September 23, 2012
ThePetitionSite.com: Tell Vietnam to Free Political Prisoner Ta Phong Tan!
Target: President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang Sponsored by: Lynn Hamilton Former Vietnamese police officer Ta Phong Tan has done nothing worse than criticizing her government’s regime in some on-line blogs. And yet, she faces a possible twenty years in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state.” Such charges are more or less equal to treason under Vietnam […]
September 24, 2012
HEAVY JAIL SENTENCES FOR THREE BLOGGERS AFTER SHAM TRIAL
by Defend the Defenders • Bui Chat (Bui Quang Vien), Duong Thi Tan, Le Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Tri Dung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan
MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2012 – Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the harsh and unjust jail sentences that a court imposed today on three bloggers on charges of anti-state propaganda at the end of a summary trial in southern Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen Van Hai (who used the blog name of Dieu Cay) was sentenced to […]