July 6, 2013
English PEN: Take urgent action for writer Nguyen Huu Cau
English PEN 5 July 2013 Poet, songwriter, human rights defender and anti-corruption activist Nguyen Huu Cau has been detained in Vietnam since 1982 in relation to an ‘incriminating’ manuscript of songs and poems. Following his most recent monthly visit to his father, an hour-long meeting at which security agents were present throughout, his son Tran […]
July 19, 2013
Fresh Appeal for Long-Serving Vietnamese Political Prisoner’s Release
by Defend the Defenders • Nguyen Huu Cau, Truong Minh Duc
2013-07-16 | Reported by An Nguyen for RFA’s Vietnamese Service. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink. The son of one of Vietnam’s longest-serving political prisoners, Nguyen Huu Cau, who is in weak health, has warned that his father could die in prison as a new petition was sent to President Truong San seeking his freedom. “He […]