Tag: TL-LQQuân

NGO coalition, including RWB, urges UN to press for jailed blogger’s release

Joint press release March 13, 2013 Today, a broad coalition of human rights organisations has called for UN free speech…

The Law Society of Upper Canada Expresses Grave Concerns about the Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Lawyer Le Quoc Quan

February 19, 2013 The Law Society of Upper Canada is gravely concerned about the arrest and detention of human rights…

In Vietnam, Draconian Decree Would Clamp Down on Blogs, Online Speech

February 11, 2013 by Simon Roughneen PENANG — "Reactionary group leader sentenced to life in jail" ran the headlines in…

My Country Calls On Me

January 20, 2013 Note from Viet Tan: After experiencing much police harassment and sensing that his arrest was imminent, human…

Lawyers’ rights groups calls for Le Quoc Quan’s release

January 15, 2013 The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (‘Stichting Advocaten voor Advocaten’) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) issues…

Statement on the Conviction of 14 Redemptorist Bloggers in Nghe An Province

Jannuary 9, 2013 We are deeply troubled by reports that the People’s Court of Nghe An Province convicted 14 Catholic…

Vietnamese Dissident Blogger Arrested

January 4, 2013 According to the Wall Street Journal, Vietnamese police arrested well-known dissident blogger Le Quoc Quan on December…

Dissident On Hunger Strike

January 4, 2013 A noted Vietnamese human rights lawyer and blogger refuses food after his arrest last week. A prominent…

Hey John Kerry, free Le Quoc Quan

December 28, 2012 by M.S. HOW important is it that America have a terrific secretary of state? I don’t really…

Court upholds long jail sentences for bloggers on appeal

Reporters Without Borders condemns the rulings that courts issued today in the cases of three bloggers – Nguyen Van Hai…

Vietnam detains dissident lawyer: family

December 28, 2012 AFP © Le Quoc Quan, a prominent dissident lawyer pictured here at an anti-China rally in Hanoi…

Vietnam struggles to crack down on activist blogs

September 28, 2012 By Chris Brummitt HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The 7-iron resting against the wall in Le Quoc Quan’s…