Vietnam: Two writers released on amnesty, one remains imprisoned-Artsfreedom | March 27, 2014 Writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau and blogger and environmental activist Dinh Dang Dinh were released from prison on 21 March 2014 under an amnesty. Poet, essayist, scholar and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly continues to serve an eight-year prison sentence and is seriously ill. PEN continues to call for […]
The Vietnamese Buddhist leader whose temple is his prison-Ucanews | March 27, 2014 Thich Quang Do’s only crime against the state is his religious belief The small temple compound on the edge of downtown Ho Chi Minh City is Thich Quang Do’s world, and has been for more than a decade. The men who perch on motorbikes across the road from the temple are […]
Hội CTNLT: Tuyên bố phản đối việc bắt giam người dân Thuận Nam, Ninh Thuận-CTNLT | 27/3/2014 Tuyên bố phản đối việc bắt giam người dân Thuận Nam, Ninh Thuận Theo báo chí nhà nước và một số nguồn tin khả tín, chiều 26/3/2014, Cơ quan cảnh sát điều tra Công an huyện Thuận Nam (Ninh Thuận) đã tống đạt quyết định khởi tố vụ án, khởi tố 6 bị can […]
Vietnam: Nguyen Huu Cau released after 20 years in prison-FIDH | 24 March 2014 FIDH and its member organization, VCHR, highlighted Nguyen Huu Cau’s case in a document published last March detailing the profiles of 17 political prisoners of particular concern. This was presented to the Vietnamese authorities as part of an active mobilisation to secure their release. Vietnam has the highest number of political prisoners […]
US Members of Congress: Support Vietnam Advocacy Day in Congress – June 4, 2013-Petition by Boat People SOS – Change | June 4, 2013 in early June some 500 Vietnamese American advocates from across the country will gather in the national capital for our second annual Vietnam Advocacy Day. We expect a constructive discussion with our Representatives and Senators about domestic issues that impact our lives in America and about foreign policies that […]
Ailing Vietnamese Dissident Freed After Three Decades Behind Bars-RFA | 2014-03-24 Poet Nguyen Huu Cau, 68, a former officer in the South Vietnamese army who has spent more than three decades behind bars, was released into his family’s care from the Xuan Loc prison in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province on Friday before being hospitalized on Saturday. His discharge, which follows repeated pleas […]
Police force severe persecution met by Persistent Resilience from Hoa Hao Buddhist Worshipers-VRNs – Vrnews | March 24th, 2014 Saigon – More than thirty Hoa Hao Buddhist worshipers from Vietnam were severely persecuted by police at the home of Mr. Nguyen Van Vinh in Long Giang commune, Cho Moi district, An Giang province on Marc 21st, 2014. Mr. Le Quang Liem, chairman of Hoa Hao Buddhist Central Association, informed us that: […]
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984-Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 entry into force 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1) The States Parties to this Convention, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and […]
Ông Trương Văn Dũng trả lời RFA ngay sau khi ra viện-Gia Minh, RFA | 2014-03-23 Ông Trương Văn Dũng, 57 tuổi, một người Hà Nội tích cực tham gia các hoạt động biểu tình chống Trung Quốc gây hấn, ủng hộ những người đấu tranh cho quyền con người tại Việt Nam lâu nay vào ngày hôm qua ngày 22 tháng 3 bị một nhóm 4 […]
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