Jailed Vietnamese Blogger in Fourth Week of Hunger Strike-Mac Lam, RFA | 17 Jul, 2013 One of Vietnam’s most prominent jailed dissidents, blogger Nguyen Van Hai, has gone on a hunger strike amid concerns over his prison treatment, his ex-wife said Wednesday, highlighting a trend of fasting protests by political prisoners in the one-party Communist state. Hai, popularly known by his pen name […]
Vietnam: Letter Sent To High Representative Catherine Ashton ahead of Trial of Human Rights Defender Le Quoc Quan-Salem-News 9 July 2013 (YORK, UK) – Prominent Vietnamese lawyer, blogger and human rights defender Mr. Le Quoc Quan, was the subject of unlawful arrest and detention. Mr. Le Quoc Quan is currently arbitrarily detained due to having exercised his right to freedom of expression, his right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, as […]
Vietnam: Update – Trial of human rights defender Mr Le Quoc Quan postponed indefinitely-Front Line Defenders 12 July 2013 On 8 July 2013, the Vietnamese authorities decided to postpone the trial of Le Quoc Quan indefinitely. The trial was supposed to be held at the People’s Court of Hanoi on 9 July 2013. The explanation given was that the judge was not feeling well. Under Vietnamese law, a postponed trial […]
Vietnam: Prominent Dissident On Hunger Strike-Carlyle Thayer Thayer Consultancy 18 June 2013 Last night it was reported that Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu‘ has begun a prison hunger strike (see Amnesty International). Dr. Vu’s wife said yesterday that he’s protesting against poor treatment in prison(rather than, say, making a political statement against the party’s leadership).
Vietnam’s bloggers test govt’s limits-Nirmal Ghosh Asia News Network 10-07-2013 A fellow blogger calls the Anh Ba Sam blog the “pavement news agency”, in a satirical reference to the official state-owned Vietnam News Agency. Anh Ba Sam, which means “The Gossiper”, was started in 2007 by former policeman Nguyen Huu Vinh, 57, and soon became a meeting point for […]
Wolf Criticizes Obama Administration For Failure To Address Human Rights In Vietnam-Frank Wolf / wolf.house.gov Washington, D.C. (July 10, 2013) – Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), co-chairman of the Congressional Vietnam Caucus and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, as well as a longtime advocate for human rights and religious freedom globally, today released the following statement charging the Obama Administration with neglect in dealing with the deteriorating […]
Vietnam’s president to visit DC as dissident lawyer’s trial postponed-Democracy Digest 11 July 2013 “President Barack Obama has invited his Vietnamese counterpart to visit the United States this month, looking to boost cooperation on security and trade despite concerns over the communist state’s rights record,” Agence France Presse reports.
CON DAU PARISHIONERS ASSOCIATION: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam-CON DAU PARISHIONERS ASSOCIATION June 2013 Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam We are an association of more than 200 members, primarily former residents of Con Dau Parish, Da Nang City who are living in the United States, Australia and Thailand, consisting of: Refugees who escaped Vietnam in the […]
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