April 16, 2017
Vietnam Has Yet Plan to Bring Prominent Human Rights Advocate Nguyen Van Dai to Court after 16-month Detention Runs Out
by Defend the Defenders, April 16, 2017 Vietnam’s authorities are yet to bring prominent human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai to court after 16 months of pre-trial detention. Mr. Dai and his assistant Ms. Le Thu Ha were arrested on December 16, 2016 on charges of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s […]
April 30, 2017
Vietnam Likely to Have Extended Investigation into Human Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai by Two Months
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Dai
By Defend the Defenders, April 30, 2017 Vietnam’s authorities are likely to have extended the investigation period into human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai by two months, bringing the total pre-trial detention period against the prominent dissident to 18 months, said his lawyer Ha Huy Son. Mr. Dai, who was arrested on December 16, 2015, […]