Acknowledgement letter from Tran Hoang Phuc’s mother to UN High Commissioner on Human Rights- Mrs. Huynh Thi Ut Mother of imprisoned activist Tran Hoang Phuc 154/45 Pham Van Hai, Ward 3, Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Email: huynhut3366@gmail.com ————— Letter of Acknowledgement Ho Chi Minh City, July 28, 2018 UN Office of The High Commissioner on Human Rights Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, […]
Vietnam Arrests US Citizen, Four Locals on Subversion Allegation amid Growing Social Disatisfaction-Defend the Defenders, July 28, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces have likely arrested a Vietnamese American and four other locals on allegation of “Activities against the people’s government” under Article 109 of the country’s 2015 Penal Code, Defend the Defenders has learned. The arrested individuals are Michael Nguyen Phuong Minh, a US’s citizen from California, […]
Việt Nam hoãn phiên xử nhà hoạt động Lê Đình Lượng-Nhà hoạt động Lê Đình Lượng RFA, ngày 27/7/2018 Phiên xử nhà hoạt động Lê Đình Lượng theo kế hoạch sẽ được tiến hành vào ngày 30 tháng 7 tại Tòa án Nhân Dân Tỉnh Nghệ An, nhưng do vắng mặt một luật sư bào chữa nên Hội đồng xét xử đã quyết định hoãn […]
Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Said to Have Ended Hunger Strike-Jailed Vietnamese blogger Mother Mushroom is shown at her trial in Nha Trang, June 29, 2017. RFA, July 28, 2018 Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, one of the best-known of her country’s nearly 100 political prisoners and also known as Mother Mushroom, has ended a hunger strike begun earlier this month in the prison […]
Trial against Pro-democracy Campaigner Le Dinh Luong Postponed-Defend the Defenders, July 27, 2018 Theo People’s Court of Nghe An has decided to postpone the first-instance hearing of pro-democracy campaigner Le Dinh Luong scheduled on July 30, according to Mr. Ha Huy Son, one of his lawyers. The Hanoi-based attorney told Defend the Defenders that he received a notice from the court via […]
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Environmental Activist-Rights Campaigner Le Dinh Luong Faces Harsh Sentence Human Rights Watch, July 27, 2018 New York – Vietnamese authorities should drop politically motivated charges against a veteran environmental activist and release him immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. Le Dinh Luong had been arrested in July 2017 and charged with “carrying out activities that […]
Journalists are being crushed in South-East Asia-Rulers with much to hide hate hacks The Economist, July 25, 2918 WAITING in a shuttered Cambodian newsroom for the police to arrive would test any journalist’s nerve. Flickering strobe lights illuminate empty desks and abandoned pens. Unexpected noises invite alarm. But across South-East Asia—a region of 11 countries and more than 640m people—journalists have […]
Tuần tin Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền, tuần thứ 30 từ ngày 23 đến 29/7/2018: Việt Nam tiếp tục đàn áp giới bất đồng chính kiến, bắt giữ 5 người với cáo buộc “Hoạt động nhằm lật đổ chính quyền” - Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền | ngày 29/7/2018 Chính quyền cộng sản Việt Nam tiếp tục chiến dịch đàn áp giới bất đồng chính kiến bằng việc bắt giữ 5 người với cáo buộc “hoạt động nhằm lật đổ chính quyền” theo Điều 109 của Bộ luật Hình sự 2015. Ngày 07/7, lực lượng […]
Vietnam Arrests US Citizen, Four Locals on Subversion Allegation amid Growing Social Disatisfaction - Defend the Defenders, July 28, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces have likely arrested a Vietnamese American and four other locals on allegation of “Activities against the people’s government” under Article 109 of the country’s 2015 Penal Code, Defend the Defenders has learned. The arrested individuals are Michael Nguyen Phuong Minh, a US’s citizen from California, […]
Hoa Binh Police Detain Pro-democracy Campaigner, Independent Blogger Bui Quang Thuan, Confiscating His Laptop, T-shirts - Defend the Defenders, July 28, 2018 Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Hoa Binh have detained pro-democracy campaigner and independent blogger Bui Quang Thuan for hours, confiscating his laptop and some T-shirts, the victim told Defend the Defenders. Mr. Thuan, 40, told Defend the Defenders that he was detained at around 4 PM […]
Trial against Pro-democracy Campaigner Le Dinh Luong Postponed - Defend the Defenders, July 27, 2018 Theo People’s Court of Nghe An has decided to postpone the first-instance hearing of pro-democracy campaigner Le Dinh Luong scheduled on July 30, according to Mr. Ha Huy Son, one of his lawyers. The Hanoi-based attorney told Defend the Defenders that he received a notice from the court via […]
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