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Vietnam Frees Rights Lawyer
February 6, 2013 The democracy activist had served three years of his five-year sentence for subversion. Vietnam on Wednesday freed a U.S.-trained human rights lawyer
Australian MP Luke Simpkins to Vietnamese Prime Minister: “cease all repressive campaign against peaceful voices”
02/02/2013 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2 Hoang Van Thu Hanoi, Vietnam. Dear Prime Minister, I am writing this letter to
Free From Vietnam
An activist’s release shows pressure from Washington works. January 31, 2013 Hanoi rarely delivers good news on human rights, which makes the release this week
Released from Vietnam, activist grateful for support
Quan Quoc Nguyen stepped into the arms of family and others at LAX after being held for nine months. By Roxana Kopetman January 30, 2013
Q&A: Elk Grove’s Nguyen Quoc Quan tells of goals, hunger strikes in Vietnamese prison
February 1, 2013 By Stephen Magagnini (smagagnini@sacbee.com) Nguyen Quoc Quan is happy to taste freedom after nine months in a Vietnamese prison. But the pro-democracy
Democracy activist arrives home after release by Vietnam
January 30, 2013 An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government returned home to Southern California on Wednesday night, more than
Democracy activist Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan released today
January 30, 2013 After postponing his trial on January 22, the Vietnamese communist government today released democracy activist and Viet Tan member Dr. Nguyen Quoc
Civil-Rights Groups Criticize Vietnam for Severe Treatment of Political Dissidents
January 23, 2013 By Simon Rougheen Fourteen Catholic writers and political-reform activists were sentenced to prison terms of three to 13 years. The Jan. 13
Is Thanh the man?
January 26, 2013 A scandal-ridden party lashes out at dissent and tries to tackle corruption EARLIER this month Vietnam’s courts handed out long jail sentences
David Cameron should call for release of prisoners of conscience in Viet Nam as top party official visits UK
January 23, 2013 Prime Minister David Cameron should call on Viet Nam’s government to halt its crackdown on freedom of expression and release all prisoners
Charged with subversion, King devotee faces trial in Vietnam
January 21, 2013 By Stephen Magagnini smagagnini@sacbee.com Nguyen Quoc Quan would be among the 28,000 Sacramentans marching to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this