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Nguyen Tri Dung

October 2, 2013

Bloggers behind bars: Vietnam’s war on dissent

by • Le Quoc Quan, Nguyen Tri Dung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay)

By Catherine BARTON AFP | October 01, 2013 Secretly moved from prison to prison, held in solitary confinement, their families subject to constant harassment — Vietnam’s activist bloggers say they are treated like international terrorists. While Vietnam insists it has no political prisoners — and therefore will not comment on the subject — rights groups estimate hundreds […]

May 1, 2013

PLEA FOR HELP LETTER and LETTER OF COMPLAINT from DIEU CAY’S FAMILY

by • Duong Thi Tan, Nguyen Tri Dung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay)

Translated by Lê Anh Hùng (Defend the Defenders) PLEA FOR HELP LETTER FROM:             Nguyen Tri Dung, prisoner Nguyen Van Hai’s son and Duong Thi Tan, Nguyen Van Hai’s ex-wife, mother of Nguyen Tri Dung. TO:       – International Embassies in Hanoi.               – International Organizations on Human Rights Saigon, 29 April 2013 Dear […]

September 24, 2012

Vietnam hands three bloggers harsh prison terms

by • Dinh Dang Dinh, Hoang Khuong (Nguyen Van Khuong), Le Thanh Tung, Nguyen Tri Dung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan

Bangkok, September 24, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the harsh prison sentences handed down today to three prominent Vietnamese online journalists convicted of anti-state charges. In a widening crackdown on press and Internet freedoms, Vietnamese courts have sentenced six journalists and bloggers to prison in the last five weeks. Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s […]

September 24, 2012

HEAVY JAIL SENTENCES FOR THREE BLOGGERS AFTER SHAM TRIAL

by • 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 […]

September 20, 2012

Vietnam’s press freedom shrinks despite open economy

by • Dang Thi Kim Lieng, Dinh Huu Thoai, Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Le Van Son (Paulus Le Son), Nguyen Tri Dung, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan, Trinh Kim Tien

Vietnamese officials are stepping up repression of old and new media even as they promote an image of an open, globalized economy. Intense surveillance and imprisonment of critical journalists, coupled with increasingly restrictive laws, are choking the flow of information. A CPJ special report by Shawn W. Crispin A police officer blocks photographers at an anti-China […]