Tag: arrest

Statement Opposing the Police’s Unlawful Arrest of activist Nguyen Van Oai

January 20, 2017 Nguyen Van Oai, a former prisoner of conscience, was ambushed and kidnapped by a group of men,…

Viet Tan Alert : Former Vietnamese Prisoner of Conscience Re-Arrested

January 20, 2017 Vietnamese human rights defender, blogger and former political prisoner Nguyen Van Oai has been re-arrested. His wife…

Five News Stories to Know for October

October 31, 2016 By Quyên Ngô After months of coping with the fallout from the fish crisis, October brought no…

Vietnam jails land activist a second time for ’public disorder’

September 20, 2016 A court in Vietnam sentenced a land rights activist to 20 months in jail on Tuesday for…

Vietnam: Arrest of land rights defender Can Thi Theu

24 June 2016 On 10 June 2016 land rights defender Ms Can Thi Theu was arrested in Hoa Binh province…

Two journalists arrested while covering ecological disaster in Vietnam

Bangkok, May 4, 2015 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest of two journalists amid a wider crackdown…

Burmese and Vietnamese Pro-democracy and Civil Society Organizations Call for Nguyen Van Dai’s Release

January 22, 2016 As the Vietnamese Communist Party gathers for its 12th Party Congress while many of Vietnam’s human rights…

Swiss Elected Representatives Call for the Release of Nguyen Van Dai

Mr. Didier Burkhalter Federal Councillor Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Bundesgasse 32 3003 Berne Geneva, 21 December 2015 Intervention for…

Vietnam – Human rights defender Nguyen Van Dai arrested a week after being brutally beaten

December 22, 2015 On 16 December 2015, Mr Nguyen Van Dai was arrested on anti-state charges in Hanoi. The arrest…

Congressman Lowenthal Denounces Arrest Of Human Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai By Vietnamese Government

December 17, 2015 Congressman Alan Lowenthal today issued the following statement on the arrest yesterday in Vietnam of human rights…

Statement by the Spokesperson on the arrest of lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

December 18, 2015 Mr Nguyen Van Dai, a prominent lawyer and human rights defender, was arrested in Hanoi on Wednesday…

Smith, Sanchez and Lofgren demand release of Vietnam Human Rights Advocate Nguyen Van Dai

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung C/o Embassy of Vietnam 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Prime…