Vietnamese blogger freed, but more still behind bars-asianewsweekly | Sep 22, 2015 Ta Phong Tan, author of the blog Justice and Truth was convicted in 2012 of writing propaganda against Vietnam and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tan, who previously had served in Vietnam’s armed police services, started her blog in 2006. She frequently targeted the government for what she […]
Freed Vietnamese Dissident Threatens Legal Action Against Hanoi-VOA | Sep 21, 2015 WASHINGTON—A freed Vietnamese blogger says she and another online activist plan to take action against Vietnamese authorities in international court. Ta Phong Tan, author of the blog “Cong Ly v Su That” – Vietnamese for ‘Justice and Truth’ – arrived in the United States on Sunday after being released early […]
Vietnamese Catholic: In communist prison, faith in God conquerd abuses and suffering-Asia News | Sep 22, 2015 “In the communist prison, I always kept my faith. I prayed and God blessed me. I was treated cruelly in prison, but I never cried in front of them. My heart was full of pain and sorrow on hearing my mother’s self-immolation because of my judgment”: These were the […]
Vietnam Frees Blogger Ta Phong Tan, Who Travels to US-RFA | Sep 21, 2015 Vietnam has freed prominent blogger and activist Ta Phong Tan, who flew to the U.S. after her release from prison over the weekend and vowed to continue her fight for freedom of expression in the authoritarian Southeast Asian nation from abroad. Rights groups and media watchdogs welcomed her release, but […]
Vietnamese Southerner Freed from Pre-trial Detention after Nine Months-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 22, 2015 A citizen in Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau has been released after being detained for 274 days in police station in a drug case, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Tuesday. Pham Thanh Chech was found not guilty by the People’s Court of the Thoi Binh district last […]
Tiếng nói bên ngoài và cuộc đấu tranh bên trong-RFA | 21-09-2015 Thêm một tù nhân chính trị tại Việt Nam, cô Tạ Phong Tần, đến Hoa Kỳ do áp lực của chính quyền Mỹ cũng như sự lên tiếng lâu nay về tình hình nhân quyền- dân chủ tại Việt Nam. Thực tế tiếng nói từ bên ngoài giúp cho phong trào đấu […]
Bản Lên tiếng về phiên tòa xử 12 dân oan Thạnh Hóa, Long An ngày 15-16/09/2015-IJAVN | 21-09-2015 Kính gởi – Đồng bào Việt Nam trong và ngoài nước – Giới dân oan tại Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam – Các chính phủ dân chủ năm châu và các cơ quan nhân quyền quốc tế Phiên sơ thẩm xử 12 dân oan tại tòa án huyện Thạnh […]
Hanoi releases Catholic dissident and blogger Mary Ta Phong Tan-Asia News | Sep 21, 2015 The Vietnamese Catholic dissident and blogger Mary Ta Phong Tan was released from prison a few days ago, and arrived yesterday in the United States. The US State Department confirmed that the woman “decided to travel to the United States shortly after being released from prison.” An official source […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly September 14-20: Blogger Ta Phong Tan Released, Forced to Live in Exile in U.S-Defenders’ Weekly | Sep 20, 2015 ***********14/9/2015************** Civil Rights Defenders Requests Vietnam Not to Restrict Activists’ Movements On September 14, the Stockholm-based Civil Rights Defenders issued a press release, calling on Vietnam’s communist government to immediately lift impermissible restrictions on the right to freedom of movement of local dissidents and human rights activists. The Swedish […]
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