January 11, 2018
Appeal of Human Rights Defender Nguyen Van Oai Set on Jan 15
Defend the Defenders, January 11, 2018 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An will hold an appeal hearing of human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Van Oai on January 15, according to the court’s notice to his lawyer Ha Huy Son. Mr. Oai, who was arrested on January 19 […]
January 15, 2018
Vietnam Court Rejects Appeal of Human Rights Defender Nguyen Van Oai, Sending Him Back to Prison
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Oai
Defend the Defenders, January 15, 2018 On January 15, the People’s Court in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An rejected the appeal of human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Van Oai, upholding the sentence given by the People’s Court in Hoang Mai town on the trial on September 18 last year. Mr. […]