December 24, 2016
By Defend the Defenders, December 19, 2016 U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius said that he is deeply concerned by the sentencing of two Vietnamese pro-democracy activists, Tran Anh Kim and Le Thanh Tung, according to a media release of the Embassy dated December 19. The release was issued three days after a Vietnamese court […]
December 20, 2016
By Defend the Defenders, December 20, 2016 U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius has said that he is deeply concerned by sentencing of two Vietnamese pro-democracy activists Tran Anh Kim and Le Thanh Tung, according to a media release of the Embassy on Dec 19. The media release was made three days after Vietnam’s court […]
December 16, 2016
By Defend the Defenders, December 16, 2016 Vietnam’s communist government has imprisoned two pro-democracy activists, Tran Anh Kim and Le Thanh Tung, with heavy sentences on charges of “conducting activities aiming to overthrow the state” under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code. On December 16, the People’s Court of the northern province of Thai […]
December 6, 2016
By Defend the Defenders, December 6, 2016 Vietnam’s authorities will bring two democracy campaigners Tran Anh Kim and Le Thanh Tung to court on charge with attempting to overthrow the government under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code on December 16, a local activist said. The People’s Court in the northern province of Thai […]
January 8, 2016
By Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 8, 2015 Mr. Nguyen Huy Tuan, a land rights activist from Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong, on January 7 was chased by local security agents who later beat him severely and robbed his items when he fell unconscious, the victim said. Tuan, who is assisting land petitioners to […]
December 16, 2015
Người Bảo vệ Các Quyền Dân sự – Civil Rights Defenders Ngày 16/12/2015 Bản dịch của Vũ Quốc Ngữ Trong nửa năm cuối của năm 2015 chứng kiến một sự gia tăng đáng báo động về số lượng các cuộc tấn công bạo lực và đe dọa nhằm vào những người bảo vệ nhân quyền, […]
October 4, 2015
by Vu Quoc Ngu, Oct 3, 3015 Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have decided to prosecute Mr. Tran Anh Kim, a local pro-democracy activist and former political prisoner, charging him of “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code. Mr. Kim, who completed […]
September 27, 2015
RFA | Sep 25, 2015 The whereabouts of Vietnamese former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim, who was detained by police on Monday, remain unknown, according to the pro-democracy activist’s wife. Several police officers arrested Kim, 66, who lives in Thai Binh city in the northern coastal province of the same name, before 10 a.m., Nguyen […]
September 23, 2015
RSF | Sep 22, 2015 Reporters Without Borders is relieved by blogger Ta Phong Tan’s release after three years in prison on an anti-state propaganda charge but points out that 15 other citizen-journalists are still detained in Vietnam. A former policewoman held since 5 September 2011, Ta Phong Tan was released on 19 September and […]
September 21, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have kidnapped local political dissident, detained his wife for hours and searched his house as well as took away a number of his items, Ngo Duy Quyen, a Hanoi-based activist has informed. by Vu Quoc Ngu, September 21, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have […]
January 29, 2015
VRNs | Jan 28, 2015 New York, USA – Bloggers Assaulted for Visiting Fellow Activist (New York, January 26, 2015) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately stop using violence against human rights campaigners, Human Rights Watch said today. In January 2015, leading bloggers were targeted by plainclothes agents and beaten. Human Rights Watch said the attacks violated basic […]
May 28, 2017
Vietnam Upholds Sentences against Two Political Activists Tran Anh Kim, Le Thanh Tung
by Nhan Quyen • Le Thanh Tung, Tran Anh Kim
By Defend the Defenders, May 27, 2017 On May 26, the Higher People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi rejected the appeals of two political activists, Tran Anh Kim and Le Thanh Tung, finding them guilty of conducting “attempts to overthrow the people’s government” under Article 79 of the country’s Penal Code. The court […]
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