Vietnam Upholds Sentence for Outspoken Rights Activist-VOA | Dec 12, 2014 A court in southern Vietnam has upheld the sentence of outspoken activist and anti-China protester Bui Thi Minh Hang and two others in the latest crackdown on dissent. The results of the appeal trial in Dong Thap province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Friday came as “no surprise”, observers said. Hang […]
Vietnam – Appeal court to rule on conviction of Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang who was sentenced to three-years’ imprisonment-frontlinedefenders.org | Dec 11, 2014 On 12 December 2014, Dong Thap Province Appellate Court in Vietnam is expected to examine the sentence of human rights defender Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang who was sentenced earlier this year to three-years’ imprisonment under Article 245 of Vietnam’s Criminal Code for “causing public disorder”. Bui Thi Minh Hang […]
Vietnam: Conviction of three human rights defenders upheld-FIDH, Bangkok-Paris-Geneva | Dec 12, 2014 The conviction of three human rights defenders on trumped-up charges is the latest act of the government’s relentless repression of independent voices, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint program of FIDH and OMCT) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. Today, […]
Vietnam Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Well-known Anti-China Activist-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 12, 2014 Defend the Defenders Ms. Hang, one of the leading figures in demonstrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the 2011-2013 period against the Chinese violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea, was arrested in February this year, together with two other activists named Nguyen Van […]
Vietnam: Stop Using Absurd Laws to Imprison Critics-HRW | Dec 10, 2014 Vietnam should drop all charges and immediately release bloggers Nguyen Quang Lap and Hong Le Tho, who were arrested for operating independent blogs, Human Rights Watch said today. Nguyen Quang Lap was arrested on December 6, 2014, and Hong Le Tho was arrested on November 29 in Ho Chi Minh […]
Vietnamese Blogger Harassed, Beaten by Plainclothes Police-RFA | Dec 10, 2014 Vietnamese online democracy activist Nguyen Hoang Vi was beaten by plainclothes security officers near her home in Ho Chi Minh City in an apparent bid to thwart plans by her and friends to mark International Human Rights Day, the blogger said Wednesday. The assault took place at about 3:30 p.m. […]
OHCHR Welcomes Vietnam’s Ratification of UN Convention against Torture-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 10, 2014 Defend the Defenders In its press release in Bangkok on Dec 9, the OHCHR welcomes the convention ratification by Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly in late November. The move is expected to help the country deal with rampant power abuse of the local police forces as well as […]
Blogger detained in Vietnam amid clampdown on dissent-cpj.org | Dec 08, 2014 Nguyen Quang Lap was detained on Saturday by police in Ho Chi Minh City, the second blogger to be arrested in as many weeks in Vietnam, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the mounting crackdown on dissent and calls for the immediate release of all journalists […]
Arrest of Second Vietnamese Blogger in Two Weeks Prompts Speculation-RFA | Dec 08, 2014 Police in Vietnam have arrested a second prominent blogger in two weeks as part of its long-running crackdown on online dissent, prompting various speculations over their detention under an ambiguous law. Nguyen Quang Lap, a 58 year-old award-winning writer and member of Vietnam’s Writers’ Association, was arrested Saturday at his […]
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