February 7, 2017
EU, U.S. Criticize Vietnam’s Recent Arrests of Human Rights Activists
By Defend the Defenders, February 7, 2017 The arrests of a number of activists in the second half of January by Vietnamese authorities have sparked concerns among diplomats from the European Union (EU) and United States. Their objections, however, seemed to have been drowned out by the traditional Tet holiday. Human rights defender Tran Thi […]
February 15, 2017
Urgent Action: Three Human Rights Defenders Held Incommunicado
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Hoa (Ky Anh), Nguyen Van Oai, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga)
Amnesty International, February 15, 2017 Within 10 days of each other, three unassociated Vietnamese human rights defenders here arrested in January and are currently being held in incommunicado pre-trial detention. With no access to lawyers, they are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Trần Thị Nga, a member of the independent Vietnamese Women for […]