Visiting a special member – Prisoner of the Century Nguyen Huu Cau-FVPOC | 29 Mar 2014 Translated by [rollinglinks]Le Anh Hung[/rollinglinks] (Defend The Defenders) Tell The World Mr Nguyen Huu Cau tells us about the bizarre verdict imposed upon him which made him a prisoner for 32 years, even longer than Nelson Mandela under apartheid regime. He recalls his friends, those prisoners of conscience who lived with […]
Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Consciences Warns Situation of Prisoners of Conscience-FVPoC | 29/3/2013 Translation by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks] (Defend The Defenders) Tell The World The Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Consciences (FVPOC) have strongly condemned the harassments of Communist Party of Vietnam and its government from the central level to the grassroot level against local residents. Vietnam’s election to the UN Human Rights Council, its signing of the […]
Religious Minorities in Vietnam Facing Government Scrutiny and Persecution-by Dennis Crowley – Juicyecumenism | March 28, 2014 Vietnam has been under total Communist rule since 1975, after the fall of South Vietnam. Christian relief group Barnabas Aid reports Christians make up just 9 percent of the population. According to Human Rights watchdog Open Doors, Christians are perceived as agents for western nations. Tribal leaders often help the […]
Vietnam Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of ‘Folk Hero’ Farmer-RFA | 2014-03-26 A Vietnamese appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former soldier-turned farmer who was jailed for five years for putting up an armed fight against security forces who evicted him and his family from their farm in a high-profile case. The Hai Phong Appeals Court in northern Vietnam also dismissed […]
Vietnam: UN human rights experts denounce land-grabbing case in Viet Nam-Ionglobaltrends | March 27, 2014 UN – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the Vietnamese Government to “intervene urgently” in a case of forced eviction of the last remaining residents of Con Dau, a small village located on the outskirts of Da Nang city in the centre of the country. “This […]
Vietnam: Two writers released on amnesty, one remains imprisoned-Artsfreedom | March 27, 2014 Writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau and blogger and environmental activist Dinh Dang Dinh were released from prison on 21 March 2014 under an amnesty. Poet, essayist, scholar and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly continues to serve an eight-year prison sentence and is seriously ill. PEN continues to call for […]
The Vietnamese Buddhist leader whose temple is his prison-Ucanews | March 27, 2014 Thich Quang Do’s only crime against the state is his religious belief The small temple compound on the edge of downtown Ho Chi Minh City is Thich Quang Do’s world, and has been for more than a decade. The men who perch on motorbikes across the road from the temple are […]
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