Nguyen Van Tuc

July 29, 2019

Four Prisoners of Conscience in Prison Camp No. 6 End 40-day Hunger Strike

by • Dao Quang Thuc, Nguyen Van Tuc, Tran Phi Dung, Truong Minh Duc

Defend the Defenders, July 29, 2019 For prisoners of conscience named Nguyen Van Tuc, Tran Phi Dung, Truong Minh Duc and Dao Quang Thuc have ended their 40-day hunger strike after authorities of Prison camp No. 6 met their demand for improving imprisonment’s conditions. According to Mrs. Bui Thi Re, the wife of Mr. Tuc, […]

June 28, 2019

Vietnamese Activists Condemn Inhumane Treatment against Prisoners of Conscience, Demanding for Jail Condition Improvement

by • Dao Quang Thuc, Nguyen Van Tuc, Truong Minh Duc

  Defend the Defenders, June 28, 2019   Five Vietnamese independent and non-profit civil society organizations and dozens of activists have signed a joint letter condemning the inhumane treatment against prisoners of conscience and requesting the Vietnamese government to improve jail conditions, Defend the Defenders has learned. The open letter was released on June 28 […]

November 9, 2018

Sentenced Democracy Campaigner Nguyen Van Tuc Sent to Prison Far from His Family

by • [Human Rights], Nguyen Van Tuc

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Defend the Defenders, November 9, 2018   Vietnam’s authorities have sent democracy campaigner and human rights defender Nguyen Van Tuc to Prison camp No. 6 in the central province of Nghe An, two months after rejecting his appeal. His wife Bui Thi Re informed Defend the Defenders that on November 8 she went to visit […]

September 14, 2018

Vietnam Court Rejects Appeal of Activist Nguyen Van Tuc, Sending Him Back to Prison

by • [Human Rights], Nguyen Van Tuc

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Defend the Defenders, September 14, 2018   The Higher People’s Court in Hanoi hasrejected the appeal of former President of the unsanctioned group Brotherhood for Democracy Nguyen Van Tuc, upholding the sentence given by a lower court in April, Defend the Defender has learned. According to the court’s decision made on his appeal hearing in […]

September 8, 2018

Appeal Hearing of Pro-democracy Campaigner Nguyen Van Tuc Scheduled on Sept 14

by • [Human Rights], Nguyen Van Tuc

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Defend the Defenders, September 8, 2018 The Higher People’s Court in Hanoi will hold the appeal hearing of pro-democracy advocate Nguyen Van Tuc, former head of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Decmoracy, on September 14, Defend the Defenders has learned. Mr. Tuc, 54, was arrested on September 1, 2017 and charged with subversion under Article 79 […]

June 22, 2018

Vietnamese Political Prisoner Nguyen Van Tuc in Declining Health in Jail

by • [Human Rights], Nguyen Van Tuc

Vietnamese democracy advocate Nguyen Van Tuc RFA, June 21, 2018 Political prisoner Nguyen Van Tuc, a member of the banned Brotherhood for Democracy Association in one-party Vietnam, is suffering deteriorating health in jail some nine months after his arrest, his wife told RFA’s Vietnamese Service on Thursday. Tuc’s wife Bui Thi Re, and his mother […]

April 10, 2018

7th Member of Brotherhood for Democracy Convicted of Subversion, Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison

by • Nguyen Van Tuc

Defend the Defenders, April 10, 2018 On April 10, the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh found former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Van Tuc, member of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy, guilty of “”carrying out attempts to overthrow the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code. As a result, […]

March 31, 2018

Trial of Former Prisoner of Conscience Nguyen Van Tuc Set on April 10

by • Nguyen Van Tuc

Defend the Defenders, March 31, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities will conduct a trial of former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Van Tuc on allegation of subversion on April 10, according to his lawyer Ngo Anh Tuan. The lawyer informed Mr. Tuc’s family that the first-instance will be held by the People’s Court of Thai Binh province. Mr. […]

September 1, 2017

Vietnam Continues Persecution against Brotherhood for Democracy, Arresting Its 7th Member

by • Nguyen Van Tuc

Defend the Defenders, September 1, 2017 Vietnam’s communist government continues its persecution against Brotherhood for Democracy, arresting its 7th member Nguyen Van Tuc, who is also a former prisoner of conscience. Mr. Tuc was detained on September 1 and charged with “conducting activities aiming to overthrow the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the country’s […]

August 14, 2014

Xin đừng thờ ơ: Về tình hình sức khỏe của nhà văn Nguyễn Xuân Nghĩa trong tù

by • [Human Rights], Ngo Quynh, Nguyen Kim Nhan, Nguyen Manh Son, Nguyen Van Tinh, Nguyen Van Tuc, Nguyen Xuan Nghia

Fb Thông Tin Nhân Quyền Việt Nam | 13/8/2014 Ông Nghĩa, sinh năm 1949 tại Nghệ An, là tác giả của nhiều bài viết chỉ trích chính sách của nhà cầm quyền Việt Nam. Là thành viên Hội Nhà Văn Hải Phòng, thành viên ban đại diện của Khối 8406, ông từng tổ chức rải truyền đơn […]

June 27, 2013

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF VIETNAM: Joint Submission by FIDH and VCHR

by • [Human Rights], Bui Thi Minh Hang, Cu Huy Ha Vu, Dinh Nguyen Kha, Do Thi Minh Hanh, Doan Huy Chuong, Hoang Khuong (Nguyen Van Khuong), Huynh Ngoc Tuan, Huynh Thuc Vy, Huynh Trong Hieu, Huynh Van Dong, Le Anh Hung, Le Quoc Quan, Le Thang Long, Ngo Quynh, Nguyen Dac Kien, Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung, Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Huu Cau, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Tien Trung, Nguyen Trung Linh, Nguyen Van Hai, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Tuc, Nguyen Viet Chien, Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Pham Thanh Nghien, Pham Van Troi, Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan, Thich Quang Do, Thich Thanh Quang, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Tran Thi Thuy, Tran Vu Anh Binh (Hoang Nhat Thong), Truong Minh Duc, Viet Khang (Vo Minh Tri), Vu Van Hung (Vu Hung)

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF VIETNAM United Nations Human Rights Council 17 June 2013 Joint Submission by  International Federation for Human Rights

October 2, 2012

The Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 78th World Congress in Geongju, Korea, 9th to 15th September 2012

by • Cu Huy Ha Vu, Dinh Dang Dinh, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, Hoang Khuong (Nguyen Van Khuong), Le Cong Dinh, Le Thanh Tung, Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Lu Van Bay, Nguyen Cong Chinh (Nguyen Thanh Long), Nguyen Huu Cau, Nguyen Kim Nhan, Nguyen Manh Son, Nguyen Phong, Nguyen Tien Trung, Nguyen Trung Ton, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Tuc, Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Pham Thanh Nghien, Pham Van Troi, Phan Ngoc Tuan, Thich Quang Do, Tran Anh Kim, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Tran Vu Anh Binh (Hoang Nhat Thong), Vi Duc Hoi, Viet Khang (Vo Minh Tri)

Resolution on Vietnam submitted by Suisse Romand PEN Centre and seconded by Swiss German PEN Centre and Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansh PEN Centre VIETNAM: Vietnam remains of great concern: It continues to suppress the right to freedom of expression and opinion, through application of liberticidal articles of its Penal Code, in particular, Article 88 ‘’Propaganda […]