Month: April 2013

In Hard Times, Open Dissent and Repression Rise in Vietnam

April 23, 2013 By THOMAS FULLER His bookshelves are filled with the collected works of Marx, Engels and Ho Chi…

Visiting colleagues in Vietnam

March 29, 2013 In Vietnam, critical writers and bloggers are systematically persecuted. Following the PEN Cards Promo, Maartje Duin went…

Vietnam, US Far Apart on Human Rights

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington April 19, 2013 Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting…

Authorities in Vietnam Accused of Mistreating Jailed Activists

By Joshua Lipes April 17, 2013 At least eight of 14 Vietnamese activists jailed in January on charges of plotting…

Vietnam: Update – Upcoming appeal trial of eight detained human rights defenders

April 15, 2013 On 24 April 2013 at 7.30am, the appeal trial of Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung,…

Vietnam: Rights Dialogue Should Produce Concrete Steps

Time for Government to Begin Delivering on Human Rights April 10, 2013 (Washington, DC) – The Vietnamese government should use…

Vietnamese Folk Hero Gets Five-Year Sentence

April 5, 2013 By JAMES HOOKWAY And NGUYEN ANH THU HAIPHONG, Vietnam—Two Vietnamese fish farmers who laid mines and fired…

Response of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to the Million hearts, One voice petition

Swiss Confederation The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Democracy for Vietnam Comité Suisse Vietnam Mr. Luy Nguyen Tang Chemin…

On trial and split apart, Vietnamese clan defiant

April 2, 2013 - By Chris Brummitt VINH QUANG, Vietnam (AP) — The broken bricks and roof tiles of Doan…