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  • ‘Ông Thọ có nhiều cống hiến cho đất nước’ - BBC | 30/11/2014 Ông Hồng Lê Thọ, chủ blog ‘Người lót gạch’, vừa bị công an bắt giam vào tối thứ Bảy ngày 29/11 tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh để điều tra về tội ‘Lợi dụng các quyền tự do dân chủ xâm phạm lợi ích của Nhà nước’ theo điều 258 Bộ luật […]
  • Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly- Nov 24- 31: Mennonite Church Continuously Harassed - Defenders’ Weekly | Nov 30, 2014 ********24/11/2014******** Hanoi Court Uphold Imprisonments for Three Duong Noi Village after Illegally Seizing Their Land The People’s Court in Ha Dong district in Hanoi on Nov 25 held an appeal hearing for three farmers in Duong Noi villages who were accused of conducting activities against on-duty state officials when […]
  • Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 24/11-30/11/2014: HỘI THÁNH MENNONITE ĐỘC LẬP TIẾP TỤC BỊ SÁCH NHIỄU - Defenders’ Weekly | 30/11/2014 ********24/11/2014******** Xét xử 3 dân oan Dương Nội: “Bắt người vô tội, cướp đất là một tội ác!” Hà Nội, ngày 25/11/2014 diễn ra phiên tòa phúc thẩm xét xử 3 dân oan Dương gồm bà Cấn Thị Thêu, Ông Trịnh Bá Khiêm và Ông Lê Văn Thanh. Anh Trịnh Bá […]
  • Vietnam Needs to License Rights Protection Groups: Expert - by KTT, Nov 27, 2014 Defend the Defenders The government should allow the operation of organizations specialized in protecting people’s rights, economist Nguyen Quang A said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Those who protect different rights of human beings should be eligible to work in the country regarding their range of […]
  • Foreign Diplomats Meet Vietnam Prodemocracy Activists - by KTT, Nov 26, 2014 Defend the Defenders On Nov 21, Germany’s Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who is also chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, met a group of five activists on the sidelines of the 14th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Businesses (APK) in Ho Chi Minh City. On the same day, the […]
  • Vietnam Rights Conference Goes Ahead Despite Police Harassment - RFA | Nov 26, 2014 Vietnamese rights activists and foreign diplomats went ahead with a planned human rights conference in Hanoi on Wednesday, defying efforts by police to harass and intimidate event organizers, sources said. The conference, titled “U.N. Protection Mechanisms for Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam,” was held at the Thai Ha church in […]
  • Hà Nội: Giảm án cho 2 đối tượng chống người thi hành công vụ - Vietnamplus | 25/11/2014 Ba bị cáo cùng tội gồm: Trịnh Bá Khiêm, sinh năm 1958, trú tại tổ Trung Bình, phường Dương Nội, quận Hà Đông, Hà Nội; Cấn Thị Thêu, sinh năm 1962, là vợ bị cáo Khiêm; Lê Văn Thanh, sinh năm 1965, trú tại tổ Quyết Tiến, phường Dương Nội, quận Hà […]
  • JOURNALIST BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS BY EIGHT POLICEMEN - RSF | Nov 25, 2014 Freelance journalist Truong Minh Duc is still in a critical condition in Hoan My Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, where he was taken after being beaten unconscious by policemen in Thu Dau Mot, a town 20 km to the north, on the morning of 2 November. Reporters Without Borders […]
  • The High Price Of Freedom In Vietnam -   PRESS FREEDOM, dw.de | Nov 24, 2014 Bloggers in Vietnam are severely repressed. A month ago, one of the country’s most popular bloggers was set free, only to be immediately deported to the US. He talks to DW about his experiences and plans for the future. Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hai is known by […]
  • Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Nov 17-23: Vietnamese Political Dissidents Meet with Visiting German Vice Chancellor - Defenders’ Weekly | Nov 23, 2014 ********17/11/2014*******  Former Political Prisoner Chu Manh Son Protests Torture  Nghe An-based former political prisoner Chu Manh Son has joined a campaign launched by the Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience (FVPoC) protesting torture and harassment of Vietnamese security forces against Vietnamese activists and ordinary citizens. He urged domestic and international […]