Month: April 2011

Seven-Year Prison Term for Dissident Seen As Show of Leniency in Vietnam

April 05, 2011 By Patrick Goodenough Dissident lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu is escorted out of a courtroom after being…

Two radio station operators to be tried for broadcasting to China

April 5, 2011 Beijing’s reach does not stop at China’s borders. Reporters Without Borders has learned that the Chinese government…

Vietnam: Conviction of Activist Cu Huy Ha Vu

For Immediate Release April 4, 2011 2011/524 STATEMENT BY MARK TONER, ACTING DEPUTY SPOKESMAN Vietnam: Conviction of Activist Cu Huy…

Vietnam rights lawyer jailed after calling for government reform

April 4, 2011 By Sarah Paulsworth [JURIST] A Vietnamese court on Monday convicted well-known lawyer and activist Cu Huy Ha…

Hanoi regime convicts Vietnamese legal scholar in show trial, detains citizens for attending the proceedings

April 4, 2011 As widely expected, Vietnamese authorities today convicted legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu for "propaganda against the…

Hanoi court sentences activist to seven years in jail

April 4, 2011 Hanoi - A prominent Vietnamese human rights activist was sentenced Monday to seven years in jail in…

On the trial of Cu Huy Ha Vu

April 1, 2011 Five months after arresting legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu for an alleged "improper relationship" with a…