Vietnam Urged to Criminalize Torture to Halt Corporal Treatment-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 10, 2014 Defend the Defenders All acts of torture should be criminalized by labeling it as a crime with punishments similar to those stipulated for crimes in Chapter XXIV of the Penal Code, which range from 10 years in prison to the death penalty, said Dr. Dao Thi Le Thu […]
French Senior Diplomat Assaulted by Mobs in Vietnam Southern Hub-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 10, 2014 Defend the Defenders Mr. Battalan was beaten when he came to a private house of Pham Minh Hoang, a Franco-Vietnamese blogger in the city after the blogger asked for help. Five days ago, a group of gangsters accompanied by plain-clothes security agents moved into a house close to […]
Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski, U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor-US Embassy to Hanoi, Media Roundtable | October 27, 2014 Moderator: — But we’re very fortunate in our visitor today because of the wide-ranging nature of the topics, which are of such interest these days, we’re pleased to have Tom Malinowski who is the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the Department […]
RWB CONDEMNS HARASSMENT OF VIETNAMESE BLOGGER AND FAMILY-RSF , PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2014. Reporters Without Borders deplores the harassment of the blogger Pham Minh Hoang and his family, which led to an assault on the French consul-general in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5. The diplomat, Emmanuel Ly Battalan, was assaulted by gangsters supported by plain-clothes police when he […]
Vietnamese blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ fears arrest for Facebook activity-ALERTS | VIETNAM – New York, November 7, 2014 The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned about the safety of Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who has been repeatedly questioned by local police in Nha Trang about her activity on Facebook, and says that she fears arrest. Vietnam currently imprisons 17 journalists, most of […]
Catholic blogger, assistant indicted for critical essays on Vietnam-Miko Morelos | Friday, Nov 07, 2014 Vietnamese authorities have charged a Catholic blogger and his assistant who have been placed under detention for more than six month after publishing critical essays against the government. The blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, 58, and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, 34, had been indicted by State prosecutors […]
Vietnamese Authorities Step Up Harassment of Dissident Rights Lawyer-Nov 5, 2014 Reported by Mac Lam for RFA’s Vietnamese Service. Written in English by Richard Finney. Vietnamese authorities have ramped up their harassment of dissident rights lawyer and former political prisoner Nguyen Bac Truyen, stationing a large group of security agents in plain clothes outside his rented house on Wednesday and threatening his landlady […]
Vietnam civil society organizations condemn the recent violence and torture of public security service-Defend The Defnders | Nov 6, 2014 Translation by [rollinglinks]Trang Thien Long[/rollinglinks] Tell The World. To: – The entire Vietnam compatriots at home and abroad, – National Assembly and the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security. – Democratic governments and the International Human Rights Agencies On Nov 7, 2013, Vietnam permanent mission at the United Nations announced […]
Vietnam Security Force Violates Law in Indictment of Famous Blogger: Lawyers-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 5, 2014 Defend the Defenders Lawyer Trinh Huu Long said that the arrest of blogger Ba Sam and his co-worker Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy violated Article 81 of the Penal Code and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Mr. Vinh, a former security official, and Mrs. Thuy have been […]
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