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 […]
Message from the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam on lawyer Le Quoc Quan’s appeal trial-Feb 18, 2014 – The European Union Delegation to Vietnam expresses its concern over today’s rejection, by Hanoi’s Supreme People’s Court, of blogger and lawyer Le Quoc Quan’s appeal against his earlier sentence to 30 months in prison and monetary penalties on tax evasion charges. In August 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council Working […]
AFTER COURT REJECTS APPEAL, RWB PLEDGES TO MAKE BLOGGER’S VOICE HEARD-RSF | PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2014. As Vietnam’s Communist Party regime continues to say nothing in response to its critics, a Hanoi appeal court today confirmed dissident lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan’s 30-month jail sentence and fine of 40,000 euros on a trumped-up charge of tax fraud. Reporters Without Borders is outraged by […]
Vietnamese Court Rejects Appeals by Dissident-HANOI, Vietnam February 18, 2014 (AP) | ABC News A Vietnamese appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and 30-month prison sentence against a U.S.-trained lawyer and well-known dissident found guilty of tax evasion in a case that international rights groups say was politically motivated. The court in Hanoi rejected Le Quoc Quan’s appeal after […]
Hội CTNLT: Y ÁN ĐỐI VỚI LS LÊ QUỐC QUÂN, CHÍNH QUYỀN ĐÃ LEO THANG VI PHẠM NHÂN QUYỀN-Ngày 18/2/2014 | Ban thông tin Hội CTNLT Nhà nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt nam vừa mới ký vào Công ước Liên hiệp quốc về Chống tra tấn và cũng đã trở thành hội viên Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên hiệp quốc, nhưng chữ ký của Nhà nước Việt nam chưa ráo mực […]
Thousands of Vietnamese, Christian and non, march for the release of Catholic lawyer-By TT, The Redemptorists in Hanoi and Saigon organize a candlelight vigil and pray for the release of Le Quoc Quan . Tomorrow the appeal process begins, concern over his state of health, physically weakened by two weeks of hunger strike. Hospitals in the capital refuse medical treatment to a Hmong Christian leader. Hanoi (AsiaNews […]
Vietnam Letter to Appeal Judge for Le Quoc Quan-17 Feb 14 – L4L, together with a broad coalition of organizations, has sent a letter to the Supreme Court of Vietnam to express their support for the appeal of Mr. Le Quoc Quan against his recent conviction on charges of alleged tax evasion. In the letter, the organizations highlighted four important legal issues in support of Mr […]
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