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  • Advocates Keep Spotlight on Le Quoc Quan - Global Voices Advocacy 10 July 2013 On July 9, 2013, the trial of Le Quoc Quan, one of Vietnam’s most active human rights defenders and an outspoken blogger, was supposed to take place in Hanoi. But Vietnamese authorities at the last minute decided to postpone his trial until further notice. This is the latest in […]
  • UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF VIETNAM: Submission by Front Line Defenders - Front Line Defenders – the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Related to:                Vietnam  UPR Session:           18th Session of UPR (January – February 2014)  Submitted:                14 June 2013 Front Line Defenders (www.frontlinedefenders.org) is an international NGO based in Ireland with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations […]
  • Dissident Vietnamese Lawyer’s Trial Abruptly Postponed - RFA | 8 July 2013 | Vietnamese authorities abruptly postponed the trial of prominent dissident lawyer Le Quoc Quan on Monday, saying the judge scheduled to hear the case is ill, while lawyers and relatives said the hearing was put off to avoid publicity and international attention. 
  • Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Le Quoc Quan - HRW July 8, 2013 Update The trial of Le Quoc Quan, scheduled for July 9, was postponed in the afternoon of July 8. The trial has not been rescheduled. ———————————————– End Political Trials of Human Rights Defenders (New York) – The Vietnamese government should drop politically motivated charges against Le Quoc Quan, one of Vietnam’s most […]
  • Vietnam Censors Give Songwriter Ngoc Dai “Free Advertising” - By  Marianne Brown The Diplomat | 7 July 2013 | Arguably Vietnam’s most controversial songwriter, Ngoc Dai, has been featured regularly in the Vietnamese press over the last few weeks after releasing a new album without official permission. Thang Mo 1, which translates as Village Herald 1, features lyrics like: “have sex, compatriots” and “oh groin, […]
  • CJFE ALARMED BY RECENT UPSURGE IN ARRESTS AND MALTREATMENT OF VIETNAMESE BLOGGERS - CJFE Friday, July 5, 2013 His Excellency Le Sy Vuong Ha, Ambassador of Vietnam to Canada Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Canada 55 Mackay Street Ottawa, ON K1M 2B2
  • English PEN: Take urgent action for writer Nguyen Huu Cau - English PEN 5 July 2013 Poet, songwriter, human rights defender and anti-corruption activist Nguyen Huu Cau has been detained in Vietnam since 1982 in relation to an ‘incriminating’ manuscript of songs and poems. Following his most recent monthly visit to his father, an hour-long meeting at which security agents were present throughout, his son Tran […]
  • Vietnamese Dissident Vows to Defend Himself Against Tax Charges - RFA 6 July 2013 A detained prominent Vietnamese dissident lawyer has vowed to defend himself to the hilt against tax evasion charges leveled by the state during his trial scheduled next week, accusing the one-party Communist government of staging a campaign to victimize its opponents.
  • CAMSA: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam - COALITION TO ABOLISH MODERN-DAY SLAVERY IN ASIA Website: http://camsa-coalition.org 4 June 2013  Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Founded in February 2008, CAMSA is a coalition of international and national organizations sharing the same goal of eliminating labor and sex trafficking of men, women and children within, from and […]
  • Lawyer for Lawyer và các NGO gửi thư đến Ngoại trưởng các nước EU, Canada, Úc và Nhật kêu gọi gửi quan sát viên tham dự phiên xử Lê Quốc Quân - Bản dịch của Trang Thiên Long (Defend the Defenders) Lawyers for Lawyers | 4.7.2013 | Cùng với 11 tổ chức phi chính phủ, Lawyers for Lawyers đã gửi một bức thư ngày 1/7/2013 đến tất cả các Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao các nước trong EU, Canada, Úc và Nhật Bản để yêu cầu đặc biệt […]