Blog Archives

The Importance of Human Rights Education

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Action for Freedom — 3 Comments

It is often said that knowledge is power, and this is especially true when it comes to knowledge of human rights. Simply put, this is the teaching of the history, laws and theories surrounding human rights. There’s a variety of…

Tagged with: Advocacy Organizations, Africa, Education, Holocaust, Human Right, Human Rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Scientology, society, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights

Internet Censorship: Escalating Assault on Bloggers in Vietnam

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Action for Freedom — 3 Comments

Blogs in Vietnam have become prime targets of government repression, with more than 30 bloggers and netizens behind bars amid a crackdown on online dissent that has intensified over the past three years, an advocacy group said in a report…

Tagged with: Human Right, International Federation for Human Rights, Netizen, Nguyen Tan Dung, Paris, Souhayr Belhassen, VCHR, Vietnam
Posted in Government Control, Internet Censorship

Media Censorship: Vietnam Writer, Priest Handed Jail Sentences

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

A court in central Vietnam sentenced a female writer to five years in prison and ordered an activist priest jailed for two years for “activities undermining the state,” official media said Friday. Ho Thi Bich Khuong, 44, was handed three…

Tagged with: Bloc 8406, censorship, Communist Party, Human Right, Khuong, Nghe An Province, Nhân Dân, Vietnam, Vietnamese language
Posted in Free Speech, Human Rights, Media Censorship

Vietnam: Ambassador Urged to Press Rights

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

Congress members want a greater focus on human rights in Vietnam. More than a dozen U.S. lawmakers have urged the newly appointed American Ambassador to Vietnam to give a higher priority to raising human rights issues in the communist-ruled nation.…

Tagged with: All Articles, Barack Obama, censorship, Censorship, Censorship in America, Congress, Free Speech, Free Speech Internet, Freedom of Religion, General Censorship, Government, Human Right, Human Rights, Internet, internet, Internet censorship, Newsworthy, Politics of Vietnam, United States, Vietnam, Vietnamese government
Posted in Human Rights, Internet Censorship, Political Censorship

Brave Vietnamese Writers Honored for Commitment to Rights

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 3 Comments

This week, Human Rights Watch awarded forty-eight writers from 24 countries 2011 Hellman/Hammett grants for their commitment to free expression and their courage in the face of persecution. Included in the diverse group are 28 winners from Asia, including eight…

Tagged with: All Articles, Cù Huy Hà Vũ, censorship, Censorship, Censorship in America, Freedom of the Press, General Censorship, Human Right, Human Rights Watch, Joseph McCarthy, Lawrence Moss, Lillian Hellman, Newsworthy, Politics of Vietnam, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights

Free Speech and the Internet

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

As the United Nations has said, access to the Internet is a human right. A report by the U.N.’s special rapporteur presented last month to the Human Rights Council in Geneva warns that this right is being threatened by governments…