Month: October 2008

Urgent Plea to the government of Vietnam asking for the safe return of our husbands

Vietnam, October 30, 2008 To: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam Chief of Police, Le Hong Anh Vietnam Chief of…

Vietnam Communists fire critical journalists

October 29, 2008 Hanoi - Vietnamese Communist Party authorities are to fire two editors at a national newspaper that published…

Truong Minh Duc

Birth date: 1960 Activity: Freelance journalist Date of arrest: May 5, 2007 Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on March…

Vietnam: Behind the Journalists’ Jailings

24 October 2008 The Communist Party’s hardliners set out to kill the messenger and dent the prime minister The conviction…

EU should review Vietnam ties due to rights abuses: MEPs

23 October 2008, 00:45 CET http://www.eubusiness.com:80/news-eu/1224700321.35 (STRASBOURG) - The European Union must reassess its cooperation with Vietnam and insist that…

Vi Duc Hoi

Birth date: August 12, 1956 Activity: Writer, former Communist Party member Date of arrest: October 27, 2010 Sentence: Sentenced to…

International PEN’s Resolution on Viet Nam

Resolution on Viet Nam submitted by the Suisse Romand Centre and seconded by the Swiss Italien and Reto-romansh Centre. The…

Viet Nam: Sentenced journalist should be released

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 16 October 2008 AI Index No: ASA 41/006/2008 Viet Nam: Sentenced journalist should be released Vietnamese…

Discussion on Thai Ha situation with Viet Tan General Secretary

October 10, 2008 Thanh Thao: In the last few days, the fight to reclaim the Hanoi Diocese Toa Kham Su…

After the crackdown: attacks and intimidation

After the crackdown: attacks and intimidation

Viet Nam: Growing fear, growing discrimination

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT ON VIETNAM’s PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS October 9, 2008 Viet Nam: Growing fear, growing discrimination The Vietnamese…

Vietnam: End Crackdown on Catholics

For Immediate Release Peaceful Protesters Beaten, Arrested, and Harassed (New York, October 4, 2008) – The Vietnamese government should immediately…