Vietnam jails blogger for criticizing government-Taylor Gillan – JURIST | March 20, 2014 The Hanoi Supreme People’s Court [official website, in Vietnamese] in Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced blogger Oham Viet Dao to 15 months in prison for posting articles criticizing the government. Dao’s sentence follows that of popular blogger Truong Duy Nhat, who was sentenced [BBC report] to two years in prison on the same charges […]
Tight Security as Vietnamese Court Orders Two More Hmongs Jailed-RFA | 2014-03-20 The court hearing in northeastern Tuyen Quang province was held under tight security as police kept protesting Hmong villagers at bay. Ly Van Dinh, 50, and Duang Van Tu, 47, were sentenced to 21 months and 15 months in jail respectively for violating Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal code, their lawyer Tran […]
Prisoners of conscience in Vietnam not allowed to go to Mass or even have a Bible-by NH – Asianews | 03/20/2014 11:33 No health or spiritual care for 61 prisoners of conscience. No decent food and their human rights are not respected. Many of them are sick and in some cases their condition is serious. The cases of Lê Quŏc Quân and Maria Tạ Phong Tần. Hanoi ( AsiaNews) – They […]
Chris Hayes MP of Australia concerns about Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tuan and his family- Dear Minister I write to bring to your urgent attention the very disturbing situation of Mr Huynh Ngoc Tuan and his children, Mr Huynh Trong Hieu anh Ms Huynh Thuc Vy, who are human rights activists in Vietnam. I have recently received an email from Mr Hieu advertising that Mr Tuan and his […]
INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN VIETNAM SENTENCES ANOTHER BLOGGER-RSF | 19 MARCH 2014 Reporters Without Borders condemns the 15-month jail sentence that a Hanoi court passed today on the dissident blogger Pham Viet Dao for “creating a bad image of the Communist Party and the government” in a total of 91 blog posts. “This latest conviction shows that government is going all-out in its persecution […]
It’s a Bad Time to Be a Politics Blogger in Vietnam-By Drennon Kimpton – news.vice | March 20, 2014 Over the past couple of decades, Vietnam has done an excellent job of reminding the world that it has a beautiful coastline, picturesque mountains, cultural treasures, and delicious food. Which helps the world forget that the country also has one of the world’s worst human rights records when it […]
Vietnam: Blogger Pham Viet Dao sentenced to 15 months in prison-FIDH | 19 March 2014 Paris, 19 March 2014: FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), strongly condemn the 15-month prison sentence imposed today on blogger Pham Viet Dao. A court in Hanoi sentenced him under Article 258 of the Criminal Code on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms to harm the […]
Vietnam Sends Blogger to Prison for Critical Posts-ABCnews | HANOI, Vietnam March 19, 2014 At a two-hour trial at the Hanoi People’s Court, Judge Ngo Tu Hoc said Pham Viet Dao was guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state” by posting dozens of articles that “distorted, vilified and smeared the senior leaders.” Dao, 61, confessed to the […]
Khởi tố Phạm Viết Đào về tội danh gì?-Mặc Lâm, RFA, Bangkok | 2014-03-18 Sáng mai 19 tháng 3 tòa án Nhân dân thành phố Hà Nội sẽ mở phiên xét xử sơ thẩm đối với nhà báo Phạm Viết Đào do vi phạm điều 258, đã lợi dụng các quyền tự do dân chủ xâm phạm lợi ích của Nhà nước, quyền, lợi ích […]
Another Vietnamese Blogger Is Set for Trial-Trung Nguyen– VOA | March 18, 2014 The 62 year-old blogger was arrested in Hanoi last June for allegedly “abusing democratic freedoms” under Vietnam’s controversial Article 258, which provides up to three years in prison. A lawyer in Hanoi who wished to stay anonymous told VOA’s Vietnamese service that Dao has decided to defend himself. “If the […]
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