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  • Free human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai - Chance | Dec 19, 2015 By Vu Minh Khanh Join us in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai Nguyen Van Dai is a renowned Vietnamese blogger, human rights lawyer, and democracy activist. On December 16th, he was detained by the Vietnamese authorities on charges of “spreading propaganda […]
  • European Parliament calls for better EU human rights monitoring in Vietnam - FIDH | Dec 18, 2015 (Paris, Brussels) In a resolution adopted on 17 December, the European Parliament (EP) makes it clear that two important upcoming agreements between the EU and Vietnam have to foster respect for human rights, rule of law, and democracy. The EU and Vietnam are currently in the process of concluding a […]
  • Vietnamese Activists, EU Slam Arrest of Dissident Lawyer and Blogger - RFA | Dec 18, 2015 Vietnamese human rights activists and foreign diplomats voiced shock and concern this week over Wednesday’s arrest of dissident lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai on charges of conducting “propaganda against the state.” Dai, 46, was taken into custody by more than two dozen police officers one week after masked assailants […]
  • Thư của ba dân biểu Hoa Kỳ đòi trả tự do cho Ls Nguyễn Văn Đài - Quốc hội Hoa Kỳ Washington, ngày 18/12/2015 Kính gửi: Thủ tướng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Thưa Thủ tướng Chính phủ Chúng tôi viết thư này để lặp lại yêu cầu trả tự do ngay lập tức và vô điều kiện ông Nguyễn Văn Đài và hủy tất cả các cáo buộc chống lại ông. Việc ông […]
  • Statement by Senator Thanh Hai Ngo on the Ongoing Crackdown of Democracy Activists in Vietnam - Ottawa, December 17, 2015 Today Senator Thanh Hai Ngo issued the following statement: “I am very concerned that the Vietnamese police placed human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai into custody on December 16, 2015, and charged him under Article 88 of the Penal Code for “conducting propaganda against the state of the Socialist Republic of […]
  • Letter of Vietnam Human Rights Network to Mr. Astuto about the case of Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai - Vietnam Human Rights Network | December 17, 2015 Honorable Ugo Astuto Acting Managing Director Asia and the Pacific in the European External Action Services (EEAS) Dear Mr. Astuto: On behalf of the Vietnam Human Rights Network, may I thank you for your recent meeting in Hanoi, the fifth round of the annual enhanced Dialogue on Human […]
  • Vietnamese Women Need Better Access to Justice - Vccinews | Dec 17, 2015 This content was agreed on by experts at a workshop organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam in Hanoi on December 7, 2015. The event aimed to address gaps in the framework for legal aid […]
  • Viet Nam: Arrest and arbitrary detention of Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, a human rights lawyer and well-known defender of religious freedom - OMCT | Dec 18, 2015 URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY VNM 001 / 1215 / OBS 110 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Vietnam December 18, 2015 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your […]
  • Activists: Arrest of Vietnam Rights Lawyer a Misstep - VOA | Dec 17, 2015 A well-known Vietnamese human rights lawyer was arrested Wednesday on anti-state “propaganda” charges, the latest incident in what rights groups are calling an alarming crackdown on government critics. Nguyen Van Dài’s arrest came 10 days after he and three colleagues were brutally assaulted by 20 unknown men wielding sticks. The […]
  • Growing calls for release of Nguyen Van Dai - Vietnam Right Now | Dec 17, 2015 Diplomats, human rights groups and politicians in the United States and Australia have demanded the release of the prominent human rights lawyer, Nguyen Van Dai, who was arrested on Wednesday. The head of the EU mission in Hanoi, Bruno Angelet, said that the arrest was a particular shock […]