April 15, 2014
by Nhan Quyen • Cu Huy Ha Vu, Nguyen Tien Trung, Vi Duc Hoi
By CHRIS BRUMMITT – ABCnews | April 14, 2014 Vi Duc Hoi and Nguyen Tien Trung were released over the weekend with 1 ½ years and nine months left of their sentences to serve. They were each convicted of crimes relating to their peaceful advocacy for multiparty democracy in Vietnam, which is ruled by an authoritarian […]
April 15, 2014
by Nhan Quyen • Cu Huy Ha Vu, Dinh Dang Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung, Vi Duc Hoi
BBC | 14 April 2014 Vietnam has released two high-profile political activists amid ongoing free trade talks with the United States. Democracy activists Nguyen Tien Trung and Vi Duc Hoi were freed from prison over the weekend. Earlier in April, prominent activist Cu Huy Ha Vu was also released from jail. He has since flown […]
April 13, 2014
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Tien Trung, Vi Duc Hoi
Vietnamrightnow | APRIL 13, 2014 The Vietnam Path Movement has received news of activists Nguyen Tien Trung and Vi Duc Hoi being released from prison today following an order signed by Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang. We believe the release of these two activists is a positive change toward human rights in Vietnam, which is the main operational objective of the Vietnam […]
April 13, 2014
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Tien Trung, Nguyen Van Hai, Ta Phong Tan, Vi Duc Hoi
VNRN | APRIL 13, 2014 Hoi, 57 (pictured above, right), an ethnic Tay from northern Lang Son province, is a former Communist Party official who wrote a blog advocating for human rights and a multi-party democratic system. He was convicted in 2011 of “conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic” under Article 88 of the Penal Code and sentenced to […]
April 13, 2014
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Tien Trung, Vi Duc Hoi
RFA | 2014-04-12 Vietnam on Saturday freed two prominent dissidents following international pressure on the one party communist state to improve its human rights record. Trung, 31, was arrested in July 2009 and sentenced the next year to seven years in prison on charges on charges of attempting to “overthrow the government” by supporting the […]
August 31, 2013
by Nhan Quyen • Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Vi Duc Hoi
Front Line Defenders August 30, 2013 Based on information provided to Front Line Defenders on 24 August 2013, human rights defenders Messrs Vi Duc Hoi and Nguyen Van Oai have been ordered to be placed in solitary confinement for 6 months from 20 July 2013 in retaliation to their protest against the ill-treatment of fellow human rights defender Mr Paulus […]
February 15, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights], 17 Catholic youths, Bui Chat (Bui Quang Vien), Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio), Bui Thi Minh Hang, Cu Huy Ha Vu, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, Huynh Thuc Vy, Huynh Trong Hieu, Le Cong Dinh, Le Quoc Quan, Le Thang Long, Lo Thanh Thao, Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Hue Chi, Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Me Nam), Nguyen Ngoc Tuong Thi, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen The Hung, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Nguyen Xuan Dien, Pham Ba Hai (Trang Thien Long), Pham Toan, Thich Quang Do, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Trinh Kim Tien, Vi Duc Hoi
Điếu Cày is a 60-year-old Vietnamese blogger. In 2007, he wrote the text published below. Four months later, he was arrested and convicted. In 2012 he was subsequently sentenced to 12 years in jail. Why? Because he wrote about freedom in Vietnam on his blog. Traduction: With passion, patriotism and a will to serve our country, […]
October 2, 2012
by Defend the Defenders • 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 […]
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April 15, 2014
Vietnam frees at least one more political activist
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Tien Trung, Vi Duc Hoi
Reuters | Apr 14, 2014 Nguyen Tien Trung, a blogger, was released from a prison in southern Ho Chi Minh City at the weekend, his father said on Monday. Trung was convicted of subversion and news of his release was not made public. Nguyen Tu Tu described it as a positive move by the authorities and […]