TWO NETIZENS RELEASED FROM PRISON, 31 OTHERS STILL HELD-RSF | 14 APRIL 2014. Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that two netizens who had spent several years in prison – Vi Duc Hoi and Nguyen Tien Trung – were released on 11 and 12 April respectively although they are now assigned to a form of house arrest. Arrested in October 2010, Hoi was sentenced in 2011 to […]
The Death of Vietnam’s Teacher Dinh-By VO VAN AI – Wsj | April 14, 2014 , Dinh Dang Dinh, was dying of stomach cancer in his modest home in Dak Nong. After serving two years of a six-year sentence for “anti-Socialist propaganda,” being denied medical care, and receiving beatings rather than treatment when he complained of pain, Dinh Dang Dinh was suddenly “amnestied” […]
Vietnam: Continued Detention Of Human Rights Defender Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang-Awid | 14/04/2014 Front Line Defenders is concerned by the continued detention of human rights defender and blogger Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang. She is held in An Binh prison in Cao Lanh city since 11 February 2014, charged with “causing public disorder.” The health of the human rights defender is of serious concern as Bui […]
On back of international pressure, Hanoi releases two pro-democracy activists- AsiaNews |04/14/2014 On the back of strong pressure from the international community, which is calling for progress on human rights, the Vietnamese government – or Communist Party – has released two prominent dissidents. Pro-democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung and blogger and Vi Duc Hoi were released on 12 April, after nearly five years behind bars […]
Vietnam releases two high-profile dissidents in latest amnesty-Scmp | 14 April, 2014 Vietnam has released two political activists, the latest high-profile dissidents to be freed as the communist nation comes under increasing international pressure over its human rights record. Blogger Nguyen Tien Trung told reporters that he and Vi Duc Hoi, a Communist Party official turned democracy campaigner, had been freed on Saturday. […]
Vietnam frees at least one more political activist-Reuters | Apr 14, 2014 Nguyen Tien Trung, a blogger, was released from a prison in southern Ho Chi Minh City at the weekend, his father said on Monday. Trung was convicted of subversion and news of his release was not made public. Nguyen Tu Tu described it as a positive move by the authorities and […]
Vietnam Releases Dissidents Amid US Trade Talks-By CHRIS BRUMMITT – ABCnews | April 14, 2014 Vi Duc Hoi and Nguyen Tien Trung were released over the weekend with 1 ½ years and nine months left of their sentences to serve. They were each convicted of crimes relating to their peaceful advocacy for multiparty democracy in Vietnam, which is ruled by an authoritarian […]
Vietnam frees Nguyen Tien Trung and Vi Duc Hoi-BBC | 14 April 2014 Vietnam has released two high-profile political activists amid ongoing free trade talks with the United States. Democracy activists Nguyen Tien Trung and Vi Duc Hoi were freed from prison over the weekend. Earlier in April, prominent activist Cu Huy Ha Vu was also released from jail. He has since flown […]
Ân xá quốc tế: Hướng dẫn xét xử công bằng-VRNs – Chuacuuthe | 13.04.2014 Sài Gòn – Từ Anh Quốc, Tổ chức ân xá quốc tế (Amnesty International – AI) vừa xuất bản ấn bản thứ hai của tài liệu Hướng dẫn xét xử công bằng. AI cho rằng, công lý dựa trên sự tôn trọng các quyền con người của mỗi cá nhân. “Công […]
FULL TEXT: VIETNAMESE CIVIL SOCIETY’S TESTIMONY BEFORE CANADIAN SENATE COMMITTEE-VNRN | APRIL 12, 2014 Representatives of Vietnam’s independent civil societytestified before the Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Senate on April 7. The panel heard testimony from Hoi Trinh, the executive director of VOICE (Vietnamese Overseas Initiative for Conscience Empowerment), journalist and blogger Pham Doan Trang [Phạm Đoan Trang], a writer for Vietnamrightnow.com; blogger Nguyen Anh Tuan […]
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