September 12, 2012
We Must Support Human Rights, Democracy in Vietnam, Ros-Lehtinen Says
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 – Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today spoke in favor of the Vietnam Human Rights Act (H.R. 1410), which prohibits an increase in non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam unless pro-democracy and human rights programs are supported.
September 17, 2012
DISSIDENTS AND FAMILIES TARGETED, COVERT HARASSMENT AND REPRISALS
by Defend the Defenders • Dang Thi Kim Lieng, Le Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Van Hai (Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (AnhBaSaigon), Ta Phong Tan
TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2012 – Reporters Without Borders is appalled by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s directive calling on the authorities to impose “serious punishments” on those responsible for three popular anti-corruption blogs that he described as “slanderous.” The organization also deplores the arrest of the wife of the jailed journalist and blogger Dieu Cay, the sister of the […]