Harsh sentence slapped on prominent activist-VNRN | August 27, 2014 A prominent activist and two companions on Aug. 26 received prison sentences in southern Dong Thap province of more than two years each for “disrupting public order” by “obstructing traffic.” Bui Thi Minh Hang (Bùi Thị Minh Hằng), 50, a well-known human rights activist, was sentenced to three years while the […]
Police arrest people attending activist’s trial-VNRN | August 26, 2014 At least five forty people were arrested and others confined to their hotel rooms Aug. 25 in southern Dong Thap province when they tried to attend the trial of a human rights activist to take place the next day. Days before the trial which is said to be open to […]
Three Vietnamese Activists Jailed on ‘Politically-Motivated’ Charges-RFA | August 26, 2014 Three activists in Vietnam were sentenced on Tuesday to up to three years in jail on what human rights activists call phony and politically motivated charges of causing public disorder after a one-day trial in a southern province. The activists were accused by the authoritarian government of causing public disorder […]
Ân xá quốc tế: Công an VN đánh đập bên ngoài tòa án nhằm trấn áp các hoạt động ủng hộ-Bản dịch của Trang Thiên Long (Defend the Defenders) Ân Xá Quốc Tế, ngày 26/8/2014 Hai nữ hoạt động bà Bùi Thị Minh Hằng và Nguyễn Thị Thúy Quỳnh, cùng với anh Nguyễn Văn Minh, đã bị tuyên án từ hai đến ba năm tù về tội “gây rối trật tự công cộng” tại Toà […]
Viet Nam: Police beatings outside court amid crackdown on activism-Amnesty International | August 26, 2014 The Vietnamese authorities must stop attacks on peaceful activists, Amnesty International said today after three human rights defenders were sentenced to jail and police beat and arrested their supporters. Women activists Bui Thi Minh Hang and Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, along with their male co-defendant Nguyen Van Minh, were handed […]
Phiên tòa cáo gian-Kiều Lê | 26/8/2014 Defend the Defenders Một vụ án dư luận rất quan tâm Thật kinh hoàng, công an xã Mỹ An Hưng B, huyện Lấp vò, tỉnh Đồng Tháp hành xử thô bạo đối với tín đồ Phật Giáo Hòa Hảo (PGHH) và một số nhà hoạt động dân chủ hôm 11 tháng […]
Speech by President Barroso at the Vietnam High-level business leaders’ lunch-EUROPA | 26/8/2014 José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Speech by President Barroso at the Vietnam High-level business leaders’ lunch European Chamber of Commerce Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 26 August 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here today – pleased to be here once […]
Vietnam jails activists for up to three years-AFP | August 26, 2014 Bui Thi Minh Hang, a high-profile anti-China activist and the most prominent of the three, was given a three-year jail term by the court in the southern Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. She was found guilty of “causing public disorder”, her lawyer Tran Thu Nam told AFP. Hang, 50, […]
Dozens of Vietnamese Detained outside Courtroom against Activists-by Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 26, 2014 Defend the Defenders Many Vietnamese activists from across the nation have gathered in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap since Aug 25, one day prior to the hearing on land rights activist Bui Thi Minh Hang and her two friends, who are charged to cause public disorder under […]
Hanoi resorts to traffic charges to jail dissidents-Asia News | 26/8/2014 Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews / Agencies) – Three Vietnamese activists will go on trial today on charges of “inciting public disorder” which activist groups say is a “politically motivated” charge and part of Hanoi’s plan to gag dissent. The defendants are the blogger Bui Thi Minh Hang – in the photo, famous […]
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