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David Cameron should call for release of prisoners of conscience in Viet Nam as top party official visits UK

January 23, 2013 Prime Minister David Cameron should call on Viet Nam’s government to halt its crackdown on freedom of…

Vietnam’s Trials

January 14, 2013 Hanoi prosecutes its citizens for peaceful dissent. A Vietnamese court convicted 14 democracy activists last week and…

Message from Franz Jessen, EU Ambassador to Vietnam on the recent trial in Vietnam of young christian human rights defenders

January 11, 2013 Earlier today the EU Ambassador to Vietnam, Franz Jessen, expressed his concerns over the sentencing of 14…

RWB can prove innocence of convicted blogger Paulus Le Son

January 11, 2013. Reporters Without Borders is appalled at the groundless verdict handed down yesterday by a court in northern…

UN human rights office concerned over convictions of 14 activists in Vietnam

January 11, 2013 The United Nations human rights office has expressed serious concern over the convictions and sentencing of 14…

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…

Bloggers imprisoned in mass sentencing in Vietnam

Bangkok, January 9, 2013—At least five independent bloggers were sentenced today to harsh jail terms in Vietnam, according to local…

Vietnam: Jailing of thirteen pro-democracy activists is an abuse of fundamental rights

January 9, 2013 ARTICLE 19 condemns the jailing of thirteen pro-democracy activists in Vietnam and calls on the authorities to…

Viet Nam: Release 13 activists jailed on baseless charges, stop crackdown on dissidents

January 9, 2013 The conviction and heavy sentencing of 13 peaceful Catholic activists in Viet Nam today flies in the…

Fourteen Human Rights Defenders Convicted in a Sham Trial in Vietnam

January 9, 2013 Viet Tan condemns the arbitrary conviction of 14 human rights defenders today by the Vietnamese communist government.…

Jailed bloggers to face trial

January 7, 2013 by Cat Lucas & filed under Campaigns. In August 2012, English PEN was one of a dozen…

Vietnam Puts 14 Dissidents on Trial for Subversion

January 8, 2013 Vietnamese authorities have put 14 rights activists on trial on charges of trying to overthrow the Communist…