Lawyers for Lawyers: Ông Lê Quốc Quân bị kết án 30 tháng tù giam-Bản dịch của Nguyễn Hà Nam (Defend the Defenders) Lawyers for Lawyers Ngày 02/10/2013 Vào ngày 02 Tháng 10 năm 2013, luật sư Lê Quốc Quân đã bị kết án 30 tháng tù giam vì tội trốn thuế. Ông Lê Quốc Quân là một luật sư nổi tiếng Việt nam và là người bảo vệ […]
Lawyers for Lawyers: Le Quoc Quan sentenced to 30 months in jail-Lawyers for Lawyers 02 Oct 13 On 2 October 2013, Vietnamese lawyer Le Quoc Quan was sentenced to 30 months in jail for tax evasion. Le Quoc Quan is a well-known Vietnamese lawyer and human rights defender. He has been harassed constantly since 2007 by the Vietnamese authorities because of his human rights activities.
Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan did not receive fair trial-ICJ | October 2, 2013 The ICJ said the conviction today of Le Quoc Quan, a lawyer and human rights defender in Vietnam, violated international standards governing the right to a fair trial. Judge Le Thi Hop of the People’s Court of Hanoi convicted and sentenced Le Quoc Quan to 30 months imprisonment with time […]
BLOGGER GETS 30-MONTHS IN PRISON ON TRUMPED-UP TAX EVASION CHARGE-RSF WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER 2013 Reporters Without Borders condemns the 30-month prison sentence and fine of 59,000 dollars that a Hanoi court passed today on dissident lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan on a trumped-up charge of tax evasion. The court also ordered the seizure of Quan’s assets, worth 27,000 dollars.
U.S.-Vietnam Relations in Spotlight After Blogger’s Sentencing in Hanoi-JAMES HOOKWAY Wall Street Journal The U.S. Embassy Quickly Issued a Statement to Criticize the Court Ruling Vietnam’s warming relations with the U.S. appear set to hit a frosty patch after a Hanoi court Wednesday sentenced a prominent U.S.-trained human rights lawyer, one of the country’s best-known bloggers, to 30 months in prison in a […]
Viet Nam: Lawyer latest victim of government’s crackdown on dissent-Amnesty International 2 October 2013 Viet Nam must immediately release a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who was jailed on politically motivated charges today, Amnesty International said. A court in Viet Nam’s capital Ha Noi today sentenced Le Quoc Quan, one of the country’s best known dissidents, to 30 months in prison on trumped […]
U.S. cries foul as Vietnam jails govt critic for ‘tax dodging’-Reuters Wed Oct 2, 2013 A Vietnam court jailed a prominent human rights activist for two and a half years on Wednesday after finding him guilty on tax evasion charges supporters say were aimed at muzzling critics of the Communist Party. The U.S. Embassy described the ruling against Le Quoc Quan as “disturbing” and called […]
Embassy Statement on Le Quoc Quan-US Embassy | October 2, 2013 We are deeply concerned by the Vietnamese government’s conviction and sentencing of human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan to 30 months in prison on tax evasion charges. The use of tax laws by Vietnamese authorities to imprison government critics for peacefully expressing their political views is disturbing. This […]
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