Book Review: The Memory Police and The Rise of The Police State in Vietnam
“The Memory Police,” by Japanese author Yoko Ogawa, is a fictional work about an island where people’s memories of
In recent months, the United States, under the administration of Joe Biden, has been trying to bolster its sphere of
The current state of freedom in Vietnam is appalling. Scoring a disheartening 19 out of 100 in Freedom House’s
The ideological clash between democracy and authoritarianism has been at the forefront of the development of the modern world. Best
On Jan 21, 2022, CIVICUS [https://www.civicus.org/index.php/who-we-are/about-civicus], a global alliance of organizations and activists
When Xi Jinping became president of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 2012, he brought [https://www.bbc.
Vietnam welcomes 2022 burdened with the baggage of prior years, with its lauded COVID-19 pandemic measures buckling under the strain
The duties of the United Nations are vast, varied, and diverse. These can range anywhere from providing relief and medical
Earlier this year, on February 22, 2021, the government of Vietnam announced [https://www.aseantoday.com/2021/03/should-vietnam-become-a-member-of-the-un-human-rights-council/#:~:text=
Vietnam continues [https://www.thevietnamese.org/2020/12/civicus-2020-monitor-report-continues-to-rank-vietnam-as-closed-civic-space/] to be ranked as “ closed” in CIVICUS Monitor’s 2021 Report,
The early days of April 2016 marked the beginning [https://www.thevietnamese.org/2017/11/timeline-the-formosa-environmental-disaster/] of a grave environmental
Several United Nations Special Rapporteurs* released a statement [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27768] last
On October 29, 2021, several UN human rights experts called [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=
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