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Australian MP Luke Simpkins to Vietnamese Prime Minister: "cease all repressive campaign against peaceful voices"

(Luke Simpkins) - Dear Prime Minister, I am writing this letter to express my grave concern and disappointment at the recent conviction of 14 human rights activists of harsh sentences for “subversion” charges and yet all they did were blogging articles expressing their views; advocating social justice through the (...) (5/02/2013)


Australian MP gives speech to Parliament in support of the Million Hearts, One Voice Campaign

(Luke Simpkins) - Luke Simpkins, a Federal Member of Parliment for Cowan gave a speech to the Australian Parliament in support of the Million Hearts, One Voice Campaign on October 31, 2012. 31st October 2012 I rise in support of freedom and democracy in Vietnam. There is a campaign called Million Hearts, One (...) (4/11/2012)


Australian MP speaks out for Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan

(Luke Simpkins) - Appearing before the Parliament of Australia, Luke Simpkins MP for Cowan raises concerns about the arbitrary detention of Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan. (18/05/2012)


Australian MP addresses Parliament about human rights abuses in Vietnam

(Luke Simpkins) - July 4, 2011 Luke Simpkins MP Federal Member for Cowan addressed the Australian House of Representatives about the oppression of human rights defenders in Vietnam. Mr SIMPKINS (Cowan): I take this opportunity to protest the abuse by the government of Vietnam of human rights and the outrageous (...) (6/07/2011)


Australian MP Luke Simpkins asks for the release of democracy activist Cu Huy Ha Vu

(Luke Simpkins) - Dear Prime Minister, I am deeply concerned by reports I have received surrounding the conviction and sentencing of Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu to seven years imprisonment and three subsequent years of house arrest, on charges of “propagandizing against the (...) (16/04/2011)


Australian MP Luke Simpkins Addresses Human Rights in Vietnam

(Luke Simpkins) - On 29 January 2010, Vietnamese freelance journalist Pham Thanh Nghien was jailed for three years following a trial in Haiphong, convicted of spreading anti-state propaganda. I take this opportunity to express my disappointment in the direction that the Communist Party is taking in Vietnam. (...) (5/02/2010)


Australian MP: Vietnam must respect human rights and religious freedom

(Luke Simpkins) - Dear Prime Minister, I have been approached by my Australian-Vietnamese constituents regarding your Government recent sentences imposed on four democracy activists, namely Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and Le Thang Long. They further raise concern regarding the upcoming (...) (30/01/2010)


Australian MP demands an immediate release of all political prisoners in Vietnam

(Luke Simpkins) - 14th September 2009 Mr Nguyen Minh Triet c/o Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 6 Timbarra Cresent O’MALLEY ACT 2606 Dear Mr Nguyen, My name is Luke Simpkins, Federal Member for Cowan electorate, Western Australia. My electorate has a considerable number of Vietnamese Australian (...) (18/09/2009)


Australian MP Luke Simpkins Addresses Religious Freedom in Vietnam

(Luke Simpkins) - This is not the first time I have spoken on matters of human rights in Vietnam and it will not be the last. I put forward this motion to again highlight the lack of freedoms in Vietnam. I have spoken before in the parliament about the repression of democracy, free speech, the internet and (...) (18/08/2009)


Australian MP calls for release of Father Ly

(Luke Simpkins) - I would like to take this opportunity to again speak on the issue of human rights in Vietnam. In particular, I will speak on the circumstances of Father Nguyen Van Ly, the Roman Catholic priest and famous pro-democracy dissident. Father Ly was born in 1947 and has spent more than 15 years in (...) (11/06/2009)


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