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  • Vietnamese Writer-Activist Tortured in Detention - PEN International | October 27, 2014 In January 2013, Dang Xuan Dieu was sentenced to 13 years in prison for “attempting to overthrow the government” based on his writings, in which he accused the government of religious persecution, and his work as a community organizer who advocated for education for children living in poverty and […]
  • Vietnamese Catholic intellectual treated like “a slave” in prison - Asia News | 10/09/2014 Hanoi (AsiaNews) – Vietnamese engineer and Catholic intellectual Francis Dang Xuan Dieu imprisoned for his activism has been beaten, humiliated and treated like a “slave” in jail after refusing to wear a prisoner uniform, his brother and a former inmate said Wednesday The authorities have prevented the family from meeting him, […]
  • Oct 20-26 Defenders’ Weekly: Blogger Dieu Cay Freed and Forced to Fly to U.S. - Defend the Defenders | 13/10/2014 Defenders’ Weekly ******20/10/2014******* Vietnam Activists Should Follow Fighting Spirit of Blogger Dieu Cay: Former Political Prisoner Vietnamese activists who are imprisoned should follow fighting spirit of prominent blogger Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay), said Nguyen Xuan Nghia, a former political prisoner who term ended several months ago. During imprisonments, Vietnamese […]
  • Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 20/10-26/10/2014: Blogger Điếu Cày được phóng thích sang Mỹ - Defend the Defenders | 27/10/2014 Defenders’ Weekly ******20/10/2014******* Blogger Điếu Cày trong mắt bạn tù Mấy ngày gần đây khi Việt Nam phóng thích vài tù nhân lương tâm giữa bối cảnh Mỹ dỡ bỏ phần nào lệnh cấm vận võ khí cho Hà Nội, công luận trong và ngoài nước một lần nữa tập trung […]
  • A Letter to Human Rights Organizations from the Wife of a Man Sentenced to Life in Prison - Vo Thi Thanh Thuy Defen The Defenders | Oct  27, 2014 The letter you are about to read comes to you straight from my heart. In this letter, I will tell you the truth and nothing but the still hidden truth about the trial of an organization named Hội Đồng Công Luật Công Án Bia […]
  • Hành Trình Thăm TNLT Đặng Xuân Diệu - CTNLT | 23/10/2014 Chu Mạnh Sơn Nghệ An, vào lúc 22 giờ ngày 21 tháng 10 năm 2014, người thân, anh em bạn bè đã tề tựu và thuê luôn một chuyến hành trình để đi thăm anh Đặng Xuân Diệu. Dù lúc xuất phát, thời gian đã quá nữa đêm nhưng tất cả mọi […]
  • Statement No. 2 of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Viet Nam (IJAVN) concerning the expulsion of Nguyen Van Hai - IJAVN | Oct 23, 2014 Nguyen Van Hai is a founding member of the “Free Journalists Club” which started inSeptember 2007. In 2008, he joined protests against the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics torch relay through Vietnam. Nguyen Van Hai was arrested on 4/20/2008 and sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion. However, after […]
  • Vietnam Rejects Holding Any Prisoners of Conscience - by Vu Quoc Ngu, Oct 23, 2014 Defend the Defenders Ms. Hang made this statement in Hanoi on Oct 22 in response to the statement of the U.S. State Department about the recent release of Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay), in which Washington considers the prominent activist as prisoner of conscience. Regarding the release […]
  • Freed Vietnam blogger Nguyen Van Hai flies to US - BBC | 22/10/2014 Also known by his pen name Dieu Cay, Mr Hai was sentenced to 12 years for conducting anti-state propaganda in September 2012. US State Department spokesman Marie Harf welcomed the release of “this prisoner of conscience” and said he had “decided himself” to leave Vietnam. The US has previously called on Hanoi […]
  • VIETNAM PATH MOVEMENT Press release on the early release of blogger Dieu Cay Nguyen Van Hai - Fb ConDuongVietNam | Oct 22, 2014 Mr. Nguyen’s family and the public have gathered from the U.S. Department of State as well as leaked information from the airport workers to conclude that Mr. Nguyen Van Hai was made a “refugee” by his own government and would be traveling to the U.S. At present time, there […]