Sir Graham raises Vietnam human rights concerns with EU foreign affairs chief-17/07/2013 | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party. ALDE Party President Sir Graham Watson MEP has written to EU foreign affairs High Representative Baroness Catherine Ashton together with other MEPs from across political parties to raise concerns about human rights abuses and internet censorship in Vietnam.
Fresh Appeal for Long-Serving Vietnamese Political Prisoner’s Release-2013-07-16 | Reported by An Nguyen for RFA’s Vietnamese Service. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink. The son of one of Vietnam’s longest-serving political prisoners, Nguyen Huu Cau, who is in weak health, has warned that his father could die in prison as a new petition was sent to President Truong San seeking his freedom. “He […]
Internet Censorship Is Taking Root in Southeast Asia-By Charlie Campbell July 18, 2013 World Times. com Every time Le Anh Hung starts to write he thinks of his three young children. The 38-year-old has already been imprisoned twice for blogging about human rights and corruption from his home in Hanoi and lives half-expecting another fateful knock at the door. And yet “I’m not scared,” he […]
Time to admit wrong in Vietnam-The Washington Times | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 By LT. COL. DOMINIK GEORGE NARGELE, U.S. Marine Corps, retired Once again there is a communist show trial going on in Vietnam. The distinguished lawyer, Le Quoc Quan, who has American ties, was arrested in December after he wrote a column for the BBC’s website in which he argued for […]
Jailed Vietnamese Blogger in Fourth Week of Hunger Strike-Mac Lam, RFA | 17 Jul, 2013 One of Vietnam’s most prominent jailed dissidents, blogger Nguyen Van Hai, has gone on a hunger strike amid concerns over his prison treatment, his ex-wife said Wednesday, highlighting a trend of fasting protests by political prisoners in the one-party Communist state. Hai, popularly known by his pen name […]
Vietnam: Letter Sent To High Representative Catherine Ashton ahead of Trial of Human Rights Defender Le Quoc Quan-Salem-News 9 July 2013 (YORK, UK) – Prominent Vietnamese lawyer, blogger and human rights defender Mr. Le Quoc Quan, was the subject of unlawful arrest and detention. Mr. Le Quoc Quan is currently arbitrarily detained due to having exercised his right to freedom of expression, his right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, as […]
Vietnam: Update – Trial of human rights defender Mr Le Quoc Quan postponed indefinitely-Front Line Defenders 12 July 2013 On 8 July 2013, the Vietnamese authorities decided to postpone the trial of Le Quoc Quan indefinitely. The trial was supposed to be held at the People’s Court of Hanoi on 9 July 2013. The explanation given was that the judge was not feeling well. Under Vietnamese law, a postponed trial […]
Vietnam: Prominent Dissident On Hunger Strike-Carlyle Thayer Thayer Consultancy 18 June 2013 Last night it was reported that Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu‘ has begun a prison hunger strike (see Amnesty International). Dr. Vu’s wife said yesterday that he’s protesting against poor treatment in prison(rather than, say, making a political statement against the party’s leadership).
Vietnam’s bloggers test govt’s limits-Nirmal Ghosh Asia News Network 10-07-2013 A fellow blogger calls the Anh Ba Sam blog the “pavement news agency”, in a satirical reference to the official state-owned Vietnam News Agency. Anh Ba Sam, which means “The Gossiper”, was started in 2007 by former policeman Nguyen Huu Vinh, 57, and soon became a meeting point for […]
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