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  • Vietnam: Update – Appeal of human rights defenders Dau Van Duong, Tran Huu Duc, and Chu Manh Son to take place on 26 September 2012 - Posted 2012/9/24, Front Line Defenders – The appeal of human rights defenders Mr Dau Van Duong, Mr Tran Huu Duc, and Mr Chu Manh Son will begin in the People’s Court of Nghe An on 26 September 2012 at 7:30 am. On 24 May 2012, the three human rights defenders, who were involved in citizen journalism […]
  • Statement on the Trial of Blogger Dieu Cay (aka Nguyen Van Hai) - September 24, 2012 – We are deeply concerned by reports that the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court convicted and sentenced blogger Dieu Cay to 12 years in prison for peacefully expressing his political views.  The government’s treatment of Dieu Cay appears to be inconsistent with Vietnam’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political […]
  • HEAVY JAIL SENTENCES FOR THREE BLOGGERS AFTER SHAM TRIAL - MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2012 – Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the harsh and unjust jail sentences that a court imposed today on three bloggers on charges of anti-state propaganda at the end of a summary trial in southern Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen Van Hai (who used the blog name of Dieu Cay) was sentenced to […]
  • ThePetitionSite.com: Tell Vietnam to Free Political Prisoner Ta Phong Tan! - Target: President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang Sponsored by: Lynn Hamilton Former Vietnamese police officer Ta Phong Tan has done nothing worse than criticizing her government’s regime in some on-line blogs. And yet, she faces a possible twenty years in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state.” Such charges are more or less equal to treason under Vietnam […]
  • (1) ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS - “Human  rights defender” is a term used to describe people who, individually or with  others,  act  to  promote or protect  human  rights.  Human rights defenders are identified above all by what they do and it is through a description  of their actions (section A below) and of some of the contexts  in which  they  work  […]
  • (1) Giới thiệu về Người bảo vệ nhân quyền - “Người bảo vệ nhân quyền” là một thuật ngữ dùng để mô tả những người, cá nhân hoặc với người khác, hành động để thúc đẩy và bảo vệ quyền con người. Người bảo vệ nhân quyền được xác định trước hết qua những gì họ làm và thông qua mô tả của hành động […]
  • Viet Nam: Trial against three pro-democracy bloggers to open on September 24 - Bangkok-Paris-Geneva, September 21, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), together with the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), are deeply concerned at the judicial action against three pro-democracy bloggers. The trial against Mr. […]
  • VIỆT NAM : Vụ xử ba nhà bloggers dân chủ vào ngày 24.9 - Bangkok-Paris-Geneva, 21.9.2012 – Đài Quan sát bảo vệ các Nhà bảo vệ Nhân quyền (The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), là tổ chức liên đới với Liên Đoàn Quốc tế Nhân quyền (FIDH, International Federation for Human Rights) và Tổ chức Thế giới Chống Tra Tấn (OMCT, World Organisation Against Torture), cùng chung với Ủy ban […]
  • Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop harassing their family and friends - September 21, 2012. Amnesty International – Three Vietnamese bloggers who face up to 20 years in jail simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression should be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today, ahead of their trial at Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Court on Monday 24 September 2012. 
  • Vietnam: Drop Charges Against and Release Bloggers - Prime Minister Leads Assault on Critics, Shutters Blogs SEPTEMBER 20, 2012. (New York) – Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges against three prominent bloggers and immediately release them, Human Rights Watch said today. The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to try Nguyen Van Hai (known as Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (known […]