Vietnam lawyer arrested on “anti-Socialist propaganda” charges for discussing the Vietnamese Constitution-VCHR | Dec 17, 2015 PARIS, 17 December 2015 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly denounces Vietnam’s arrest of Nguyen Van Dai, human rights lawyer and former political prisoner on 16 December 2015 in Hanoi. He is charged with “spreading propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” (Article 88 of the […]
DÂN BIỂU CHRIS HAYES LÊN TIẾNG VỀ VIỆC LUẬT SƯ NGUYỄN VĂN ĐÀI BỊ BẮT-Nguyễn Quang Duy | 17-12-2015 Tin Úc châu: Dân Biểu Chris Hayes vừa gửi thư đến bà Julie Bishop Bộ Trưởng Bộ Ngoại Giao yêu cầu Úc quan tâm và can thiệp cho Luật sư Nguyễn Văn Đài. Ông cho biết Luật sư Đài là một luật sư nổi tiếng, thường đại diện cho […]
PRESS RELEASE: EU and Vietnam hold Human Rights Dialogue-EU | Dec 16, 2015 The EU and Vietnam held on 15 December 2015 in Hanoi the fifth round of their annual enhanced Dialogue on Human Rights in the spirit of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed in 2012. The EU delegation was led by Mr Ugo Astuto, acting Managing Director Asia and […]
Vietnam arrests lawyer for ‘propaganda’, 10 days after beating-Reuters | Dec 16, 2015 A Vietnamese lawyer badly beaten 10 days ago by unknown attackers was arrested by police on Wednesday for anti-state “propaganda”, the latest incident in what rights groups are calling an alarming crackdown on government critics. Despite sweeping reforms to its economy and increasing openness towards social change, including gay, lesbian […]
Vietnam arrests high-profile lawyer on anti-state charges-Straits Time | Dec 16, 2015 A Vietnamese lawyer was arrested on Wednesday (Dec 16) on anti-state charges, police said, a week after he was brutally beaten by thugs after leading a training forum for rights defenders in the communist country. Nguyen Van Dai, 47, was taken into custody for “conducting propaganda against the state […]
Vietnam Holds Large-scale Anti-protest Drill amid Rising Social Dissatisfaction-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 17, 2015 Vietnam’s authorities deployed 1,300 commandos, soldiers and police officers to hold a drill aimed at confronting terrorists and protestors, and rescuing hostages in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on Dec 14 amid rising social dissatisfaction. During the two-hour exercise, led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff […]
EU Raises Concerns about Increasing Human Rights Violations in Vietnam-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 17, 2015 The European Union (EU) has raised its concerns about human rights violations in Vietnam as well as restrictions of the country’s laws regarding basic human rights during the 5th round of EU-Vietnam Dialogue on Human Rights held in Hanoi on Dec 15. During the one-day event co-chaired by […]
Viet Nam: Arrest of human rights lawyer highlights spurious commitment to human rights-Amnesty International | Dec 16, 2015 Authorities in Viet Nam must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài, who has been detained on charges of “spreading propaganda against the state” shortly after the EU-Viet Nam Human Rights dialogue was held in the capital Ha Noi, Amnesty International said today. According to a […]
VIET NAM: IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST NGUYỄN VIỆT DŨNG-Amnesty International | Dec 16, 2015 Amnesty International calls on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release Nguyễn Việt Dũng, who is a prisoner of conscience. Nguyễn Việt Dũng was convicted of ‘causing public disorder’ solely for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly under Article 245 on 14 December 2015 […]
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