January 18, 2013
Appeal to the Vietnamese authorities to free bloggers, citizen journalists and human rights activists and drop charges
13 bloggers, citizen journalists and human rights activists were sentenced to jail in Vietnam – ARTICLE 19 Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam 14 January 2013 Dear Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, We, the undersigned organisations, are seriously concerned over the conviction on Tuesday 8 January […]
February 14, 2013
Report: Dozens detained, jailed in crackdown on Vietnam bloggers
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights], Nguyen Hoang Vi, Ta Phong Tan
By Emily Alpert – February 12, 2013, 4:46 p.m. Nguyen Hoang Vi was knocked from her motorcycle in an accident she believes was no accident. The windows of a car she was riding in were smashed nine months later, gashing her arms, legs and face, she told activists. Last spring her passport was taken away, rights groups say. […]