August 31, 2016
Viet Nam: Conviction of youth activists highlights authorities’retrograde attitude to human rights
Amnesty International, August 27, 2016 The convictions of two young men – Nguyễn Hữu Quốc Duy and Nguyễn Hữu Thiên An – on charges of “conducting propaganda against the state” on 23 August 2016 highlight the failure of the authorities in Viet Nam to come to terms with the increased willingness of people in Viet […]
January 1, 2017
Vietnam Prisoner of Conscience Still Placed in Incommunicado since Being Arrested in Late 2015
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy
Defend the Defenders, December 31, 2016 Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa have placed Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy in incommunicado since his arrest in late November of 2015, not allowing him to meet with his mother and relatives nor receive supplements from his family. Speaking with Defend the Defenders, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nay, […]