Statement of Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend the Defenders on prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc-Press release, December 8, 2020 Prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving a 16-year prison term at Prison camp No. 6 (Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province) for fraudulent allegation “activities aimed at overthrowing the People’s administration” under Article 79 of Vietnam’s Penal Code 1999, has been conducting a hunger strike […]
#FreePhamDoanTrang – RSF launches campaign for independent journalist’s release -Two months after her arrest, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a campaign for the release of Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang with a petition and a video in which Vietnamese diaspora colleagues voice strong support for this symbol of the fight for the freedom to inform in Vietnam. RSF, December 7, 2020 Arrested […]
EU to use Magnitsky-style law to impose sanctions on human rights abusers- The EU does not currently have the right to enforce travel bans on individuals as the competence lies with national governments. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA Provisionally approved act will allow EU to freeze assets and impose travel bans The Guardians, November 27, 2020 The EU will take on powers to freeze assets and impose travel […]
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