November 6, 2012
VIETNAM: Two songwriters convicted for ‘anti-state propaganda’
RAN 70/12 – 31 October 2012 – The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is appalled by the sentences handed down to songwriters Vo Minh Tri and Tran Vu Anh Binh who were sentenced to four and six yeas in prison respectively, for conducting ‘anti-state propaganda’ via their critical songs posted on the internet. PEN […]
November 10, 2012
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention pronounced detention of Vietnamese pro-democracy activists a violation of international law
by Defend the Defenders • Le Cong Dinh, Le Thang Long, Nguyen Tien Trung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan, Thich Quang Do, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Tran Vu Anh Binh (Hoang Nhat Thong), Viet Khang (Vo Minh Tri)
PARIS, 8 November 2012 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention informed the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights by fax today that it considers the detention of four pro-democracy activists, Le Cong Dinh, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Nguyen Tien Trung and Le Thang Long to be a violation of international law. The UN Working Group calls on Vietnam to […]