Nguyen Huu Thien An

August 31, 2016

Viet Nam: Conviction of youth activists highlights authorities’retrograde attitude to human rights

by • Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy, Nguyen Huu Thien An

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 […]

August 24, 2016

Two Jailed in Vietnam in Closed Trial Over Facebook Offense

by • Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy, Nguyen Huu Thien An

RFA, August 24, 2016 A court in south-central Vietnam’s coastal Khanh Hoa province convicted two online activists of conducting propaganda against the state on Tuesday, handing one a three-year term and sentencing the other to two years in a closed trial, sources said. Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy, 31, was arrested by provincial police on Nov. […]

August 23, 2016

Vietnam Imprisons Two Activists for Anti-state Propaganda Allegation

by • [Human Rights], Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy, Nguyen Huu Thien An

By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 23, 2016 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on August 23 found two online activists Nguyen Huu Quoc Duy and Nguyen Huu Thien An guilty of conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code. The court sentenced Duy, 31, to three years […]