Vietnam Detains Dissident Lawyer For ‘Anti-State Propaganda’-RFA | Dec 16, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam on Wednesday detained dissident lawyer Nguyen Van Dai on charges of “propaganda against the state,” according to his wife and state media, one week after masked assailants beat him in what he called a reprisal for educating members of the public about their human rights. Dai, 46, […]
Fourth Vietnamese Detainee Dies in Police Custody within Month- by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 18, 2015 Mr. Do Hoai Linh in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc, who was detained by local police from Dec. 1, died on Dec 17 in a hospital, becoming the 4th death of detainee in police custody in the Southeast Asian nation within a month. Mr. Linh is […]
Vietnam among Top Ten Worst Jailer of Journalists in 2015: CPJ-by KTT, Dec 17, 2015 Vietnam, though among countries holding fewer journalist prisoners, ranks the tenth worst jailer of journalists in 2015 with six journalists put behind the bar, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In the country, a climate of fear for the media persists, with many of those released continuing to […]
URGENT ACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER ARRESTED, AT RISK-Amnesty International, Dec 17, 2015 Vietnamese human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài was arrested on charges of “conducting propaganda” against the state on 16 December. He is in detention pending investigation and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Nguyễn Văn Đài was arrested in the morning of 16 December when he was on his way to […]
Vietnam lawyer arrested on “anti-Socialist propaganda” charges for discussing the Vietnamese Constitution-VCHR | Dec 17, 2015 PARIS, 17 December 2015 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly denounces Vietnam’s arrest of Nguyen Van Dai, human rights lawyer and former political prisoner on 16 December 2015 in Hanoi. He is charged with “spreading propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” (Article 88 of the […]
DÂN BIỂU CHRIS HAYES LÊN TIẾNG VỀ VIỆC LUẬT SƯ NGUYỄN VĂN ĐÀI BỊ BẮT-Nguyễn Quang Duy | 17-12-2015 Tin Úc châu: Dân Biểu Chris Hayes vừa gửi thư đến bà Julie Bishop Bộ Trưởng Bộ Ngoại Giao yêu cầu Úc quan tâm và can thiệp cho Luật sư Nguyễn Văn Đài. Ông cho biết Luật sư Đài là một luật sư nổi tiếng, thường đại diện cho […]
PRESS RELEASE: EU and Vietnam hold Human Rights Dialogue-EU | Dec 16, 2015 The EU and Vietnam held on 15 December 2015 in Hanoi the fifth round of their annual enhanced Dialogue on Human Rights in the spirit of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed in 2012. The EU delegation was led by Mr Ugo Astuto, acting Managing Director Asia and […]
Vietnam arrests lawyer for ‘propaganda’, 10 days after beating-Reuters | Dec 16, 2015 A Vietnamese lawyer badly beaten 10 days ago by unknown attackers was arrested by police on Wednesday for anti-state “propaganda”, the latest incident in what rights groups are calling an alarming crackdown on government critics. Despite sweeping reforms to its economy and increasing openness towards social change, including gay, lesbian […]
Vietnam arrests high-profile lawyer on anti-state charges-Straits Time | Dec 16, 2015 A Vietnamese lawyer was arrested on Wednesday (Dec 16) on anti-state charges, police said, a week after he was brutally beaten by thugs after leading a training forum for rights defenders in the communist country. Nguyen Van Dai, 47, was taken into custody for “conducting propaganda against the state […]
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