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Vietnam Briefing: Vietnam Ranked Among Top Five Countries With The Most Jailed Journalists; Vietnamese Civic Space Remains “Closed”

The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, looks at Vietnam’s social and political developments of

The Official’s Gold-Flecked Steak And The Underlying Problems Of Vietnam

Vietnamese social media was flooded last weekend with images and footage of Minister of Public Security, To Lam and his

The Vietnamese Magazine Calls On Readers To Send Letters To Imprisoned Journalist Pham Doan Trang

November 4, 2021 - The Vietnamese Magazine, Luat Khoa Magazine, and The 88 Project today jointly call on members of

UN Human Rights Experts Call For The Immediate Release Of Writer And Human Rights Defender Pham Doan Trang

On October 29, 2021, several UN human rights experts called [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=

Vietnam Briefing: Bao Sach Members Sentenced To Nearly 15 Years In Prison. Pham Doan Trang’s Trial Is Delayed

Trial of journalist Pham Doan Trang and two land activists delayed, while U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls

Vietnamese Vision Of A “Clean Newspaper” And The Government’s Intolerance To Press Freedom

This year as the world triumphs the importance of free speech with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to

Pham Doan Trang's Trial Postponed While UN Working Group On Arbitrary Detention Called For Her Immediate Release

Vietnam arrested Pham Doan Trang on October 7, 2020, and charged her under Article 88 of its 1999 Penal Code

LIV Joins 27 Other NGOs In Issuing A Joint Statement Demanding The Immediate Release Of Pham Doan Trang

OCT 26 2021– Legal Initiatives for Vietnam (LIV) [https://www.liv.ngo/about/], alongside 27 other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) released

Statement On The Upcoming Trial Of Bao Sach (Clean Newspaper)

Legal Initiatives for Vietnam (LIV) – the operator of Luat Khoa Magazine and The Vietnamese Magazine – strongly condemns the Vietnamese government

October 15, 2008: Two Journalists Worked For State-Owned Media Sentenced After Exposing Major Corruption

Vietnam Says It Is Promoting And Defending Human Rights, But The Reality Proves Otherwise

In Vietnam, the beginning of this October marks two significant events that challenge and reflect upon the country’s actual

Pham Doan Trang Is A Journalist, Her Profession Is Not A Crime

As I am writing this beginning line, my mind is flooded with memories of Pham Doan Trang. I also realize