Vietnam Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of ‘Folk Hero’ Farmer-RFA | 2014-03-26 A Vietnamese appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former soldier-turned farmer who was jailed for five years for putting up an armed fight against security forces who evicted him and his family from their farm in a high-profile case. The Hai Phong Appeals Court in northern Vietnam also dismissed […]
Vietnam: UN human rights experts denounce land-grabbing case in Viet Nam-Ionglobaltrends | March 27, 2014 UN – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the Vietnamese Government to “intervene urgently” in a case of forced eviction of the last remaining residents of Con Dau, a small village located on the outskirts of Da Nang city in the centre of the country. “This […]
Vietnam: Two writers released on amnesty, one remains imprisoned-Artsfreedom | March 27, 2014 Writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau and blogger and environmental activist Dinh Dang Dinh were released from prison on 21 March 2014 under an amnesty. Poet, essayist, scholar and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly continues to serve an eight-year prison sentence and is seriously ill. PEN continues to call for […]
The Vietnamese Buddhist leader whose temple is his prison-Ucanews | March 27, 2014 Thich Quang Do’s only crime against the state is his religious belief The small temple compound on the edge of downtown Ho Chi Minh City is Thich Quang Do’s world, and has been for more than a decade. The men who perch on motorbikes across the road from the temple are […]
Hội CTNLT: Tuyên bố phản đối việc bắt giam người dân Thuận Nam, Ninh Thuận-CTNLT | 27/3/2014 Tuyên bố phản đối việc bắt giam người dân Thuận Nam, Ninh Thuận Theo báo chí nhà nước và một số nguồn tin khả tín, chiều 26/3/2014, Cơ quan cảnh sát điều tra Công an huyện Thuận Nam (Ninh Thuận) đã tống đạt quyết định khởi tố vụ án, khởi tố 6 bị can […]
Vietnam: Nguyen Huu Cau released after 20 years in prison-FIDH | 24 March 2014 FIDH and its member organization, VCHR, highlighted Nguyen Huu Cau’s case in a document published last March detailing the profiles of 17 political prisoners of particular concern. This was presented to the Vietnamese authorities as part of an active mobilisation to secure their release. Vietnam has the highest number of political prisoners […]
US Members of Congress: Support Vietnam Advocacy Day in Congress – June 4, 2013-Petition by Boat People SOS – Change | June 4, 2013 in early June some 500 Vietnamese American advocates from across the country will gather in the national capital for our second annual Vietnam Advocacy Day. We expect a constructive discussion with our Representatives and Senators about domestic issues that impact our lives in America and about foreign policies that […]
Ailing Vietnamese Dissident Freed After Three Decades Behind Bars-RFA | 2014-03-24 Poet Nguyen Huu Cau, 68, a former officer in the South Vietnamese army who has spent more than three decades behind bars, was released into his family’s care from the Xuan Loc prison in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province on Friday before being hospitalized on Saturday. His discharge, which follows repeated pleas […]
Police force severe persecution met by Persistent Resilience from Hoa Hao Buddhist Worshipers-VRNs – Vrnews | March 24th, 2014 Saigon – More than thirty Hoa Hao Buddhist worshipers from Vietnam were severely persecuted by police at the home of Mr. Nguyen Van Vinh in Long Giang commune, Cho Moi district, An Giang province on Marc 21st, 2014. Mr. Le Quang Liem, chairman of Hoa Hao Buddhist Central Association, informed us that: […]
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