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  • France condemns Vietnam for jailing prominent blogger -  Agence France Presse Posted at 03/06/2014 7:31 AM | Updated as of 03/06/2014 7:31 AM The foreign ministry in Paris issued a statement saying it “deplores” Nhat’s incarceration on Tuesday, saying it went against freedom of expression. Nhat, 50, was found guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state” at […]
  • France Diplomatie: Vietnam – Sentencing of Truong Duy Nhat - France Diplomatie | March 4, 2014 France deplores the sentencing on March 4 of Vietnamese blogger Truong Duy Nhat to two years in prison. We reaffirm our attachment to the freedom of expression and opinion, including on the Internet, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These rights and freedoms are guaranteed by the […]
  • Vietnam Jails another Human Rights Blogger - Freedom House | March 5, 2014 Freedom House condemns Vietnam’s sentencing of blogger and human rights activist Truong Duy Nhat on March 4 to a two-year prison term, and calls on the government of Vietnam to overturn his conviction. His imprisonment represents a blatant attack on free speech and independent media in the country. Arrested May […]
  • Message by Ambassador Franz Jessen, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam on the conviction of Mr Truong Duy Nhat - EUROPEAN UNION | Hanoi, 5 March 2014 The Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, Ambassador Franz Jessen, expressed his concerns over yesterday’s sentencing of blogger and journalist Truong Duy Nhat to two years in prison. Ambassador Jessen recalled the fundamental right for all persons to hold and freely express their opinions in a peaceful manner. The […]
  • Vietnam Jails Former State-Media Journalist for Blog Posts -   Marianne Brown – VOA | March 04, 2014 HANOI — A court in Vietnam has convicted a former journalist of violating a controversial new law that provides criminal penalties for “abusing freedoms to infringe upon the state’s interests.” Activists describe the judgement as an ongoing crackdown on freedom of speech in the country. Fifty-year-old Truong Duy Nhat […]
  • US: Statement on the Conviction of Truong Duy Nhat - STATEMENT | March 4, 2014 Conviction of Truong Duy Nhat We are deeply concerned by a Vietnamese court’s sentencing of Truong Duy Nhat.  We call on the Vietnamese government to release Truong Duy Nhat and all prisoners of conscience, and allow all Vietnamese to peacefully express their political views. Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman raised […]
  • Vietnam’s popular blogger jailed on anti-state charges - AFP | March 04, 2014 Hanoi — Popular Vietnamese blogger and journalist Truong Duy Nhat was jailed for two years on Tuesday for posting articles critical of the Communist government and leaders, his lawyer said. Nhat was found guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state” at a half-day trial in […]
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  • Vietnam sends blogger to prison for critical posts -    Associated Press| Tuesday, March 4, 2014  HANOI, Vietnam — A well-known blogger in central Vietnam was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for posting criticism of the communist government in the latest case from an intensified crackdown against dissent in the one-party state. Truong Duy Nhat was convicted of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe […]
  • VIETNAM: Another blogger jailed for denouncing human rights violations - FIDH | 4 March 2014 Today, a court in Danang, central Vietnam, sentenced prominent blogger and human rights defender Truong Duy Nhat to two years in prison under Article 258(2) of the Criminal Code for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, […]