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December 22, 2017

Vietnam Rejects Appeal of Human Rights Activist Tran Thi Nga, Sending Her Back to Prison

by • Thao Teresa, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga), Trinh Dinh Hoa, Truong Dung, Truong Van Dung

Defend the Defenders, December 22, 2017 The Hanoi Higher People’s Court has rejected the appeal of well-known human rights campaigner Tran Thi Nga, upholding the sentence of nine years in prison and five years of probation given by the lower court in late July on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the […]

November 11, 2015

Vietnamese Authorities Detain And Beat Two Human Rights Activists

by • Chu Manh Son, Do Thi Minh Hanh, Nguyen Lan Thang, Thao Teresa, Tran Minh Nhat, Trinh Ba Phuong

RFA | Nov 09, 2015 Vietnamese police beat and detained two activists on Sunday in the town of Dinh Van as they traveled from Ho Chi Minh City to their homes in a village in a Central Highlands province in the latest incident of harassment against defenders of human rights. One of the two men, […]

May 8, 2015

Vietnam Must Improve Rights Record For Closer Economic Ties: US Lawmaker

by • Nguyen Dan Que, Thao Teresa, Thich Quang Do

RFA | May 07, 2015 Hanoi must improve its human rights record if it expects to build closer economic ties with Washington, a U.S. lawmaker visiting Vietnam said Thursday, ahead of an annual round of talks between the two nations. Democratic Congressman Alan Lowenthal of California, who represents the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam, said […]

May 7, 2015

Vietnamese Civil Society Groups Discuss Human Rights With U.S. Delegation

by • Nguyen Dan Que, Thao Teresa

RFA | May 06, 2015 A U.S. human rights delegation met with representatives from Vietnam’s civil society on Wednesday to discuss issues related to human rights and democracy and gauge their support for a U.S.-led regional trade pact. Blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy (who blogs for Radio Free Asia), one of the attendees, told RFA’s Vietnamese Service […]