Vietnamese Blogger Le Anh Hung arrested and interned in a mental institution in Hanoi-2013-01-26 | | Vietnam Committee on Human Rights PARIS, 26 January 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights strongly denounces the virtual kidnapping of Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung and his internment in a mental institution in Hanoi. At 10.15am on Thursday 24 January, six secret security agents came to the company in Hung Yen where […]
Journalism award: Ta Phong Tan, imprisoned Vietnamese blogger-Ta Phong Tan is one of three Vietnamese bloggers, collectively calling themselves the ‘Club for Free Journalists’, at the centre of a draconian clampdown by the country’s authorities. Vietnam is one of the world’s most restrictive countries for freedom of speech and the press. Only China, Eritrea and North Korea come lower on RSF’s press-freedom […]
Appeal to the Vietnamese authorities to free bloggers, citizen journalists and human rights activists and drop charges-13 bloggers, citizen journalists and human rights activists were sentenced to jail in Vietnam – ARTICLE 19 Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam 14 January 2013 Dear Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, We, the undersigned organisations, are seriously concerned over the conviction on Tuesday 8 January […]
Vietnam – Prison sentences handed down to human rights defenders (January 11, 2013)-Political relations France condemns the heavy prison sentences handed down on 9 January to 14 human rights defenders by the People’s Court of Nghe An Province in Vietnam. Several similar decisions have been taken by the Vietnamese authorities in recent months. Such decisions are a serious attack on human rights, particularly the freedom of opinion […]
Vietnam Continues Crackdown on Free Speech with Conviction of 14 Activists-Freedom House condemns the conviction of 14 human rights defenders in Vietnam and calls for their immediate release and for the release of other jailed free speech advocates. Their conviction is the latest in an intensified attack by the government on those seeking to exercise their right to free speech, and their trial was one […]
RWB CAN PROVE INNOCENCE OF CONVICTED BLOGGER PAULUS LE SON-PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 11 JANUARY 2013 – Reporters Without Borders is appalled at the groundless verdict handed down yesterday by a court in northern city of Vinh against eight bloggers and cyber dissidents. They were among a total of 14 Catholic activists sentenced to between three and 13 years’ imprisonment. The press freedom organization is […]
Vietnam: Release Convicted Activists-Drop Charges Against Blogger Le Quoc Quan January 9, 2013 (New York) – The conviction and prison sentences of 14 activists by the People’s Court of Nghe An province on January 9, 2012, marks a sharp escalation of government attacks on critics. The convictions of the 14 should be quashed immediately, as should […]
Article 19: Press Release-09 Jan 2013 Vietnam: Conviction of thirteen pro-democracy activists is an abuse of fundamental rights ARTICLE 19 condemns the jailing of thirteen pro-democracy activists in Vietnam and calls on the authorities to release them immediately. The men and women were convicted of “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of […]
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