April 16, 2013
US upset Vietnam dissidents blocked from meeting
Patrick Ventrell – Acting Deputy Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing, Washington, DC – April 15, 2013 VIETNAM: Human Rights Dialogue / Activists Prevented from Meeting DAS Baer … QUESTION: Vietnam? MR. VENTRELL: Yeah. QUESTION: You had a statement last week about the U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue that took place in Hanoi on Friday. Apparently, two people who were invited […]
April 21, 2013
Vietnam, US Far Apart on Human Rights
by Defend the Defenders • Le Quoc Quan, Nguyen Van Dai, Nguyen Van Ly, Pham Hong Son
By CHRIS BRUMMITT and MATTHEW PENNINGTON – Associated Press. HANOI, Vietnam April 19, 2013 (AP) Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies. The women blocked the road leading to the dissident’s house, preventing a U.S. Embassy […]