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Sanchez Calls for Release of Vietnamese Internet Activists

2008-11-18T05:36:47Z

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-California), Co-founder of the Caucus on Vietnam issued the following letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung calling for the release of internet activists who were reportedly imprisoned by the Government of Vietnam for “propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”. Below is the full text of the letter and PDF copy.
November 13, 2008
His Excellency
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
c/o Embassy of Vietnam
1233 20th (...) - News

Death penalty in Viet Nam – proposed reforms a welcome step towards abolition

Amnesty International — 2008-11-11T08:56:08Z

(Amnesty International) - 10 November 2008
A former treasurer of a local post office in the Bac Lieu province of Viet Nam is facing a death sentence on charges of embezzlement. Tang Thi Ba was sentenced to death on 29 May on for embezzling 15 billion Vietnamese dong (just over US$900,000). She had been arrested in December 2006 and admitted the charges in court.
The prosecutors sought a life sentence, but the court sentenced her to death because of the amount of money involved. On 29 August, the court of appeals (...) - News

Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review Fifth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

Amnesty International — 2008-11-09T09:25:00Z

(Amnesty International) - 3 November 2008 Public
amnesty international
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Fifth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council
May 2009
Executive summary
In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review:
Under section B, Amnesty International raises concern over the (...) - News

Urgent Plea to the government of Vietnam asking for the safe return of our husbands.

2008-11-03T13:22:49Z

(Nguyen Thi Nga, Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang, Bui Thi Re, Ly Thi Tuyet Mai & Nguyen Thi Loc) - We, the undersigned, are wives of the dissidents who have been incarcerated by the Vietnam Security Police since September 10, 2008. To wit: - News

The Vietnamese regime desperately carries out another crackdown on democracy activists

Radio New Horizon — 2008-10-30T10:58:11Z

(Radio New Horizon) - September 10th, 2008
On September 8th, 2008, democracy activist Ngo Quynh was arrested by Hanoi Police due to his influence and activities within youths and students. This is a young man with great anger upon Hanoi regime's arbitrary policy: submitting to China but being brutal with Vietnamese patriotic voices.
On September 10th, 2008, police raided many streets of Saigon. Almost all associates of Dieu Cay aka writer Nguyen Van Hai, were detained so that no one could attend his court (...) - News

Wave of Repression Blankets Vietnam

Viet Tan — 2008-10-25T20:16:09Z

(Viet Tan) - Communist authorities in Vietnam have arrested several democracy activists in the middle of the night and placed many others under house arrest. These actions come amidst the sentencing of a prominent blogger and appearances of large banners in urban areas calling for multi-party democracy and leaflets protesting the government's territorial concessions to China. - Press Releases

Letter to Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan from Congressman Michael M, Honda

Michael M, Honda — 2008-05-28T23:31:56Z

(Michael M, Honda) - I am relieved to hear ofyour safe return home to the United States. You took a selfless stand for your beliefs in democracy and basic human rights. Your courageous efforts to speak on behalf of the oppressed resulted in your unwarranted imprisonment by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. - Worldwide Reaction

Activist tells of prison stay

Stephen Magagnini — 2008-05-19T23:23:54Z

(Stephen Magagnini) - Nguyen Quoc Quan got a hero's welcome when he landed in San Francisco on Saturday night after spending six months in Vietnamese prisons for championing democracy. - News

Vietnam deports American democracy activist

San Francicso Chronicle — 2008-05-19T20:22:04Z

(San Francicso Chronicle) - When Northern California activist Quan Quoc Nguyen sneaked into his native Vietnam last Nov. 15, crossing the Cambodian border on the back of a bicycle, he figured he had a 50 percent chance of being arrested. Two days later, he was picked up and accused of terrorism for using fake identification and for authoring pro-democracy leaflets that described ways to peacefully get rid of the communist government. He faced the prospect of spending years away from his wife and two teenage sons. - News

Editorial: Voices unite, and Nguyen Quoc Quan is freed

Sacbee — 2008-05-18T23:24:56Z

(Sacbee) - It is rare that elected officials do something that earns praise from across the political spectrum, but the release of Nguyen Quoc Quan is one of those instances. Nguyen, an engineer who lives in Elk Grove, was one of six pro-democracy demonstrators arrested in Ho Chi Minh City last Nov. 1 while handing out leaflets that promoted peaceful change toward democracy in Vietnam. - News