December 12, 2014
Vietnam Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Well-known Anti-China Activist
by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 12, 2014 Defend the Defenders Ms. Hang, one of the leading figures in demonstrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the 2011-2013 period against the Chinese violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea, was arrested in February this year, together with two other activists named Nguyen Van […]
December 12, 2014
Vietnam: Conviction of three human rights defenders upheld
by Nhan Quyen • Bui Thi Minh Hang, Hong Le Tho (Nguoi Lot Gach), Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa), Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, Nguyen Van Minh
FIDH, Bangkok-Paris-Geneva | Dec 12, 2014 The conviction of three human rights defenders on trumped-up charges is the latest act of the government’s relentless repression of independent voices, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint program of FIDH and OMCT) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. Today, […]