Month: November 2011

Speech at the Asia Democracy Conference

Speech at the Asia Democracy Conference by Ly Thai Hung, General Secretary of Viet Tan Tokyo – November 26, 2011…

Court Reduces Blogger’s Sentence

November 29, 2011 A Vietnamese court on Tuesday reduced the jail sentence of a French-Vietnamese professor and blogger following an…

United Nations declares Hanoi’s use of subversion charges “arbitrary”; Urges release and compensation of seven democracy and land rights activists

November 29, 2011 In a victory for freedom of association in Vietnam, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention…

Call for transparency and respect for constitution at blogger’s appeal hearing

November 28, 2011 Reporters Without Borders urges the court that will hear the blogger Pham Minh Hoang’s appeal tomorrow to…

Vietnam: Overturn Democracy Activist’s Sentence

Peaceful Blogger Punished for Exercising Free Expression NOVEMBER 28, 2011 (New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the blogger…

Chris Hayes raise concern about detained young vietnamese catholics in Australian Parliament

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROOF ADJOURNMENT Vietnam: Human Rights Tuesday, 22 November 2011 BY AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr…

Seven rights groups press for freedom of expression, release of bloggers

As US and Vietnamese representatives met for the US-Vietnam Human Rights dialogue, seven international rights organizations press for freedom of…

Groups raise human rights issues

November 10, 2011 By Gordon Y.K. Pang About 50 people belonging to the Falun Gong religious movement began a protest…

Vietnam must do more on rights: Clinton

November 11, 2011 HONOLULU, Hawaii: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Vietnam must improve its human rights…

Australian MP calls for the release of imprisoned youth activists

4 November 2011 Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State Hanoi, Vietnam Dear Prime Minister, I…