Giảng viên âm nhạc Đặng Đăng Phước bị tòa phúc thẩm tuyên y án 8 năm tù giam-Trong phiên phúc thẩm chỉ kéo dài hai giờ đồng hồ vào sáng 26/9, Toà án Nhân dân Cấp cao tại Đà Nẵng bác bỏ kháng cáo kêu oan của giảng viên âm nhạc Đặng Đăng Phước, giữ nguyên mức án tám năm tù giam và bốn năm quản chế về tội danh “tuyên truyền […]
Diplomatic missions call on Vietnam to stay inmate’s execution -The European delegation to Vietnam and the Canadian and U.K. Embassies have urged Vietnamese authorities to halt the execution of death row inmate Le Van Manh, whose family was told this week to make preparations to receive his body after his sentence is carried out. In a joint statement, posted to the E.U. delegation’s Facebook […]
Vietnamese NGOs shy from UN engagement fearing government reprisal-Vietnamese humanitarian and non-governmental organizations are increasingly less inclined to work with the United Nations due to fear of reprisal from their government, according to a new report by the global body’s human rights agency. NGO activities are restricted in Vietnam, where criticism of the one-party state is not tolerated. Groups must register with the […]
“I was beaten by guards when I fought for prisoners’ rights”-Former prisoner of conscience Le Quy Loc, who completed his five-year prison term earlier this month, told Radio Free Asia he was seriously beaten twice by prison guards because he fought for prisoners’ rights. Loc, 47, was arrested by the Ho Chi Minh City police on Sept. 3, 2018 after participating in protests against the […]
Hà Nội bắt giữ nhà hoạt động môi trường thứ sáu, bà Ngô Thị Tố Nhiên của VIETSE-Bà Ngô Thị Tố Nhiên – Giám đốc điều hành Tổ chức Sáng kiến về chuyển đổi năng lượng Việt Nam (VIETSE) – vừa bị bắt giữ hôm 15/9 vừa qua, hiện không rõ lý do bắt giữ. Tổ chức chuyên theo dõi tình hình nhân quyền Việt Nam – Project 88 – loan tin […]
Former Vietnamese prisoner chooses exile to escape injustice-Nguyen Bac Truyen and his wife in Berlin Nguyen Bac Truyen was released from prison on Sept. 8, five years short of his 11 year sentence. He flew straight to Germany, from where he told Radio Free Asia this week he wished to “escape an unjust prison sentence and be reunited with my wife.” Truyen’s […]
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