Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Le Quoc Quan-HRW July 8, 2013 Update The trial of Le Quoc Quan, scheduled for July 9, was postponed in the afternoon of July 8. The trial has not been rescheduled. ———————————————– End Political Trials of Human Rights Defenders (New York) – The Vietnamese government should drop politically motivated charges against Le Quoc Quan, one of Vietnam’s most […]
Vietnam Censors Give Songwriter Ngoc Dai “Free Advertising”-By Marianne Brown The Diplomat | 7 July 2013 | Arguably Vietnam’s most controversial songwriter, Ngoc Dai, has been featured regularly in the Vietnamese press over the last few weeks after releasing a new album without official permission. Thang Mo 1, which translates as Village Herald 1, features lyrics like: “have sex, compatriots” and “oh groin, […]
English PEN: Take urgent action for writer Nguyen Huu Cau-English PEN 5 July 2013 Poet, songwriter, human rights defender and anti-corruption activist Nguyen Huu Cau has been detained in Vietnam since 1982 in relation to an ‘incriminating’ manuscript of songs and poems. Following his most recent monthly visit to his father, an hour-long meeting at which security agents were present throughout, his son Tran […]
Vietnamese Dissident Vows to Defend Himself Against Tax Charges-RFA 6 July 2013 A detained prominent Vietnamese dissident lawyer has vowed to defend himself to the hilt against tax evasion charges leveled by the state during his trial scheduled next week, accusing the one-party Communist government of staging a campaign to victimize its opponents.
CAMSA: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam-COALITION TO ABOLISH MODERN-DAY SLAVERY IN ASIA Website: http://camsa-coalition.org 4 June 2013 Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Founded in February 2008, CAMSA is a coalition of international and national organizations sharing the same goal of eliminating labor and sex trafficking of men, women and children within, from and […]
L4L writes to all Ministers of Foreign Affairs of EU-counties, Canada, Australia and Japan on Le Quoc Quan’s trial-Lawyers for Lawyers 4 July 2013 Together with 11 NGO’s, Lawyers for Lawyers has sent a letter on 1 July 2013 to all Ministers of Foreign Affairs of EU-countries, Canada, Australia and Japan to request special attention to the unlawful arrest, detention and the upcoming trial of the prominent Vietnamese lawyer, blogger and human rights defender Mr. Le Quoc Quan. […]
Boat People SOS: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam-Boat People SOS (BPSOS) Website: http://bpsos.org 10 June 2013 Methodology and consultation process 1. Founded in 1980, Boat People SOS is a US-based organization with operations in 11 locations in the US and 3 locations in Asia. As part of our refugee protection work, we have since 1990 monitored country conditions in Vietnam.
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