U.S. “deeply concerned” by a judgement viewed as politically motivated
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The Top Four Countries for VPN Use Are All Asian
That means Asians are most concerned with circumventing censorship rules or hiding online activity
Death Row Executive Outs Senior Vietnamese Communist Official in Court
All while his brother rocks the stand in Black Flag t-shirt
Freak Snowfall Hits Vietnam
First Cairo, now this?
Vietnamese Man Convicted for Facebook Posts
Dinh Nhat Uy receives a 15-month suspended sentence for using the social network to call for the release of his activist brother
LGBT Rights Blossom in Repressive Vietnam, but No Sign of Further Freedoms
“Oppressive.” “Brutal.” “Terrible and worsening.” These were some of the fierce editorial lightning bolts to scorch Vietnam’s human-rights reputation last week, hurled in the wake of a surprise 75-minute White House …
Internet Censorship Is Taking Root in Southeast Asia
Every time Le Anh Hung starts to write he thinks of his three young children. The 38-year-old has already been imprisoned twice for blogging about human rights and corruption from his home in Hanoi and lives half-expecting …
Amid Rising Dissent, Vietnam Cracks Down on Bloggers
On blogs and social media, agitated Vietnamese are bypassing their authoritarian government’s monopoly on mass communication, reporting on its failings and galvanizing discontent with its rule. Some have railed against personal …
Exiled in Hong Kong: Famous Company for Edward Snowden
Looking at the assorted freethinkers and outcasts from across the globe that have sought sanctuary in Hong Kong over the centuries
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The E.U. is worried about Russia’s human rights record, rubber barons deforest Cambodia and Laos and attempts to introduce a law to protect women’s freedoms have reportedly been blocked by conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan
In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country’s arcane Cardamom Mountains. A year on, his family is no closer to learning the truth of what …
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France approves a same-sex marriage bill, the Vietnamese Communist Party struggles with growing dissent and China is planning to build more aircraft carriers
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An ex-dictator of Guatemala is on trial on genocide charges, the Vietnamese government might give cash to families who have daughters and China’s Xi Jinping says he is willing to promote dialogue between North and South Korea