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  • Garden Grove Council Voices Support For Vietnam Human Rights Bill - Voiceofoc | May 27, 2015 The Garden Grove City Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to send a letter of support for a Congressional bill establishing a Vietnam Human Rights Act. The bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Christopher Smith of New Jersey, prohibits the United States from selling lethal weapons to Vietnam and attaches human rights and […]
  • PRESS RELEASE: Genuine CSOs from Vietnam join ASEAN’s largest civil society forum in full force - DVOV Editor | May 27, 2015 Independent civil society organizations (CSOs) from Vietnam made their presence felt at the 10th ASEAN People’s Forum and ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC/APF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this April. While Vietnam’s presence remains heavily controlled by government representatives posing as CSOs, also known as Government Organized Non-Governmental Organizations (GONGOs), […]
  • Vietnam Lawmakers Oppose Removing Death Sentences for Corruption Crime - By KTT | May 27, 2015 Vietnamese lawmakers have turned down a proposal by the government to remove death sentences for corruption crime in the amendment to Criminal Law, saying that the move would make the situation worse amid the fight against corruption which is believed to ruin the country’s development. At the National Assembly’s […]
  • Vietnam Prominent Blogger Released after Two Years in Jail - By KTT | May 27, 2015 Vietnamese prominent blogger Truong Duy Nhat has been released after completing a two-year imprisonment for “abusing rights to freedom and democracy to violate state interests” under the Penal Code. The 50-year-old blogger came home Tuesday [May 26] from a prison in the central province of Nghe An, the state-run […]
  • Popular Vietnamese Blogger Released From Jail After Two Years -   RFA | May 26, 2015 A prominent Vietnamese blogger and rights campaigner serving a two-year prison sentence for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the state” was released on Tuesday, according to the blogger. Truong Duy Nhat, 51, was sentenced in early March 2014, charged under Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal […]
  • Human rights blogger is freed and promises renewed battle - Asia News | May 27, 2015 The Vietnamese Authorities yesterday released a prominent blogger and activist, previously sentenced to two years in prison for “abusing democratic freedoms” with the aim of  “targeting state interests”.  He is the 51 year old Truong Duy Nhat, indicted in March 2014 on the basis of Article 258 of the […]
  • Vietnam Off-duty Police Officer Kills One During Night Quarrel - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 26, 2015 Captain Luong Van Phong, a police officer in Vietnam’s northern port city of Haiphong, on May 24 shot to death one young resident during a night quarrel between two groups, the Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported Tuesday, citing the Police Department in An Duong district. Currently, the Police Department […]
  • Vietnam: Carry out an immediate investigation into the violent attack on Dinh Quang Tuyen - Spyghana | May 25, 2015 Nguyen Tan Dung Government Office 1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street Ba Dinh District Ha Noi Viet Nam Fax: +84 80 44130/ +84 80 44940 Email: nguoiphatngonchinhphu@chinhphu.vn Dear Prime Minister, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human rights defender and Freelance journalist. I would like to draw your attention to the following case. […]
  • Hơn 30 tổ chức kêu gọi VN trả tự do cho nhà hoạt động Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức - VOA | Cập nhật 26/05/2015 Ngày 24 tháng 5 năm vừa qua đánh dấu 6 năm từ khi nhà đấu tranh cho dân chủ Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức bị tống giam sau khi bị tuyên án bản án tù 16 năm, theo điều 88 và 79 của Bộ luật Hình sự Việt Nam. Bản án […]
  • Tin về trại giam Gia Trung và tình hình tuyệt thực của tù nhân Bùi Thị Minh Hằng - Dân Luận | Cập nhật 25/05/2015 Theo nguồn tin mà Dân Luận nhận được, chị Bùi Thị Minh Hằng vẫn tiếp tục tuyệt thực bởi vì trại giam Gia Trung chưa có bất kỳ động thái nào đáp ứng các yêu cầu hợp pháp của chị về điều kiện giam giữ. Như vậy, tính từ […]