Tag: Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh

Vietnam frees Catholic blogger but upholds 20-year sentence for another activist

October 22, 2018 Vietnam Catholics, Human rights, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Vietnam

Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (L), also known as 'Mother Mushroom', stands trial at a courthouse in the central city of Nha Trang on June 29, 2017. (Photo: Getty Images)

A Vietnamese Catholic blogger arrived in the United States last week after she was released from jail unexpectedly, reports the Catholic news site UCAN. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, also known as “Mother Mushroom”, was sentenced in June last year to ten years in prison for posting what police described as . . . Read More

Vietnam jails Christian rights defender for 15 years

April 5, 2018 Vietnam Hanoi, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, Nguyen Van Dai, Vietnam

Christian human rights' lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and his assistant were released and sent to Germany last week. (Photo: Open Doors International)

Christian human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was jailed for 15 years today, 5 April, for activities “aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration”, as Reuters reported. His wife, Vu Minh Khanh, said she was “very disappointed” but that Dai will “continue to fight and will appeal the verdict”. Five other . . . Read More

Vietnam: Catholic blogger’s 9-year prison sentence upheld

January 3, 2018 Vietnam Catholics, Hanoi, Maria Tran Thi Nga, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Vietnam

Catholic rights activist and blogger Maria Tran Thi Nga has had her nine-year prison sentence upheld following an appeal hearing at the Supreme Court in the capital city, Hanoi, reports Asia News. Only three of Nga’s lawyers were able to attend the hearing. Her husband and family members were detained . . . Read More

Vietnam: Church told to take down Christmas nativity scene

December 19, 2017 Vietnam Catholics, Ho Chi Minh City, Human rights, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Religion Law, Religious freedom, Vietnam

St Joseph's Cathedral in Vietnam's capital Hanoi also faced challenges over ownership of the land next to the church which led to protests in 2008. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

One of the highlights at this time of year for the citizens of Communist Vietnam is to go to see often highly elaborate temporary ‘constructions’ showing the Nativity scene of Christ’s birth which local Christians build onto their churches or homes. There are, for instance, whole streets of such scenes . . . Read More

Vietnam: Catholic blogger loses appeal against 10-year sentence for ‘anti-state reports’

December 4, 2017 Vietnam Catholics, Human rights, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

A Vietnamese Catholic blogger has failed in her attempt to overturn a 10-year prison sentence for writing “anti-state reports”. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 38, better known as ‘Me Nam’ (Mother Mushroom), is a member of the US-based activist group Viet Tan, which funded one of her environmental campaigns. Her blogging . . . Read More

Vietnam told to release prisoners of conscience

November 9, 2017 Vietnam Human rights, Maria Tran Thi Nga, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Van Oai, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

Freedom of expression in Vietnam is not a given. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A group of 17 NGOs has called for the release of detained bloggers and human rights activists in Vietnam, the country Amnesty said last year had the highest number of prisoners of conscience in Southeast Asia. In July, there were more than 90 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam’s jails, according . . . Read More

Vietnam arrests four more human rights activists

August 2, 2017 Vietnam Maria Tran Thi Nga, Nguyen Cong Chinh, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, Nguyen Van Dai, Vietnam

Four more activists were arrested in Vietnam on Sunday (30 July), the latest in a string of arrests seen as part of a general crackdown on freedom of expression, assembly and religion. Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, Nguyen Bac Truyen, head of an association of former religious and political prisoners, activist . . . Read More

Vietnam government accused of stealing monks’ land

July 20, 2017 Vietnam Catholics, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Vietnam

Land belonging to Benedictine monks in central Vietnam has been appropriated by the government, according to Catholic news agency UCAN. Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh, head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam, said the government has sold Thien An monastery’s land to local and foreign enterprises to help attract investment. At . . . Read More

Vietnam issues harsh sentence to another Catholic blogger

July 3, 2017 Vietnam Catholics, Communism, Hanoi, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Women

Vietnam has again been criticised over its treatment of a Catholic blogger. Mary Magdalene Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a one-day trial on 29 June for posting what police described as anti-state reports, including one about civilians dying in police custody, reports . . . Read More

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