RAPID ACTION NETWORK 14 October 2009 RAN 52/09 VIETNAM: Dissident writers sentenced. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is outraged by the
(New York, October 13, 2009) – Six Vietnamese writers are among a diverse group of 37 writers from 19 countries to receive the prestigious Hellman/Hammett
October 13, 2009 Hanoi – A dissident writer has been charged with assaulting a man outside her Hanoi house after she tried to attend the
October 12, 2009 HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, (UPI) — Democracy groups have condemned the latest sentencing of activists by Hanoi’s mostly closed-session “kangaroo” courts,
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Breaking News 11 12:00am, October 10, 2009 Vietnamese time After news of democracy activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy and her spouse detention have spread, Vietnamese
Viet Tan has learned that writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy and her husband, Do Ba Tan, were attacked by undercover police in Vietnam. At about
Thursday, October 08, 2009 By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor (CNSNews.com) – As Vietnam presides over the U.N. Security Council this month, back at the home
October 8, 2009 Hanoi – A Hanoi court sentenced a democracy activist Thursday to four years in prison and four years of probation for writings
October 7, 2009 HANOI (Reuters) – A Vietnamese court sentenced a secondary school physics teacher on Wednesday to three years in prison followed by three
October 6, 2009 Reporters Without Borders calls for the acquittal of all the writers, bloggers and pro-democracy activists who are about to be tried in
September 30, 2009 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Clinton:
