As 17 Catholic activists face arbitrary detention with limited access to legal counsel for over a year, a coalition of twelve international human rights NGOs
August 27, 2012 About 50 family members and supporters of 17 detained Catholic youth activists marched to government offices in Hanoi this morning. With the
August 23, 2012 By Stuart Grudgings Farmer Le Dung and his fellow villagers stockpiled rocks and petrol bombs to battle police trying to take over
August 20, 2012 A Vietnamese human rights lawyer is beaten near his home in Hanoi. An outspoken and formerly imprisoned Vietnamese rights lawyer said Monday
August 14, 2012 The Honorable Nguyen Tan Dung Prime Minister Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2 Hoang Van Thu Hanoi, Vietnam Dear Prime Minister, I am
August 14, 2012 By Bridget O’Flaherty Despite growing ties with the U.S., a recent self-immolation in Hanoi was emblematic of the country’s deteriorating human rights
Originally written in French, the appeal was translated by Viet Tan. August 8, 2012 Ms. Tran Thi Thuy, 40 years old, is a land rights
July 31, 2012 A Vietnamese court rejects a priest’s appeal as three bloggers await trial on similar charges An appeals court in Vietnam upheld an
July 30, 2012 Dang Thi Kim Lieng, the mother of the jailed blogger Ta Phong Tan, died after setting fire to herself today outside the
July 30, 2012 HANOI — The mother of a prominent Vietnamese blogger has died after setting herself on fire ahead of her daughter’s trial for
July 25, 2012 STANFORD, Calif., July 25, 2012—Allen Weiner, director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law at Stanford Law School, today filed
July 25, 2012 Vietnamese villagers demand the return of their farmland and the punishment of corrupt officials. Nearly 1,000 villagers set up camp at a
