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Democracy Campaigner Tran Duc Thach Convicted of Subversion, Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison and Three Years of Probation - Defend the Defenders, December 15, 2020 On December 15, the People’s Court of Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An convicted try local human rights defender and democracy fighter Tran Duc Thach on allegation of subversion under Article 109 of the Criminal Code, sentencing him to 12 years in prison and three years of […] Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report for December 7-13, 2020: Trial against Activist Tran Duc Thach Rescheduled on December 15, First-instance Hearing against Facebookers Huynh Anh Khoa and Nguyen Dang Thuong Delayed to December 21 - Defend the Defenders | December 13, 2020 One week after cancelling the first-instance hearing against local democracy campaigner Tran Duc Thach, due to his poor health, the People’s Court of Nghe An province has rescheduled the trial for December 15. After being hospitalized for one week for treatment of high blood pressure, the 68-year-old […] Tuần tin Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền, tuần thứ 49 từ ngày 07/12 đến ngày 13/12/2020: Phiên tòa xét xử nhà hoạt động Trần Đức Thạch dời lại sang ngày 15/12, phiên xử sơ thẩm đối với Facebooker Huỳnh Anh Khoa và Nguyễn Đăng Thường hoãn đến ngày 21/12 - Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền | ngày 13/12/2020 Một tuần sau khi hủy phiên sơ thẩm đối với nhà hoạt động dân chủ Trần Đức Thạch, người bị cáo buộc “hoạt động lật đổ chế độ” do sức khỏe của ông bị yếu, Tòa án Nhân dân tỉnh Nghệ An đã dời […] Vietnam: authorities must act to safeguard rights online and end harassment of those expressing themselves – ICJ new report - International Commission of Jurists, December 9, 2020 In a new report released today, the ICJ called on the Vietnamese authorities to take swift measures to reform its laws and practices around the use of the internet and to stem the pattern of accelerating human rights abuse of individuals online. The paper, Dictating the Internet: […] 2020: 10 Religious Problems That The Vietnamese Government Doesn’t Want You To Know About - Vietnam makes no progress with freedom of religion, which remains tightly controlled. The Vietnamese, December 13, 2020 Vietnam is among countries with the greatest diversity of religions, but it is also among those that suppress freedom of religion most heavily. In 2020, ethnic Thuong in the Central Highlands, Hoa Hao Buddhists, independent Cao Dai […] Trial against Democracy Campaigner Tran Duc Thach Rescheduled on December 15, Hard Sentence Expected - Defend the Defenders, December 12, 2020 The People’s Court of Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An has rescheduled the first-instance hearing to try local human rights defender and democracy fighter Tran Duc Thach on allegation of subversion under Article 109 of the Criminal Code on December 15. Initially, the trial was set on November […] Prisoner of Conscience Huynh Duc Thinh Suffers from Hemorrhagic Stroke Few Weeks Before His One-Year Imprisonment Ends - Defend the Defenders, December 9, 2020 Prisoner of conscience Huynh Duc Thinh, who is serving his one-year imprisonment in a prison camp in Dong Nai province, is suffering from a hemorrhage stroke a few weeks before his term ends and he is under critical conditions. After being treated ineffectively in a hospital managed […] Rights group CIVICUS Monitor report shows civic space remains ‘closed’ in Vietnam as majority of countries in Asia repress civic freedoms - Civicus, December 8, 2020 Around 90% of countries in Asia restricting civic freedoms Philippines downgraded from ‘obstructed’ to ‘repressed’ Concerns about attacks on press and vilification of human rights defenders In Asia, the assault on civil society and fundamental freedoms has persisted amid the global pandemic. Data released today by the CIVICUS Monitor […] Hanoi-based Democracy Campaigner Nguyen Trung Linh Secretly Convicted of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda,” Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison - Defend the Defenders, December 8, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have convicted local democracy activist Nguyen Trung Linh of “Making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the 2015 Criminal Code and sentenced to 12 years in […] Re: Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển and other prisoners on hunger strike over prison conditions in An Điềm Prison, Quảng Nam Province - H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Viet Nam 16 Le Hong Phong Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam December 7, 2020 Re: Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển and other prisoners on hunger strike over prison conditions in An Điềm Prison, Quảng Nam Province Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, would […]
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