STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETIES AND NGO’S IN VIETNAM AND ABROAD RE. THE TRIAL OF THE “BIA SON” GROUP-Jun 17, 2015 TO: – Vietnamese Compatriots in and out of Vietnam – Democratic Governments of the World – International NGOs – Churches of All Denominations in the World More than three years have gone by since the arrest and trial of the “Hội đồng Công luật Công án Bia Sơn” (literally, “Bia Son Council for […]
Vietnam Republican Party Leader Brutally Tortured by Hanoi Police-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 16, 2015 Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of the newly-established Republician Party of Vietnam, has been severely tortured by Hanoi security officers during interrogation, according to the local website Danlambao (Citizen Journalist.) According to the independent online newswire, investigating officers of Hoan Kiem district beat Mr. Dung […]
Rights abuses by Vietnamese authorities scrutinized-Demdigest | Jun 15, 2015 A group of activists yesterday visited blogger Ta Phong Tan, who is currently detained at Prison No 5 in north centralVietnam, Vietnam Right Now reports. The prominent online activist jailed for “anti-government propaganda” has mounted a hunger strike for at least three weeks to protest the mistreatment of political prisoners, RFA reports: Citizen […]
Vietnamese fishermen say robbed, injured by Chinese off Paracels-Baomoi | Jun 14, 2015 Bui Tan Doan, 23, a fisherman of one of the boats, said he and another crew member, Cao Xuan Ly, were injured after a Chinese vessel fired water cannons at his boat on June 7. Doan said the Chinese ship sprayed water cannons at his boat, with 13 men aboard, […]
Vietnam Prominent Political Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike After 22 Days-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 14, 2015 Miss Ta Phong Tan, a prominent political prisoner and blogger, on June 4 ended a hunger strike after 22 consecutive days refusing to take food in Prison No. 5 in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa, said local activists. Tan, who is serving her ten-year imprisonment for […]
Hai Duong Province Citizen Falls Unconscious One Day after Being Detained in Police Station-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 14, 2015 Pham Khac Chu, 44, from Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong has been in unconscious since June 6, one day after being detained by Thanh Ha district police and held in the district police detention facility, the Kien Thuc newswire reported Saturday. Mr. Chu, who was healthy […]
Prominent Blogger Conducts Hearing on Vietnam’s Poor Human Rights before Canadian Parliament-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 12, 2015 Prominent blogger Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay), a former political prisoner currently resides in the U.S., held a hearing on Vietnam’s human rights violations before the Canadian Parliament on June 4-10. During the one-week event, Mr. Hai raised concerns about Ms. Ta Phong Tan, who is […]
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