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New Executive Order targeting social platforms is dangerous and irresponsible
Responding to an executive order by United States President Donald J. Trump designating that social media companies are shielded from liability for user-generated content, Michael Kleinman, the director of the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Independent Booksellers Tortured by Police (Viet Nam: UA 78.20)
Two members of the Liberal Publishing House – a local independent publisher that sells books considered sensitive by the government – have been detained and tortured by police in Ho…
Press Release
Facebook Must Cease Complicity with Government Censorship in Vietnam
Facebook must immediately reverse its decision to censor posts deemed critical of the government in Viet Nam, said Amnesty International today.
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Early Release for Prisoner of Conscience (Viet Nam: UA 155.18)
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga has been unexpectedly released after having served three years in prison. Sentenced to nine years imprisonment in 2017 for conducting propaganda against the state”,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Early Release for Prisoner of Conscience (Viet Nam: UA 155.18)
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga has been unexpectedly released after having served three years in prison. Sentenced to nine years imprisonment in 2017 for conducting propaganda against the state”,…
Report
New Generation of Young Activists Lead Fight Against Worsening Repression in Asia
A wave of youth-led protests across Asia is defying escalating repression and a continent-wide crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today as it published its…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Prisoner of Conscience Attacked in Prison (Viet Nam: UA 135.19)
Aquatic engineer Nguyen Ngoc Anh, sentenced to six years in prison for peacefully expressing his disagreement with government policies, was physically assaulted in prison by a fellow prisoner. Despite serious…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activist Detained a Year Without Trial (Viet Nam: UA 117.19)
Đoàn Thị Hồng was unlawfully arrested in September 2018 and has been detained without trial. Held incommunicado for eleven months, her family were finally able to meet with her on…
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Amnesty International – Banned Books Week 2019
Each year during Banned Books Week the American Library Association (ALA) calls attention to books that have been challenged in US Libraries. At the same time Amnesty International groups draw…
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Banned Books Week 2019
Nguyen Van Hoa
VIETNAM - ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER / CATHOLIC ADVOCATE & VLOGGER SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS - TORTURED TO CONFESS Nguyen Van Hoa is a young Catholic vlogger from Ha Tinh province who…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Prisoner of Conscience Tortured to Confess (Viet Nam: UA 72.19)
Journalist and human rights defender Nguyen Van Hoa was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2017 for reporting on the 2016 Formosa environmental disaster in central…
Press Release
Vermont Passes “Refugees Welcome” Resolution
The Vermont House of Representatives voted to approve a resolution declaring that refugees are welcome in their state. The unanimous vote occurred on May 15, 2019.