June 17, 2015
Interview: ‘The Government Violated the Human Rights of Political Prisoners Severely’
RFA | Jun 15, 2015 Truong Minh Tam served a one year prison term because of his democracy advocacy before joining the pro-democracy group Con Duong Vietnam. With that group’s founder, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, now serving a prison sentence, Truong visited the United States to call for great attention to the plight of the […]
July 2, 2015
End of Sentence for Lawyer a Reminder of On-going Detention of Prisoners of Conscience in Vietnam
by Nhan Quyen • Le Quoc Quan, Ta Phong Tan, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
civilrightsdefenders | Jun 30, 2015 Le Quoc Quan, a prominent human rights lawyer and blogger, left An Diem prison in Quang Nam province last Saturday after completing his 30-month sentence. Civil Rights Defenders considers the 2013 “tax evasion” charges against Quan reprisal against his writings on human rights abuses and democratic reforms, topics usually not […]