Vietnamese Secondary School Student Commits Suicide after Being Interrogated by Police-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 17, 2015 Nguyen Thanh Tam, a student of 9-grade class in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai, has committed suicide after being interrogated by local police without presence of his relatives nor teacher, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Saturday (http://tuoitre.vn/tin/ban-doc/20160116/hs-lop-9-len-xa-lam-viec-ve-nha-viet-thu-roi-tu-tu/1039513.html). Tam, 17, took a herbicide in a bid to […]
Courts should strive to deserve people’s confidence-Vietnamnet | Jan 16, 2016 President Truong Tan Sang urged court officials to take actions against the degradation in political thought, morals and lifestyles, and raise their prestige in order to deserve people’s confidence. The leader made the appeal at a meeting of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in Hanoi on January 15 to put […]
Prominent Vietnam Activist Released From Jail But Has Nowhere to Live-RFA | Jan 15, 2016 Vietnam released a prominent female human rights activist today after she served a five-year prison sentence for violating the country’s law aimed at stopping dissent. Ho Thi Bich Khuong was released from Thanh Xuan prison in Hanoi after serving a prison sentence for “conducting propaganda against the government,” but it […]
Vietnamese Political Dissident Reportedly Forced to Make False Statements During Detention-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 16, 2015 Investigating police officers in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa have tried to force local dissident Dinh Tat Thang, who is in detention from August last year, to confess that his denunciations against state officials are wrong, his son told local media. Mr. Dinh Van Tuan said he […]
Vietnamese Dies after One-week Detention for Brick Stealing Investigation, First Victim of Police Torture This Year-By Vu Quoc Ngu, January 15, 2016 A Vietnamese man in the central province of Nghe An has died in a local police detention facility one week after being arrested for investigation in his role in a brick stealing case, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Friday (http://tuoitre.vn/tin/phap-luat/20160115/lai-mot-nguoi-chet-khi-dua-den-trai-tam-giam/1038901.html). The family of Mr. Dang Van Hanh from […]
Interview: ‘I Hope They Will Abide by the Law’ in Vietnam Blogger Case-RFA | Jan 14, 2016 Prominent Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, also known as Anh Ba Sam, and his assistant, Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, were arrested last May in Hanoi for posting essays “that had the potential to tarnish the state apparatus’ prestige,” according to state media. Gia Minh of RFA’s spoke to their lawyer, […]
Arrest of lawyer and human rights defender Nguyen Van Dai in Vietnam-VETO | Jan 11, 2016 Lawyer NGUYEN Van Dai was arrested [i] in Hanoi on Dec. 16, 2015 on the charge of „conducting propaganda against the Socialist State Vietnam“ (Art. 88 of the Penal Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) when he was on his way to meet with members of the European Union delegation who […]
Vietnam seriously executing international commitments on human rights-Humannationalityvn | Jan 12, 2016 Human rights are the universal value of mankind and the outcome of struggles throughout human thousand-year history. Today, ensuring the practice of human rights is the common goal of the international community. What is more, human rights are reflected in policies of countries and agendas of international organizations. Since the […]
Vietnam Postpones Trial against Prominent Blogger AnhBaSam-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 13, 2016 Vietnam’s communist government has postponed the trial scheduled on Jan 19 against prominent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka Anh Ba Sam) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy who are accused of “abusing freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the state” under Article 258 of […]
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