April 13, 2014
TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED EARLY
VNRN | APRIL 13, 2014 Hoi, 57 (pictured above, right), an ethnic Tay from northern Lang Son province, is a former Communist Party official who wrote a blog advocating for human rights and a multi-party democratic system. He was convicted in 2011 of “conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic” under Article 88 of the Penal Code and sentenced to […]
April 30, 2014
Ten journalists to free from prison
by HR Defender • Nguyen Van Hai
CPJ | April 29, 2014 On World Press Freedom Day, CPJ calls for the release of all jailed journalists By Shazdeh Omari/CPJ News Editor New York, April 29, 2014—Uzbek editor Muhammad Bekjanov has been in jail for 15 years, one of the longest imprisonments of journalists worldwide. Prominent Iranian journalist Siamak Ghaderi was imprisoned in […]