August 15, 2012
THE ANNOUNCEMENT on the death of Mrs. Dang Thi Kim Lieng – Mother of blogger Ta Phong Tan being illegally detained.
Vietnam, August 8, 2012. To the attention of: Vietnamese compatriots, domestic and abroad. And to: The governments, diplomatic missions, human rights organizations and progressive people worldwide. We are deeply sad but we have to speak out about the tragic and mystery death of Mrs. Dang Thi Kim Lieng – 64 years, on 30 July, 2012 […]
August 16, 2012
Spate of trials
by Defend the Defenders • Dinh Dang Dinh, Le Thanh Tung
TUESDAY 14 AUGUST 2012. Reporters Without Borders deplores the five-year jail sentence that a Hanoi people’s court passed on the blogger Le Thanh Tung at the end of a summary one-hour trial on 11 August, just three days after fellow blogger Dinh Dang Dinh was given a six-year sentence (below).