Tag: Voices of Conscience

Vietnam: Release All Political Prisoners

November 3, 2017 Over 100 Behind Bars with World Leaders to Attend APEC Summit (New York, November 3, 2017) –…

Female POC Nguyễn Đặng Minh Mẫn beaten and held in solitary confinement in prison

March 14, 2017 The 88 Project, March 13, 2017: “My daughter Minh Mẫn was beaten and wounded in prison, and…

“A prison within a prison within a prison”

March 14, 2017 Exiled dissident Dang Xuan Dieu recounts the horror of his imprisonment in Vietnam to Mong Palatino. I…

Former prisonner of conscience Dang Xuan Dieu’s speech at the 9th Geneva Summit

February 21, 2017 Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the organisers of the Geneva Summit for providing me…

Viet Nam: Three human rights defenders held incommunicado

February 15, 2017 Within 10 days of each other, three unassociated Vietnamese human rights defenders were arrested in January and…

Statement on International Human Rights Day 2016

December 9, 2016 December 10, 2016 marks the 68th anniversary of when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.…

UN Working Group Rules in Favour Regarding Detention of Nguyen Dang Minh Man

In a decision announced on September 22, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in Geneva ruled favourably…

Help Release Prisoner of Conscience With Tumor (Viet Nam: UA 284/15)

September 15, 2016 Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy’s health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in…

Rep. Loretta Sanchez leads bipartisan letter urging President Obama to raise human rights concerns in Vietnam

May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, today…

Statement Demanding the Release of Vietnam’s Prisoners of Conscience

December 03, 2015 On December 10 in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…

Recently Released Prisoners of Conscience Organise Vigil for Detained Activists

October 2, 2015 A group of former political prisoners organised a mass and candlelight vigil at Song Ngoc Parish of…

A thank you letter from former prisoner of conscience Paulus Le Son

September 10, 2015 My name is Le Van Son and I am a blogger and former prisoner of conscience. I…