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Rights groups condemn 10-year jail term for Vietnam blogger
AFP, Published on 10/03/2020
» HANOI: The jailing of a Vietnamese blogger for 10 years was condemned by rights groups Tuesday as "unacceptable" and an attack on free speech.
Ex-minister gets life in Vietnam graft case
Published on 28/12/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Saturday sentenced an ex-minister to life imprisonment in a multi-million-dollar corruption case in which another minister and a dozen executives also received lengthy prison terms, state media reported.
No country for dissidents
News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2019
» Despite some restrictions on freedom of expression, Thailand was once a place where government dissent was tolerated. It was seen as a safe haven for dissidents in the region, many of whom arrived seeking asylum in a third country under UN Human Rights Commission rules. Od Sayavong, a 34-year-old Lao political activist, was one of them. But that hope was extinguished when he went missing in Bangkok on Aug 26.
Lao activist vanishes in Bangkok
Published on 07/09/2019
» A Lao man working in Bangkok has disappeared after criticising his country’s government online and in public protests, Lao sources say.
Southeast Asian authorities accused of ‘trading’ dissidents
Published on 22/06/2019
» Three Thai policemen approached Vietnamese refugee Nguyen Van Chung at his home in Bangkok in January and asked him whether he was in touch with another Vietnamese man, Truong Duy Nhat, who had fled to Thailand.
Horror of the disappeared
News, Editorial, Published on 11/02/2019
» Cases of the sudden disappearance of political dissidents continue to mount. The latest such case occurred in daytime, inside a well-known Bangkok mall. Truong Duy Nhat, a well-known journalist and blogger in Vietnam, was seized and dragged out of Future Park shopping centre. He had just registered his personal details and applied for asylum through the UN refugee office. His disappearance on Jan 26 has received the usual silence from governments involved.
Police to probe Vietnamese asylum-seeker disappearance
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2019
» Police will investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist after a rights group said he may have been abducted from Bangkok where he applied for UN refugee status, a senior immigration official said on Thursday.
Investigation ordered into disappeared Vietnamese blogger in Bangkok
Published on 08/02/2019
» BANGKOK: The Immigration Bureau promised on Thursday to investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist believed to have been abducted at the northern Bangkok Future Park mall two weeks ago.
Vietnam jails 2nd blogger in a fortnight
AFP, Published on 19/03/2014
» Vietnam jailed a prominent blogger for 15 months on Wednesday on a charge of anti-state activity, the second such sentencing in a fortnight in a nation where perceived dissent is severely punished.
France condemns Vietnam for jailing prominent blogger
AFP, Published on 06/03/2014
» France on Wednesday condemned Vietnam for jailing a prominent blogger and journalist, Truong Duy Nhat, who posted articles critical of Hanoi's Communist government.