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The web’s new walls

(The Economist) How the threats to the internet’s openness can be averted September 2, 2010 WHEN George W. Bush referred to “rumours on the, uh, internets” during the 2004 presidential campaign, he was derided for his cluelessness—and “internets” became a shorthand for a lack of understanding of the online world. But what looked like ignorance then looks like prescience now. As divergent forces tug at the (...) (2/09/2010)


Vietnam Removes Another Vinashin Chief

(The Wall Street Journal) - September 1, 2010 Vietnam’s government has removed the recently appointed top manager of debt-plagued Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, adding to the sense of crisis surrounding the state-owned company less than a month after its former chairman was arrested for alleged mismanagement. Prime (...) (1/09/2010)


Testimony at the Fifth Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders

(Phan Kien Quoc) - A conference hosted by Front Line Defenders (FLD), the Dublin Platform is a gathering of human rights defenders to share experiences and come up with new and more effective strategies to continue their work without the risk of harrassment, intimidation or arrest. FLD works to promote (...) (31/08/2010)


Update on Pham Minh Hoang as of August 30

(Pham Duy Khanh) - Dear Friends, First of all, on behalf of my entire family, I would like to send our sincerest thanks to each and every one of you who have lent your earnest support since the arrest of my brother, Pham Minh Hoang, on August 13 in Vietnam. So many friends everywhere, especially in France and (...) (30/08/2010)


Websites target of new hacker attacks

(Viet Tan) - August 26, 2010 Vietnamese-language websites known to promote free speech have again been targeted by a coordinated hacker attack. Administrators of X-cafevn, Dan Luan, and Talawas notified their readers that hackers had broke into their websites on the evening of August 23rd, erased (...) (26/08/2010)


Vietnam: Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang

(Front Line Defender) - August 23, 2010 Human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang was arbitrarily detained on 13 August 2010. Further Information Professor Pham Minh Hoang is a lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute, and, according to a statement released by his wife following his arrest, he (...) (24/08/2010)


Sister of lecturer Pham Minh Hoang intimidated by police at Hanoi airport

(Pham Duy Khanh) - August 19, 2010 Dear friends, I am writing this letter to inform you of the Vietnamese government’s acts of harassment which aim to terrorise and diminish the psychological well-being of my family members. When my brother Pham Minh Hoang was arrested and interrogated by the public security (...) (23/08/2010)


Vietnam’s bid to tame the internet boom

(BBC) - August 17, 2010 By Rachel Harvey BBC News, Hanoi Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, spurred by a policy of rapid liberalisation in the Communist state. Shops are packed with the latest designs, from watches to iPads and MP3 players. The country is opening up to the (...) (23/08/2010)


Vietnam arrests math professor on political charges

(DPA) - August 17, 2010 Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a French-educated math professor on charges of belonging to a banned political group, the professor’s wife said Tuesday. Pham Minh Hoang, 55, was arrested on August 13, wife Le Thi Kim Oanh said. The authorities had earlier told (...) (17/08/2010)


A plea for help

(Le Thi Kieu Oanh) - My name is Le Thi Kieu Oanh, aged 46, currently living in Saigon. I am very sadden and heartbroken to inform you that the Vietnamese government arrested my husband on August 13th, 2010 to interrogate him under Article 79 of Vietnam’s penal code. My husband’s name is Pham Minh Hoang, aged 55, (...) (17/08/2010)