Joint Letter: Vietnam government must immediately release detained activists
In a letter addressed to the Vietnamese government, seven international organizations demand the release of eight human rights defenders ahead…
May 22, 2013
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Vietnam: Upcoming appeal trial of eight human rights defenders
May 16, 2013 On 23 May 2013, the appeal trial of Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung, Paulus Le…
May 16, 2013
Stanford Law School’s Allen Weiner Files Comments on Viet Nam’s Response to United Nations Petition on Behalf of Seventeen Detained Vietnamese Social and Political Activists
STANFORD, Calif., May 9, 2013— On behalf of seventeen Vietnamese social and political activists, Allen Weiner, senior lecturer in law…
May 9, 2013
Aussie link as Vietnam crackdown continues
May 7, 2013 (Transcript from World News Australia Radio) As the Vietnamese government continues a crackdown on dissent, it is…
May 8, 2013
Authorities in Vietnam Accused of Mistreating Jailed Activists
By Joshua Lipes April 17, 2013 At least eight of 14 Vietnamese activists jailed in January on charges of plotting…
April 19, 2013
Vietnam: Update – Upcoming appeal trial of eight detained human rights defenders
April 15, 2013 On 24 April 2013 at 7.30am, the appeal trial of Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung,…
April 17, 2013
US: Vietnam Backsliding On Human Rights
March 21, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration expressed concern Thursday about Vietnam’s "backsliding" on human rights and asserted…
March 23, 2013
Canadian MP to Vietnamese Prime Minister: “The world is watching [you]”
Wayne Marston Member of Parliament for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek March 12, 2013 The Honorable Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister Socialist…
March 13, 2013
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…
February 11, 2013
Savage sentences have Hanoi on defensive
February 8, 2013 The freeing of Nguyen Quoc Quan after nine months in a Vietnamese jail did not attract a…
February 8, 2013
Australian MP Luke Simpkins to Vietnamese Prime Minister: “cease all repressive campaign against peaceful voices”
02/02/2013 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2 Hoang Van Thu Hanoi, Vietnam. Dear Prime Minister, I…
February 5, 2013
Civil-Rights Groups Criticize Vietnam for Severe Treatment of Political Dissidents
January 23, 2013 By Simon Rougheen Fourteen Catholic writers and political-reform activists were sentenced to prison terms of three to…
January 29, 2013