without the Communist party. The goal and aspiration of the entire Vietnamese populace is to build a free, fair democratic, and humane society under a pluralist, multi party system.
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Vietnam dissident's 7-year sentence upheld - World - Macon.com
Vietnam: Ensure Fair Hearing for Legal Scholar | Human Rights Watch
(Bangkok) – The outcome of the August 2, 2011 Appeals Court hearing on legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu’s conviction on national security charges will have important repercussions for the rule of law and freedom of expression in Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today. In a trial on April 4 , in which Human Rights Watch found serious procedural violations, Dr. Vu was sentenced to seven years in prison for propagandizing against the Vietnamese government, under article 88 of the Penal Code.
US embassy cables: Vietnam picks its new leaders | World news | guardian.co.uk
Summary The US ambassador makes his predictions for the all-important Vietnamese Communist party conference and runs the rule over those jockeying for preeminence. CLASSIFIED BY : Michael Michalak, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B), (D) 1. (C) SUMMARY: Preparations are already underway for major leadership changes in Vietnam as the Communist Party gears up for its Eleventh Party Congress in January 2011.
AFP: Vietnam protests 'reveal limits on freedom'
HANOI — Vietnam has seen an unprecedented seven weeks of anti-China rallies but activists say the demonstrations essentially reveal the limits to freedom of expression in the authoritarian nation. Authorities in Hanoi tolerated five small peaceful protests near the Chinese embassy, but police forcibly dispersed two other demonstrations and briefly detained people in the wake of talks between Hanoi and Beijing in June. In a country that bitterly recalls a millennium of Chinese occupation and, more recently, a 1979 border war, many routinely express dislike for the Chinese and the giant neighbour makes an easy target for protest.The majority of corruption cases in Vietnam involves land or infrastructure projects Since the mid-1980s, the time when Vietnam launched the ‘Doi Moi (industrialization)’ project to boost the national economy, Vietnam has recorded remarkable GDP increase rate, 7 to 8% a year. However, the economic inequality gap and government debts are huge, and show no sign of shrinking.
Rampant nationwide corruption in Vietnam & how people fight back on the web « NamViet News
Viet Nam: Amnesty International Demands Release of Prominent Vietnamese Activist Jailed Over Democracy Calls
(Washington, DC) -- Viet Nam must release a high-profile activist sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for calling for an end to one-party rule, Amnesty International said today. Human rights defender and environmental activist Cu Huy Ha Vu was convicted of "conducting propaganda against the state" by a court in Ha Noi yesterday after calling for a multiparty system in online articles and for giving interviews to foreign media. Vu was also sentenced to three years of house arrest upon the completion of his seven year prison term. "This was a sham trial, with the presumption of innocence and right to a defense completely ignored," said Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific deputy director.Two cyber-dissidents harassed for calling for Middle East-style protests - Reporters Without Borders
Because of their age and ill health, Reporters Without Borders urges the government to be lenient with two cyber-dissidents in their 60s who are facing possible imprisonment for urging Vietnamese to follow the example of pro-democracy demonstrators in the Middle East. Their poor health would only be exacerbated if they were sent back to jail. They are Nguyen Dan Que , 69, an independent journalist, who has been charged with anti-government propaganda and Nguyen Van Ly, a Catholic priest and human rights activist, 64, who has a brain tumour and whose very worrying condition would inevitably suffer if he had to resume serving an existing jail sentence. “We are dismayed to see that arrests and harassment of democracy advocates are continuing after the increase in repression of dissidents caused by January’s Communist Party congress ,” Reporters Without Borders said.
Un cyberdissident condamné à huit ans de prison pour “propagande contre l’Etat” - Reporters sans frontières
Le militant pro-démocratie Vi Duc Hoi a vu sa peine de huit ans de prison et cinq ans d’assignation à résidence réduite en appel à cinq ans d’emprisonnement et trois ans de résidence surveillée, pour “propagande contre l’Etat”. Reporters sans frontières condamne néanmoins cette décision, qui reste très sévère. “La “faute” de Vi Du Hoi est d’avoir publié sur Internet des articles sur les expropriations, la corruption ou le multipartisme. La réduction de peine qui lui a été accordée en appel n’est que symbolique. Elle ne saurait faire oublier la dureté de la répression qui sévit actuellement dans le milieu de la dissidence et des défenseurs de la liberté d’expression.” a déclaré l’organisation.The taxi's tires swished in the afternoon downpour as we sped down Nguyen Kiem Street. It was rainy season in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese shopkeepers, armed with waist-high bamboo brooms, attempted to clear the flooded sidewalks, but the deluge only intensified.
Letter From Vietnam | The Nation
Le Viêt-Nam adopte un nouveau décret pour “encadrer” les journalistes et les blogueurs - Reporters sans frontières
Le Viêt-Nam a adopté un nouveau décret afin d’encadrer les activités des journalistes et des blogueurs, prévoyant notamment des amendes allant jusqu’à 40 millions de dong (2000 dollars), dans un pays où le salaire moyen s’élève à 126 dollars. « Alors que se tient actuellement le congrès du parti communiste vietnamien, le gouvernement de Hanoi démontre sa volonté de renforcer son contrôle de l’information. Ce décret tente d’appliquer aux blogs la censure déjà en vigueur pour les médias traditionnels », a déclaré Reporters sans frontières.A la veille de l’ouverture du Congrès quinquennal du Parti communiste vietnamien, qui doit nommer les principaux dirigeants du pays pour les cinq prochaines années, Reporters sans frontières appelle les autorités à faire preuve de clémence et à relâcher les journalistes et blogueurs emprisonnés pour s’être exprimés librement. Dans les cinq prochaines années, le Viêt-Nam devra amorcer les changements nécessaires pour respecter ses engagements internationaux et ses promesses faites dans le cadre de l’accession du pays à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), et ce en prenant acte et en acceptant le besoin de liberté et de parole qui existe sur la Toile, a déclaré Reporters sans frontières. L’organisation est tout à fait prête à accompagner le gouvernement d’Hanoï vers l’ouverture à la liberté d’expression.