CPJ: Online commentator receives harsh sentence in Vietnam
Bangkok, April 29, 2011—Vietnamese authorities should release democracy activist and online commentator Vi Duc Hoi, who was given a five-year…
April 30, 2011
Month: April 2011
Even after sentence reduction, cyber-dissident still has to serve five years in prison
April 26, 2011 Pro-democracy activist Vi Duc Hoi’s eight-year jail sentence has been reduced to five years on appeal but…
April 27, 2011
Vietnam appeals court reduces jail sentence for former Communist official turned dissident
April 26, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese appeals court on Tuesday reduced the jail sentence given to a former…
April 26, 2011
Vietnam: Free Influential Democracy Activist
Order to Seize Vi Duc Hoi’s International Writers’ Prize is Illegal (New York, April 23, 2011) – Vietnam’s government should…
April 23, 2011
Hanoi should reverse conviction of prominent dissident and stop criminalizing peaceful expression
April 20, 2011 Vi Duc Hoi, a former Vietnamese Communist Party member serving an 8 year prison sentence, will have…
April 20, 2011
Australian MP Luke Simpkins asks for the release of democracy activist Cu Huy Ha Vu
8 April 2011 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hoang Van Thu Street HA NOI VIET NAM…
April 16, 2011
Two Dissidents Released
April 13, 2011 Two well-known Vietnamese pro-democracy activists are released after more than a week in detention. Vietnamese authorities have…
April 13, 2011
Hanoi opens a can of worms with jailing of dissident lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu
April 9, 2011 By Sian Powell VIETNAM’S communist authorities stirred up a storm of discontent this week when judges sentenced…
April 9, 2011
EU concerned over Vietnam dissident’s case
April 07, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam - Europe joined the United States on Thursday in expressing deep concern over the jailing…
April 8, 2011
Digital Activism: A Tool for Change in Vietnam – Norway session
Digital Activism: A Tool for Change in Vietnam A seminar for youth activists sponsored by Viet Tan 07-08 May, 2011…
April 7, 2011
Statement by the EU Head of Mission on the 4 April 2011 trial of Mr Cu Huy Ha Vu
The European Union Delegation issues the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Vietnam. The EU…
April 7, 2011
Defence team of Vietnam dissident lawyer says judge violated law, constitution
April 6, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam — The defence team of a prominent Vietnamese dissident lawyer sentenced this week to prison…
April 7, 2011