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  • 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 […]
  • Vietnam: Drop Prosecution of Blogger -  HRW | MARCH 18, 2014 Pham Viet Dao Shouldn’t Become Next Victim of Political Trial (New York) –All charges against the blogger Pham Viet Dao, 62, should be dropped, and he should be released immediately and unconditionally, Human Rights Watch said today. Pham Viet Dao, 62, was arrested on June 13, 2013, in Hanoi, for allegedly […]
  • SV Nguyễn Phương Uyên: Đề nghị Giám đốc thẩm hủy bản án Phúc thẩm - VRNs | 17.03.2014 Bình Thuận – Sinh viên Nguyễn Phương Uyên, người đang chịu bản án ba năm tù treo vì bị quy tội Tuyên truyền chống phá nhà nước CHXNCNVN, theo điều 88 BLHS. Tuy nhiên, ngay trong phiên tòa Sơ thẩm và Phúc thẩm diễn ra tại tỉnh Long An trong năm 2013 vừa […]
  • Royce – Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - foreignaffairs | March 15, 2014 Summary: House Foreign Affairs Chairman Royce is sponsoring legislation to impose sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for other purposes. This legislation allows for the identification of Vietnamese nationals complicit in human rights abuses, describes travel and financial sanctions, outlines […]