Vietnamese human rights defender still imprisoned-21 Feb, 2014 – Le Quoc Quan, a human rights lawyer well known for his oppositional blog posts, remains in prison after a court in Hanoi upheld a previous sentence against him on 18 February. There was hope that Vietnam’s new found place on the UN Human Rights Council might increase pressure on the judiciary […]
Viet Nam: Arbitrary detention and ongoing judicial harassment of human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan-VNM 001 / 0113 / OBS 001.1 Arbitrary detention / Sentencing Viet Nam, February 21, 2014 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation […]
Amnesty International visits Viet Nam for human rights dialogue-Press releases, 20 February 2014 | AI Representatives from Amnesty International’s Secretariat this week made their first visit to Viet Nam in decades. A four-person delegation spent three days in Viet Nam’s capital Hanoi, building on an individual visit for the organization last year by Amnesty International USA’s Deputy Executive Director. They met with a range […]
Viet Nam: Campaigners condemn decision upholding Le Quoc Quan sentence-A coalition of 14 human rights groups strongly condemns this week’s decision by an appeal court upholding a 30-month prison sentence for Vietnamese human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan. Mr. Quan has been detained since December 2012. The groups believe Mr. Quan’s detention is politically motivated and a reaction to his blog, where […]
14 tổ chức ‘lên án’ tòa xử LS Quân-BBC, ngày 20.2.2014 Mười bốn tổ chức phi chính phủ cùng ‘lên án’ việc tòa phúc thẩm ở Hà Nội giữ nguyên bản án 30 tháng tù với luật sư Lê Quốc Quân. Trước đó cả Liên minh châu Âu và Hoa Kỳ đều bày tỏ ‘quan ngại’ về quyết định của tòa án hôm […]
VIET NAM: Appeal of prominent blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan rejected-Update #2 to RAN 32/13 19 February 2014 PEN International calls upon its members to send renewed letters of appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan, whose appeal was rejected on 18 February 2014. Le Quoc Quan was sentenced to 30 months in prison and a heavy fine […]
Le Quoc Quan conviction upheld by Vietnam court-By Ashish Kumar Sen | Washinton Times, 19 Feb 2014. A court in Vietnam has upheld the conviction of a popular human rights lawyer and dissident on tax evasion charges, drawing a swift rebuke from the Obama administration. The Hanoi Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Le Quoc Quan on what a human rights group said were “trumped up charges.” State Department spokesman Jen […]
Viet Nam: ICJ condemns Le Quoc Quan decision, calls for release-Feb 18, 2014 – The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemned the decision by the Court of Appeal of the Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi today to uphold the conviction and sentencing of lawyer and human rights defender Le Quoc Quan to 30 months imprisonment, and called on Viet Nam authorities to release him immediately. “The […]
Vietnamese Government’s Decision To Uphold Le Quoc Quan Conviction-Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC February 18, 2014 We are deeply concerned by the Vietnamese Government’s decision to uphold the conviction of human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan to 30 months in prison on tax evasion charges. The use of tax laws by Vietnamese authorities to imprison government critics for […]
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