Vietnam: 2 jeunes militants condamnés- Le Figaro.fr avec AFP Mis à jour le 17/05/2013 Les Etats-Unis ont exigé aujourd’hui la libération immédiate de deux jeunes militants condamnés la veille à des peines de prison ferme pour propagande contre l’Etat, dénonçant la “tendance inquiétante” à la répression du régime communiste. Nguyen Phuong Uyen, étudiante de 21 ans environ, et Dinh Nguyen Kha, […]
Embassy Statement on Dinh Nguyen Kha and Nguyen Phuong Uyen-Hanoi, 17 May 2013 We are concerned by a Vietnamese court’s sentencing of Dinh Nguyen Kha to eight years in prison and Nguyen Phuong Uyen to six years in prison on subversion charges. These convictions are part of a disturbing trend of Vietnamese authorities using charges under national security laws to imprison government critics for […]
Smith’s Human Rights Bills on Intl Child Abduction, Vietnam Pass Subcommittee-Washington, May 15 – Legislation on parental abduction of U.S. children overseas, human rights issues in Vietnam and the crisis in the Congo was passed at the first bill mark-up of the 113th Congress by the House panel that oversees human rights chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04).
Vietnam Jails Two Over Leaflets-RFA 16.5.2013 – A court in southern Vietnam on Thursday sentenced two young activists to several years in prison for distributing “anti-government” leaflets, in a trial relatives and rights groups condemned as unfair and aimed at silencing dissent in the one-party state.
HRW: Vietnam Should Drop Charges for Leafleting-Activists Targeted for Criticizing Government Relations with China Human Rights Watch 15 May 2013 (New York) – Vietnam should drop charges and free two activists arrested in October 2012 for “conducting propaganda against the state. Nguyen Phuong Uyen and Dinh Nguyen Kha are scheduled to be tried in the People’s Court of Long An province on Thursday, […]
NETIZEN PRIZE WINNER PREVENTED FROM TAKING INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT-PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 13 MAY 2013. Reporters Without Borders condemns the Vietnamese public security ministry’s decision to prevent the well-known blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh from travelling abroad. Winner of the 2013 Netizen Prize, which Reporters Without Borders awards annually with support from Google, Chenh and his daughter were stopped at Ho Chi Minh City airport as they were about […]
HRW: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’-Activists Harassed and Assaulted for Discussing Rights Human Rights Watch 10.5.2013 The Vietnamese authorities should stop impeding and abusing people trying to hold “human rights picnics” in public spaces. Despite government abuse and bullying, some people did succeed in holding informal gatherings and discussed the day’s events online.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – OPEN LETTER: ARRESTS AND VIOLENCE AT HUMAN RIGHTS PICNICS-His Excellency Gen Tran Dai Quang Minister of Public Security Ministry of Public Security 44 Yet Kieu Street Hoan Kiem District Ha Noi Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 9 May 2013 Dear Minister OPEN LETTER: ARRESTS AND VIOLENCE AT HUMAN RIGHTS PICNICS I am writing to you to convey Amnesty International’s deep concern over events […]
ÂN XÁ QUỐC TẾ – THƯ NGỎ: BẮT GIAM và BẠO ĐỘNG tại các cuộc DÃ NGOẠI NHÂN QUYỀN-Ngài Đại tướng Trần Đại Quang Bộ trưởng Công an – Bộ Công an 44 Yết Kiêu, Quận Hoàn Kiếm – Hà Nội Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam Ngày 9 tháng 5 năm 2013 Thưa ông Bộ Trưởng THƯ NGỎ: BẮT GIAM VÀ BẠO ĐỘNG TẠI CÁC CUỘC DÃ NGOẠI NHÂN QUYỀN Tôi […]
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