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2023 Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Presented to HRD Truong Van Dung

Viet Tan December 8, 2023

Viet Tan is proud to announce that the 2023 Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award goes to Human Rights Defender Truong Van Dung. The theme of this year’s award is: “75 Years of International Human Rights — Freedom, Equality & Justice for Vietnam.”

Established in 2018, this annual human rights award is named after activist Le Dinh Luong, who made significant efforts to fight for the rights of the people and the sovereignty of the country. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Vietnamese government in August 2018.

Vietnam’s Prisoners of Conscience – 2023 Report

Viet Tan October 25, 2023

On January 1, 2023, Vietnam joined the United Nations Human Rights Council after an intense lobbying effort within the international community. Some hoped that this would lead to greater respect for human rights by the Vietnamese government, while others raised alarm about the contradicting nature of the situation. In particular, a country notorious for human rights violations is now tasked in the UN with promoting these rights internationally.

Democracy activist Le Dinh Luong faces reprisals for organizing fellow prisoners

Viet Tan June 24, 2019

Viet Tan Alert June 24, 2019 Democracy activist Le Dinh Luong faces reprisals for organizing fellow prisoners Vietnamese authorities have punished democracy activist Le Dinh

Announcement of the 2018 Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Recipient

Viet Tan December 7, 2018

Viet Tan is pleased to announce Tran Thi Nga as the recipient of the inaugural Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award. A blogger and social activist, Tran Thi Nga was sentenced to 9 years in prison and 5 years house arrest on July 25, 2017.

Petition filed at the UNWGAD on behalf of jailed journalist and activist Lê Đình Lượng

Media Legal Defence Initiative October 18, 2018

Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) has filed a Petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) calling for the immediate release of

Vietnam keeps throwing people in jail for their Facebook posts

VICE News September 29, 2018

David Gilbert | September 28, 2018 Vietnam sent a stern warning to dissidents this week: criticize the government online and you’ll end up in jail.

COSUNAM calls for release of Vietnamese blogger Le Dinh Luong

COSUNAM September 13, 2018

The Swiss-Vietnam Committee (COSUNAM) sent an open letter to the Vietnamese Ambassador in Switzerland and called for the release of blogger and environmental activist Le

Vietnam’s government just jailed an activist for 20 years based on his Facebook posts

VICE News August 17, 2018

David Gilbert | August 17, 2018 A court in Vietnam Thursday sentenced an environmental campaigner to 20 years in jail for content posted to Facebook

Vietnamese authorities use Facebook content to sentence Le Dinh Luong to 20 years prison

Viet Tan August 16, 2018

A successful businessman turned community organizer and blogger, Le Dinh Luong was sentenced to 20 years followed by 5 years house arrest. He was convicted for “attempting to overthrow the state” in a sham trial lasting five hours in Nghe An province in central Vietnam.

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