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SUMMARY:Human Rights Impact Assessment of Facebook’s operations in Viet Nam
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Legal Initiatives for Vietnam\, in partnership with ARTICLE 19 and CLARITI. \nLegal Initiatives for Vietnam (LIV)\, in collaboration with ARTICLE 19 and CLARITI\, is pleased to invite you to a presentation of our latest Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of Facebook’s operations in Vietnam\,  published on May 31st\, 2025. The HRIA explores how Facebook’s practices impact fundamental rights such as freedom of expression\, privacy\, and civic engagement within Viet Nam’s restrictive digital landscape. \nRead the full report here: link \nDate: Wednesday\, June 11th\, 2025\nTime: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Taipei time / GMT+8)\nLocation and Registration: Zoom (link will be sent upon registration) \nModerator:\nTrịnh Hữu Long: Aside from being a member of Legal Initiatives for Vietnam’s (LIV) leadership\, he is in charge of Luật Khoa Magazine\, a Vietnamese publication covering Vietnam’s law and politics. He began his career in 2008 as a legal counsel for some companies in Hà Nội and became a democracy advocate and journalist in 2011. He has worked for various media and human rights organizations such as Tia Sáng magazine (2011-2012)\, Tuổi Trẻ newspaper (2012)\, and VOICE (2013-2016). \nHe has a background in law and Asia-Pacific studies\, specializing in Vietnam’s constitutional law\, freedom of expression\, internet freedom\, and criminal justice\, as well as Taiwan’s democratization. He has written and translated several books in politics and has been an author of the Vietnam Chapter of Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net reports since 2021. He earned a bachelor in law (LL.B) from Hanoi Law University in 2008 and a master’s degree in Asia-Pacific studies from Taiwan’s National Chengchi University in 2024. \nSpeakers:\n\nHoàng Minh Trang: Hoàng Minh Trang is a human rights consultant and researcher. She started working in the human rights field in 2019 and her focus is digital rights and freedom of expression. Over the past few years she has collaborated with various organizations. Trang received Erasmus Mundus scholarship in 2020 to study in 4 European countries and completed her master’s degree in Human Rights Policy and Practice in 2023.\nH Biap Krong (Becky): She is a Montagnard human rights advocate and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vietnam. She has more than 10 years of experience working in the human rights field in religious rights\, minority rights\, and land rights. She was the primary coordinator of the Saudi Arabia-focused component of BPSOS’ Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA). She had worked as a community outreach and interpreter staff member for the UNHCR’s Bangkok office. She has spoken at many regional and international forums on the rights of women\, minorities\, and indigenous peoples. In 2021\, she was among the ten individuals\, out of more than 2\,000 applicants from across the globe\, selected to join the Incubator for Defenders Remaining in Exile to Advance Movements (IDREAM)\, a 14-month training and mentoring program for human rights defenders in exile organized by the Minneapolis-based Center for Victims of Torture. In June 2022\, she spoke at the Grassroots Protection for Religious Persecution of Women and Minorities panel in Washington\, DC. In May 2024\, the Australian National University invited her to participate in a law research project. The Department of Human Rights and Peace Studies of Mahidol University invited her to review “Protecting the Rights of Victims of Human Trafficking: Some Issues with Vietnamese Law in the Context of Globalization.” In May 2024\, she completed a research project on religious issues in Vietnam funded by USCIRF.\n\nAgenda:\n\n30 min – Presentation by the researchers\n60 min – Open Q&A with participants\n\nJoin us for a critical conversation about tech accountability\, platform governance\, and digital rights in authoritarian contexts. \nThis is a public event. All are welcome. Please feel free to share widely.
URL:https://liv.ngo/event/human-rights-impact-assessment-of-facebooks-operations-in-viet-nam/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20251114T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20251114T153000
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SUMMARY:State & Media Nexus in 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Inviting Ming Chuan University students to join us for a lecture on “State & Media Nexus in 21st Century” with Ming Chuan University’s Journalism and Mass Communication Program\, New’s Literacy course. \n\nTheme: Media Freedom and Censorship in a Global Context: From Prague to Hanoi\nSegment 1: Media Freedom and Public Service Media in Europe – Democratic contexts\nSegment 2: Media Censorship in Asia – Authoritarian contexts\n\n  \nSpeakers: \nMartin Štefek\, Ph.\, Head of Political Science Department of the Charles University and Deputy Director at the Institute for Contemporary History at the Czech Academy of Sciences\, Prague\nMartin Štefek received his PhD. in 2017 at the Faculty of Arts\, Charles University in Czech Republic. He has been an assistant professor at the Department of the Political Science\, Faculty of Arts\, Charles University since 2016. In 2022\, he joined The Institute of Contemporary History\, Czech Academy of Sciences. His teaching and research focus on comparative politics and contemporary history. His fields of interest include party systems\, regime transformations\, the history of Communism and theories of totalitarianism. \n  \nTrịnh Hữu Long\, Interim Executive Director of Legal Initiatives for Vietnam and Editor-in-Chief of Luat Khoa Magazine\nTrịnh Hữu Long is the Co-founder and Interim Executive Director of Legal Initiatives for Vietnam\, based in Taipei\, Taiwan. He is in charge of Luật Khoa Magazine\, a Vietnamese publication covering Vietnam’s law and politics. He began his career in 2008 as a legal counsel for some companies in Hà Nội and became a democracy advocate and journalist in 2011. He has worked for various media and human rights organizations such as Tia Sáng magazine (2011-2012)\, Tuổi Trẻ newspaper (2012)\, and VOICE (2013-2016). He has a background in law and Asia-Pacific studies\, specializing in Vietnam’s constitutional law\, freedom of expression\, internet freedom\, and criminal justice\, as well as Taiwan’s democratization. He has written and translated several books in politics and has been an author of the Vietnam Chapter of Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net reports since 2021. He earned a bachelor in law (LL.B) from Hanoi Law University in 2008 and a master’s degree in Asia-Pacific studies from Taiwan’s National Chengchi University in 2024. \n  \n\nDate Friday Nov 14\, 2025\nTime: 2:00  – 3:30 pm\nLocation: Ming Chuan University\nAudience: Open to Ming Chuan University students only
URL:https://liv.ngo/event/state-media-nexus-in-21st-century/
CATEGORIES:Media Freedom
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20251113T150000
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SUMMARY:Transformations of the Party System in the Czech Republic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture on the Transformations of the Party System in the Czech Republic. Hosted at NCCU and co-organized by Post-Communist Democratization Course of Assistant Professor Yung-Fan Lin of the Graduate Institute of Russian Studies (NCCU)\, the event will feature a one-hour presentation from Dr Martin Štefek\, followed by a Q&A session. \n\nAbout the speaker:\nMartin Štefek received his PhD. in 2017 at the Faculty of Arts\, Charles University in Czech Republic. He has been an assistant professor at the Department of the Political Science\, Faculty of Arts\, Charles University since 2016. In 2022\, he joined The Institute of Contemporary History\, Czech Academy of Sciences. His teaching and research focus on comparative politics and contemporary history. His fields of interest include party systems\, regime transformations\, the history of Communism and theories of totalitarianism.\n  \n\nDate: Thursday Nov 13\, 2025\nTime: 3 pm – 4:30 pm\nLocation: Seminar room 270810\, 8th floor North Wing\, General Building of Colleges\, National Chengchi University\nRegistration Link – Please fill out the form to confirm your attendance. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://liv.ngo/event/transformations-of-the-party-system-in-the-czech-republic/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20251112T190000
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SUMMARY:Media and Democracy in Central Europe: A Changing Landscape?
DESCRIPTION:Access to alternative sources of information is one of the characteristics of liberal democracy. Central Europe is a region where citizens experienced censorship and the dominance of party and state media before 1989. After the fall of the Iron Curtain\, plurality and a free environment for independent journalism emerged in individual post-communist countries. However\, a free media system is very fragile\, and the recent past has shown that journalists face constant pressure. \nThe discussion will focus on the current situation in the region\, but will also address specific cases where free media in Czechia\, Slovakia\, Poland\, and Hungary have been threatened. As will be pointed out\, in the case of the latter country\, we can document a direct link between the limitation of journalists’ freedom and the retreat of democracy. \n  \n– Time: Wednesday\, November 12\, 7 PM \n– Place: DAYBREAK (Bangka Boulevard\, No. 110\, 1F\, Wanhua District\, Taipei 108/台北市萬華區艋舺大道110號1樓) \n– Entry: 100 NT \n  \nAbout the speaker: \nMartin Štefek received his PhD. in 2017 at the Faculty of Arts\, Charles University in Czech Republic. He has been an assistant professor at the Department of the Political Science\, Faculty of Arts\, Charles University since 2016. In 2022\, he joined The Institute of Contemporary History\, Czech Academy of Sciences. \nHis teaching and research focus on comparative politics and contemporary history. His fields of interest include party systems\, regime transformations\, the history of Communism and theories of totalitarianism.
URL:https://liv.ngo/event/media-and-democracy-in-central-europe-a-changing-landscape/
LOCATION:DAYBREAK\, 1F\, No. 110\, Bangka Boulevard\, Wanhua District\, Taipei\, Taipei\, 108\, Taiwan
CATEGORIES:Media Freedom
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