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  • Ailing Vietnamese Dissident Freed After Three Decades Behind Bars - RFA | 2014-03-24 Poet Nguyen Huu Cau, 68, a former officer in the South Vietnamese army who has spent more than three decades behind bars, was released into his family’s care from the Xuan Loc prison in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province on Friday before being hospitalized on Saturday. His discharge, which follows repeated pleas […]
  • Police force severe persecution met by Persistent Resilience from Hoa Hao Buddhist Worshipers - VRNs – Vrnews | March 24th, 2014 Saigon – More than thirty Hoa Hao Buddhist worshipers from Vietnam were severely persecuted by police at the home of Mr. Nguyen Van Vinh in Long Giang commune, Cho Moi district, An Giang province on Marc 21st, 2014. Mr. Le Quang Liem, chairman of Hoa Hao Buddhist Central Association, informed us that: […]
  • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984 - Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 entry into force 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1) The States Parties to this Convention, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and […]
  • Ông Trương Văn Dũng trả lời RFA ngay sau khi ra viện - Gia Minh, RFA | 2014-03-23 Ông Trương Văn Dũng, 57 tuổi, một người Hà Nội tích cực tham gia các hoạt động biểu tình chống Trung Quốc gây hấn, ủng hộ những người đấu tranh cho quyền con người tại Việt Nam lâu nay vào ngày hôm qua ngày 22 tháng 3 bị một nhóm 4 […]
  • Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ: Báo Cáo Nhân Quyền 2013 về Việt Nam - Nhóm dịch thuật Defend The Defenders: Vũ Quốc Ngữ, Nguyễn Thanh Anh, Nguyễn Thanh Thủy và Trang Thiên Long Văn Phòng Đặc Trách Dân Chủ, Nhân Quyền và Lao Động: Báo Cáo Quốc Gia về Tình Hình Nhân Quyền 2013 – VIỆT NAM Ngày 27  tháng 2 năm 2014 TÓM TẮT TỔNG QUAN Các vi […]
  • Cancer-Stricken Vietnamese Dissident Gets Presidential Amnesty - RFA | 2014-03-21 The amnesty grants permanent release to teacher and blogger Dinh Dang Dinh, 50, who was jailed on “anti-state” charges over his blog posts two and a half years ago and given a temporary suspension last month due to his severe illness. Five district and provincial officials delivered President Sang’s order Friday morning […]
  • The teacher, Prisoner of conscience Dinh Dang Dinh receives amnesty from President - Tell The World Translation by[rollinglinks] Trang Thien Long[/rollinglinks] Defend The Defenders At 9:30 am today, Mar 21, 2014, a delegation of the government on a car visited blogger Dinh Dang Dinh in Kien Duc district, Dak Nong province. They proposed to meet Mr. Dinh, who is inside a separate room for medication, to deliver the Order […]
  • 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 […]