May 30, 2016
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly May 23-29, 2016: Many Vietnamese under House Arrest, Other Detained during State Visit of U.S. President Obama
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly | May 29, 2016 ============ May 23============= Many Vietnamese Activists Detained, Others Kept under House Arrest Prior to Obama’s Meeting with CSOs Defend the Defenders: Vietnam’s security forces have detained a number of activists while keeping many others under house arrest few days ahead of the planned meeting between […]
June 2, 2016
Vietnam Prominent Political Prisoner Agrees to Shorten Hunger Strike on June 7 after Meeting with Other Dissidents
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
By Vu Quoc Ngu, June 2, 2016 Vietnamese prominent political dissident Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, who is serving his 16-year imprisonment, has agreed to shorten his hunger strike on June 7 after meeting with other dissidents in a prison on June 1, local social networks have reported. Mr. Thuc, who had announced to launch an […]