Tag: #StopTheCrackdownVN

Rights Groups Launch Website on Vietnamese Political Prisoners

Viet Tan, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Reporters Without Borders have launched an interactive, online database of Vietnamese political prisoners. Stopthecrackdown.com…

Rights Groups Welcome EU Resolution, Call for Release of Vietnamese Human Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

International human rights organisations welcome the European Parliament’s decision to pass a resolution addressing the ongoing crackdown on freedom of…

Testimony before the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

Days before International Human Rights Day, activists including Nguyen Trung Trong Nghia, the son of detained human rights defender and…

Vietnam should respect the right of freedom of expression, says DROI Chair

I have learnt with dismay of the 7 year sentence against Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa for expressing his views on…

Meetings with Members of the European Parliament regarding the recent crackdown on human rights in Vietnam

Representatives of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Viet Tan met with seven Members of the European…

#StopTheCrackdownVN: Letter to APEC leaders

The signatories to this letter represent many Vietnamese and international organizations advocating for freedom of expression. We respectfully request you…

Australia’s Members of Parliament sign letter regarding dire human rights situation in Vietnam

More than 60 Members of Australian Parliament have signed a letter to the Australian Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of…

Vietnamese Blogger Phan Kim Khanh Given Six-Year Prison Term

October 25, 2017 Vietnamese democracy advocate and blogger Phan Kim Khanh was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison…

Stop the Crackdown in Vietnam

October 16, 2017 A coalition of Vietnamese and international human rights groups are coming together to Stop the Crackdown in…

Vietnam’s harsh summer: state launches largest crackdown on dissidents in years

September 26, 2017 Bennett Murray At least 11 activists have been arrested, charged or convicted over the past few months,…