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freedom of speech
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Human RightsMembers
Freedom of Expression in Việt Nam – Part 4: Western Ideas and Việt Nam’s Struggle for Free Speech
Lê Giang wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on June 4, 2025. Freedom of Expression in Liberalism Liberal ideology considers freedom of expression a natural, inalienable human…
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Human RightsMembers
Freedom of Expression in Việt Nam—Part 3: Free Speech in Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism
Lê Giang wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on June 3, 2025. The third installment in our series on freedom of expression in Việt Nam explores this…
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Human RightsMembers
Freedom of Expression in Việt Nam – Part 2: Interpretation and Limitations
Lê Giang wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on June 2, 2025. While freedom of expression was once labeled a “Western value” in Việt Nam, globalization has…
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Human RightsMembers
Freedom of Expression in Việt Nam – Part 1: Blacklisting, Fines, and Imprisonment
Lê Giang wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on May 22, 2025. The Vietnamese government has intensified its grip on Việt Nam’s online space through a series…
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NewsMembers
Journalist Huy Duc Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for “Abusing Democratic Freedoms”
On February 27, 2025, the Hanoi People’s Court sentenced journalist and author Truong Huy San — also known by his pen name Osin Huy Duc — to 30 months in…
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NewsMembers
Vietnam’s Online Speech Restrictions Under Spotlight at LIV’s Second Virtual Seminar
During LIV’s second virtual seminar, held on June 27, 2024, guest speaker Dr. Nguyễn Quốc Tấn Trung, a Ph.D. in Public International Law and visiting scholar at the Hague Academy…
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Vietnam BriefingMembers
Vietnam Briefing Oct. 31, 2022: Vietnam Continues to Oppress Freedom of Speech After Being Elected to the UN Human Rights Council
Vietnamese Facebook user jailed for two years on a charge of “abusing democratic freedoms” A Vietnamese court in Hanoi sentenced Dang Nhu Quynh, a local Facebook user, to two years…
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SocietyMembers
Four Reasons Why Vietnam Is A Hotbed Of Misinformation
In several parts of the United Kingdom during the 16th and 17th centuries, those who spread rumors would be forced to wear iron masks, with branks pointed at their mouths…
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OpinionMembers
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 two journalists, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, for their “efforts…
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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 for criminalizing the activities of Bao Sach (Clean…
