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  • Vietnam dissident convicted, but released - AFP | 30 October 2013, 0:06 AEST A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed and released him from custody. A Vietnamese court has convicted an activist of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but suspended the […]
  • Vietnam court convicts dissident Facebook user - AP | 29/10/2013 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court on Tuesday convicted a dissident of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government but suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed. The verdict in southern Vietnam meant Nhat Uy was released from detention. The charge sheet against Uy was the first to mention Facebook […]
  • Vietnam’s Latest Trial Shows New Generation of Activism - Marianne Brown | VOA October 29, 2013 HANOI —  A man in Vietnam has been convicted of “abusing democratic freedoms” for using the social media site Facebook to campaign for the release of his brother, a jailed government critic.  It is the latest case involving a new generation of Internet-based activists. Thirty-year-old Dinh Nhat Uy was […]
  • Activists Call for Vietnamese Dissident’s Release Ahead of Trial - RFA | 2013-10-28 Detained Vietnamese activist Dinh Nhat Uy who goes on trial Tuesday for “abusing democratic freedoms” should be freed unconditionally, rights groups and his lawyer say, questioning the basis for the charge he faces and the law under which he is accused. Uy, 30, will be tried at the Long An provincial court under […]
  • Luật sư rút lui vụ Đinh Nhật Uy - BBC | 28 tháng 10, 2013 Ông Nguyễn Thanh Lương, một luật sư chuyên bào chữa cho các bị cáo liên quan đến an ninh quốc gia, cho biết ông đang ‘tự điều chỉnh cho phù hợp với tình hình’ sau khi ‘bị chính quyền nhắc nhở’. Mới đây nhất, Luật sư Lương đã quyết định […]
  • Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Internet Activist - Human Rights Watch | OCTOBER 28, 2013 (Bangkok) – Vietnam’s government should unconditionally release the social campaigner Dinh Nhat Uy, Human Rights Watch said today. He is scheduled for trial in Long An provincial court on October 29, 2013, for “abuse of democratic freedoms.” Vietnam should revoke penal code article 258, under which he was charged, and […]
  • Vinh, 7 months jail for two Catholics who fought for religious freedom - Asia News October 25, 2013 Vinh (AsiaNews) – Disappointment, anger, dismay: this is the reaction of family, priests and parishioners in My yen following the sentence imposed on two Vietnamese Catholics in prison for months, for having fought in favor of human rights and religious freedom. The entire Vietnamese Catholic community had fought for their […]
  • Indictment against Đinh Nhật Uy - Translated by Đoan Trang THE LONG AN PEOPLE’S PROCURATORATE THE PEOPLE’ PROCURATORATE OF TÂN AN CITY ———————- Code number: 120/QĐ/KSĐT THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM independence – Freedom – Happiness ———————————- Tân An, September 6, 2013 INDICTMENT The Head of the People’s Procuratorate of Tân An City   Pursuant to Articles 36, 166 and 167 of […]
  • Declaration by the Network of Vietnamese Bloggers on the prosecution and trial of Đinh Nhật Uy - The Network of Vietnamese Bloggers October 24, 2013 Whereas the People’s Procuratorate of Tân An City on September 6, 2013 released the indictment against Đinh Nhật Uy and is going to put Uy on trial on October 29, 2013, the Network of Vietnamese Bloggers asserts and declares the following, on the prosecution as well as […]
  • Vietnamese Court Orders Two Parishioners of Vinh Diocese Jailed - RFA | 2013-10-23 A court in Vietnam’s North Central Coast region on Wednesday ordered two Catholic Christians who campaigned for religious freedom jailed for “disturbing public order,” triggering outrage among family members, priests and parishioners. The court in the Nghe An provincial capital Vinh sentenced Ngo Van Khoi, 53, to seven months in prison and Nguyen […]