February 22, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Le Quoc Quan
The Law Society of Upper Canada is gravely concerned about the arrest and detention of human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan in Vietnam. Reliable reports indicate that on December 27, 2012, Le Quoc Quan, human rights lawyer and blogger, was arrested by the police while dropping off his daughter at school. The police advised the […]
February 21, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Bui Van Tham, Dinh Dang Dinh, Le Thanh Tung, Nguyen Cong Chinh (Nguyen Thanh Long), Nguyen Van Tu, Nguyen Van Tuan, Phan Ngoc Tuan
The Vietnam government systematically suppresses freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and persecutes those who question government policies, expose official corruption, or call for democratic alternatives to one-party rule. Police harass and intimidate activists and their family members. Authorities arbitrarily arrest activists, hold them incommunicado for long periods without access to legal counsel or […]
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, […]
February 15, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Dinh Dang Dinh, Hoang Khuong (Nguyen Van Khuong), Le Thanh Tung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan
Vietnam Vietnam intensified its grip on old and new media through a campaign of censorship, surveillance, and imprisonments. Central Propaganda Department officials held weekly meetings with top newspaper editors, outlining news agendas and identifying banned topics. The list of prohibited topics expanded to include criticism of the government’s economic management, land conflicts between the state and local […]
February 14, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights], Nguyen Hoang Vi, Ta Phong Tan
By Emily Alpert – February 12, 2013, 4:46 p.m. Nguyen Hoang Vi was knocked from her motorcycle in an accident she believes was no accident. The windows of a car she was riding in were smashed nine months later, gashing her arms, legs and face, she told activists. Last spring her passport was taken away, rights groups say. […]
February 10, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Le Anh Hung, Le Cong Dinh
Last Update 8 February 2013 – On February 6, 2013, Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung was released from forcible internment. The latter had been kidnapped and interned in “Social Support Centre No 2” Ung Hoa, a mental hospital, on January 24, 2013. FIDH member organisation VCHR and the Observatory (FIDH-OMCT) had since then mobilised to call for his […]
February 8, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • 22 Phu Yen, Le Quoc Quan, Phan Van Thu (Tran Cong)
Pro-democracy activists convicted of trying to overthrow communist government, sparking human rights concerns. Reuters in Bangkok guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 February 2013 09.43 GMT Vietnamese activists jailed – Phan Van Thu, centre, and affiliates have been handed lengthy jail terms for subversion. Photograph: Vietnam News Agency/AFP/Getty A court in Vietnam has sentenced a man to life in prison and […]
February 2, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Le Anh Hung
Authorities have ramped up arrests of Vietnamese bloggers in recent months. (AP/Chitose Suzuki) Bangkok, February 1, 2013– In a widening crackdown on online expression, Vietnamese security officials have arrested critical independent blogger Le Anh Hung and are holding him against his will in a psychiatric institution, news reports said. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns […]
February 2, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Thich Quang Do
PARIS, 1st February 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. The deadline for nominations to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo expires today, 1st February 2013, and the winner will be announced in mid-October. Nominations were […]
February 1, 2013
by Defend the Defenders • 17 Catholic youths, 22 Phu Yen, Bui Van Tham, Dinh Dang Dinh, Dinh Van Nhuong, Do Van Hoa, Le Thanh Tung, Nguyen Van Thanh (Nghe An), Nguyen Van Tu, Nguyen Van Tuan, Phan Ngoc Tuan, Vo Thi Thu Thuy
The Vietnam government systematically suppresses freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and persecutes those who question government policies, expose official corruption, or call for democratic alternatives to one-party rule. Police harass and intimidate activists and their family members. Authorities arbitrarily arrest activists, hold them incommunicado for long periods without access to legal counsel or […]
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February 28, 2013
Blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh is nominated for the Netizen prize 2013
by Defend the Defenders • Huynh Ngoc Chenh
One of Vietnam’s most influential bloggers, Huynh Ngoc Chenh does not hesitate to criticize the government and defend freedom of expression. Born in 1952 in the central province of Da Nang, Chenh joined the newspaper Thanh Nien in 1992, first as a reporter and then in senior positions until his retirement in April 2012. He […]