Fourteen Human Rights Defenders Convicted in a Sham Trial in Vietnam
January 9, 2013 Viet Tan condemns the arbitrary conviction of 14 human rights defenders today by the Vietnamese communist government. We stand in admiration of
January 9, 2013 Viet Tan condemns the arbitrary conviction of 14 human rights defenders today by the Vietnamese communist government. We stand in admiration of
September 11, 2012 Viet Tan applauds the US House of Representatives for passing two important bills today supporting human rights in Vietnam: House Resolution 484
August 29, 2012 The Vietnamese authorities have officially extended the detention period of democracy activist and American citizen Nguyen Quoc Quan by another four months.
August 17, 2012 Today marks four months of arbitrary detention in a Vietnamese jail for Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan. A California resident and father of
July 16, 2012 Authorities in Vietnam have continued to subject Tran Thi Thuy, a 40-year old land rights activist and member of Viet Tan, to
May 4, 2012 In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep. Dan Lungren and five other House members urged the State Department “to
April 29, 2012 In recent years, countless Vietnamese democracy activists and human rights defenders have been subjected to ill treatment and arbitrary detention by the
January 16, 2012 After being unjustly imprisoned for 17 months, renowned blogger and mathematics lecturer Pham Minh Hoang has returned to his family in Saigon.
November 29, 2011 In a victory for freedom of association in Vietnam, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released an opinion finding
Update on October 14, 2011: Professor Pham Minh Hoang’s appeals trial, announced only three days before the scheduled date, has been postponed. No reason was
August 22, 2011 Beginning on August 13, hackers launched a sustained attack against www.viettan.org. A network of compromised computers, or botnet, consisting of 77,000 internet
August 17, 2011 Four imprisoned democracy and land rights activists will appear before an Appeals Court in Ben Tre province, Vietnam on August 18, 2011.