US Alarmed as Vietnam Jails Dissidents for Blocking Traffic-Reuters | 28/8/2014 A court in southern Dong Thap province found them guilty of “causing public disorder” and handed out sentences of between two and three years, the latest sign of Vietnam’s zero-tolerance approach to dissent at a time when its communist rulers are seeking closer engagement with Western powers. Rights groups monitoring the one-day trial said the […]
Drop Arbitrary Charges Against Human Rights Activists-Force Change | 29/8/2014 Target: Truong Tan Sang, President of Vietnam Goal: Release three activists imprisoned under trumped-up charges Three Vietnamese activists are facing a possibility of seven years in prison after arbitrary traffic obstruction charges were laid against them. On their way to visit a former political prisoner, the three activists along with 18 others were […]
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act supported by Westminster-By Tam Nguyen, Nguoi Viet | August 28, 2014 WESTMINSTER, Calif.- The City Council has voted unanimously to support the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act. There was not an empty seat at City Hall on Wednesday as the Vietnamese community came to voice its support for the bill that was introduced by Rep. Ed Royce […]
Phóng viên Không biên giới: Blogger có tiếng tăm đã bị kết án ba năm tù-Bản dịch của [rollinglinks]Trang Thiên Long[/rollinglinks](DTD) RSF | 29/8/2014 Hai nhà hoạt động khác cũng bị xét xử với bà Hằng là Nguyễn Văn Minh và Nguyễn Thị Thúy Quỳnh, bị nhận án lần lượt 30 và 24 tháng tù. Cả ba bị kết tội “gây rối trật tự công cộng” theo các khoản (a) và […]
PROMINENT BLOGGER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON-RSF | Aug 29, 2014 Two other activists who were tried with her, Nguyen Van Minh and Thi Thuy Quynh, were given jail terms of 30 and 24 months respectively. All three were convicted of “causing public disorder” under paragraphs (a) and (b) of article 245 of the penal code. The authorities deployed major security measures at the […]
Vietnam – Update: Human rights defender Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang sentenced to three years imprisonment-Frontline Defenders | 2014/8/28 Along with her, the court sentenced her fellow blogger Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh to two-year imprisonment, and Nguyen Van Minh, a member of the Hao Hao Buddhist sect, received a two-and-a-half-year jail term. Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang was one of 21 people beaten and detained when they attempted to visit […]
Vietnamese Activists Get Three Years in Prison for ‘Obstructing Traffic’-By Mong Palatino | The Diplomat | August 29, 2014 Three Vietnamese activists were found guilty by a local court of “serious obstruction to traffic” when they rode their motorbikes last February from Ho Chi Minh City to Dong Thap province to visit a former political prisoner. Prominent Vietnamese activist blogger Bui Thi Minh Hang was given a three-year prison sentence […]
SÀI GÒN – CAO LÃNH NHỮNG NGÀY KHÔNG YÊN BÌNH-Huỳnh Phương Ngọc (DTD) 28/8/2014 Từ trưa ngày 24.8.2014 ngôi nhà trọ của Tôi, Thục Vy, vợ chồng Trọng Hiếu đã bị canh phòng bởi chừng 4 tên an ninh thường phục ngay ở nhà đối diện, mọi động thái của chúng tôi đều bị bọn họ theo dõi và liên tục gọi điện báo […]
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