Month: May 2011

Canadian MP Wayne Marston calls for the release of land rights activists in Vietnam

May 24, 2011 His Excellency Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung c/o Embassy of Vietnam 470 Wilbrod Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N…

Travesty of Justice: Seven land rights activists on trial in Vietnam

Travesty of Justice: Seven land rights activists on trial in Vietnam (in pdf) May 23, 2011 By Duy Hoang and…

Meditations of a detained monk in Vietnam

May 23, 2011 By Simon Roughneen HO CHI MINH CITY – Emerging from the anterooms of the Thanh Minh Zen…

Australian MP raises concern over the arbitrary conviction of attorney Cu Huy Ha Vu

The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600…

Rights activists to be tried in Vietnam

May 21, 2011 HANOI: Seven rights campaigners are due to stand trial in Vietnam accused of attempting to overthrow the…

Hanoi regime puts Viet Tan members and social justice activists on trial

May 20, 2011 In one of the largest political trials in Vietnam to date, communist authorities will try seven land…

Vietnam Treads China’s Path

May 19, 2011 By Bridget O’Flaherty While international attention has been focused on China’s crackdown on activists, Vietnam has also…

Vietnam: Investigate Crackdown on Hmong Unrest

May 17, 2011 Allow Access for Independent Journalists, Diplomats, Observers Hmong villagers at a market in Vietnam’s northwest highlands. ©…

Vietnam Annual Report 2011

May 13, 2011 Head of state : Nguyen Minh Triet Head of government : Nguyen Tan Dung Death penalty :…

Vietnam : Health fears for detained vietnamese blogger

URGENT ACTION May 10, 2011 The lawyer and family of popular Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Hoang Hai, also known as Dieu…

Predator of press freedom: Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam

Predator of press freedom: Nguyen Phu Trong, Communist Party general secretary, Vietnam May 3, 2011 Nguyen Phu Trong The Vietnamese…

Vietnam troops ’use force’ at rare Hmong protest

May 5, 2011 By Ian Timberlake HANOI — Vietnamese soldiers clashed with ethnic Hmong after thousands staged a rare protest…