February 19, 2014
Message from the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam on lawyer Le Quoc Quan’s appeal trial
Feb 18, 2014 – The European Union Delegation to Vietnam expresses its concern over today’s rejection, by Hanoi’s Supreme People’s Court, of blogger and lawyer Le Quoc Quan’s appeal against his earlier sentence to 30 months in prison and monetary penalties on tax evasion charges. In August 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council Working […]
February 19, 2014
Vietnamese Government’s Decision To Uphold Le Quoc Quan Conviction
by Defend the Defenders • Le Quoc Quan
Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC February 18, 2014 We are deeply concerned by the Vietnamese Government’s decision to uphold the conviction of human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan to 30 months in prison on tax evasion charges. The use of tax laws by Vietnamese authorities to imprison government critics for […]