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Stanford Law School’s Allen Weiner Files Update with the UNWGAD regarding the Unlawful Detention of Seventeen Vietnamese Social and Political Activists

January 4, 2013 STANFORD, Calif., Allen Weiner, director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law at Stanford Law…

12 NGOs call for release of 17 detained Catholic youths

As 17 Catholic activists face arbitrary detention with limited access to legal counsel for over a year, a coalition of…

News brief: Families of 17 detained Catholic youths march in Hanoi

August 27, 2012 About 50 family members and supporters of 17 detained Catholic youth activists marched to government offices in…

Stanford Law School’s Allen Weiner files petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of seventeen Vietnamese social and political activists

July 25, 2012 STANFORD, Calif., July 25, 2012—Allen Weiner, director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law at…

Serious violations in the criminal investigative proceedings in the case of four Catholic activists from Vinh Province

May 29, 2012 The following is Viet Tan’s translation of attorney Thai Ha’s written account of the criminal proceedings against…

Vietnamese activists sentenced to long prison terms

May 23, 2012 Today, the People’s Court of Nghe An in Vietnam sentenced Dau Van Duong, Tran Huu Duc, Chu…

Vietnam court jails Catholic activists

May 24, 2012 Hanoi - A court in central Vietnam on Thursday sentenced four Catholic activists to a total of…

Catholics Face Trial for Social Activism

May 23, 2012 A rights group calls for the release of four young Vietnamese men. An international rights watchdog has…

Trial ‘Imminent’ for 11 Detained Activists

April 12, 2012 Gathering the group in Hanoi suggests Vietnam may prosecute the long-held detainees. Eleven Vietnamese activists who have…

Press freedom groups urge Vietnam to release bloggers

March 13, 2012 Hanoi - A coalition of international organisations called on the Vietnamese government Tuesday to release five Catholic…

Vietnamese Government urged to release bloggers

The Media Legal Defence Initiative, together with eight other human rights organisations, today sent an open letter to the Vietnamese…

Congresswoman Susan Davis stands up for blogger Paulus Le Son and 14 arrested youth activists

Taking the House Floor on December 13, 2011, Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53rd) addressed Congress on behalf of blogger Paulus Le…