June 4, 2018
Defend the Defenders, June 4, 2018 On June 4, the Higher People’s Court in Hanoi rejected appeals of three senior members and one co-founder of the Brotherhood for Democracy, sending them back to prison, Defend the Defenders has learned. The court upheld the sentences of Protestant pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, veteran journalist Truong Minh […]
May 25, 2018
Defend the Defenders, May 25, 2018 The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam has decided to hold th appeal hearing of four senior members of the online group Brotherhood for Democracy (BFD) on June 4, Defend the Defenders has learned. Speaking with Defend the Defenders, Mrs. Nguyen Kim Thanh, the wife of veteran journalist and […]
April 21, 2018
Defend the Defenders, April 21, 2018 Four out of six activists convicted on subversion in a trial on April 5 have challenged the court’s decision, Defend the Defenders has learned. On April 5, the People’s Court of Hanoi held the first-instance hearing of prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai, Protestor Nguyen Trung Ton, engineer […]
April 5, 2018
Defend the Defenders, April 5, 2018 On April 5, the People’s Court of Hanoi found six pro-democracy activists members of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy guilty of subversion, sentencing them to a total 66 years in prison and 17 years under house arrest afterward. The court made its decision in late evening of Thursday. Particularly, […]
April 5, 2018
Defend the Defenders, April 5, 2018 On April 5, the People’s Court of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi holds the first-instance hearing of six pro-democracy activists members of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy (BFD) on allegation of subversion under Article 79 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code. The defendants are prominent human rights attorney Nguyen […]
February 4, 2018
Defend the Defenders, February 4, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities are striving to delay granting permission for lawyers to prepare defense for six key members of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy (BFD) who were prosecuted for subversion, a wife of one of detainee told Defend the Defenders. Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of prominent human rights […]
December 28, 2017
By Defend the Defenders, December 28, 2017 The Investigation Agency under Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has ended its investigation of subversion against key members of the Brotherhood for Democracy. The agency has handed over the case to the Supreme People’s Procuracy and advised it to prosecute prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai and […]
September 8, 2017
Amnesty International, September 8, 2017 Three Vietnamese activists, Trương Minh Đức, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, and Phạm Văn Trội, are being held incommunicado at B14 prison in Hà Nội after their arrests on 30 July 2017. They have a range of pre-existing health conditions that require treatment and face a sentence of up to life imprisonment […]
August 24, 2017
Defend the Defenders, August 24, 2017 Vietnam’s authorities have officially charged prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 and “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the country’s 1999 Penal Code. His assistant Le Thu Ha is charged with the same allegation, […]
August 2, 2017
Amnesty International- Public statement, Aug 1, 2017 On 30 July 2017, Vietnamese authorities arrested four activists in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Thanh Hoa province. They are Nguyễn Trung Tôn, 45, a Protestant pastor from Thanh Hoa province; Phạm Văn Trội, 45, from Hanoi; Trương Minh Đức, 57, from Ho Chi Minh City; […]
July 30, 2017
by Defend the Defenders, July 30, 2017 On July 30, the Security Investigation Agency of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security carried out arrests of four activists namely Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Trung Ton, Truong Minh Duc and Nguyen Bac Truyen, charging them with “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 […]
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July 12, 2018
Convicted Key Members of BFD Transferred to Prisons Far from Their Families
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Nguyen Bac Truyen, Nguyen Trung Ton, Pham Van Troi, Truong Minh Duc
Defend the Defenders, July 12, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities have transferred jailed Protestant pastor Nguyen Trung Ton and businessman Nguyen Bac Truyen to prisons far from ther families, one month after the Higher People’s Court in Hanoi rejected their appeals. Pastor Ton was transferred to Dak Trung Prison camp in the Central Highlands province of […]