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Letter to Vietnamese PM on Human Rights Day

US Members of Congress — 2008-12-12T08:15:35Z

(US Members of Congress) - As Members of Congress, we are concerned by the ongoing human rights violations occuring around the world, especially in Vietnam. Despite its pledges to respect international norms, the Government of Vietnam continues to arrest and imprison individuals for exercising their freedom of speech and right to assemble. - News

On Human Rights Day: Asking for release of husbands & relative

Viet-Am Review — 2008-12-12T00:38:41Z

(Viet-Am Review) - On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day, December 10, 1948 – December 10, 2008, we, the undersigned, are wives and family of the dissidents who are currently incarcerated at the Hoa Lo 1 prison, also known as B 14 (Hanoi Hilton) by the Vietnam Security Police since September 10, 2008; they are of writer Nguyen Xuan Nghia, teacher Vu Hung, Pham van Troi, Nguyen van Tuc, Nguyen Kim Nhan, Pham Thanh Nghien and Nguyen Van Tinh. Wecollectively are calling on the government of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam to give back the freedom to our husbands and relative. - News

Vietnamese activists still in prison for asserting nation's claims

Viet Tan — 2008-12-10T16:25:28Z

(Viet Tan) - Three months after their arrests, at least eight Vietnamese democracy activists continue to be held without formal charges for protesting government policies toward China. From September 10-23, 2008, Vietnamese security police detained Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Pham Thanh Nghien, Vu Hung, Ngo Quynh, Tran Duc Thach, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Van Tuc, and Nguyen Van Tinh. - Press Releases

Vietnam court upholds blogger's jail term

AFP — 2008-12-04T21:13:40Z

(AFP) - December 4, 2008
HANOI (AFP) — An appeals court in communist Vietnam on Thursday upheld a blogger's two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for tax fraud in a case media watchdog groups have said was politically motivated.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court confirmed the September verdict and sentencing of Nguyen Hoang Hai, who uses the weblog name Dieu Cay and is a member of the online Free Vietnamese Journalists Club.
"After several hours of debate with his lawyers, the court upheld the first (...) - News

No sign that jailed blogger Dieu Cay will get fair appeal

2008-12-04T20:38:45Z

Reporters Without Borders
December 3, 2008 Reporters Without Borders calls on the Vietnamese authorities to stop manipulating the legal proceedings against blogger and human rights activist Nguyen Hoaong Hai, better known by the blogging name of Dieu Cay, who is serving a 30-month jail sentence on a charge of tax fraud. Foreign journalists will not be admitted into the Ho Chi Minh City courtroom when his appeal against his 10 September conviction is heard tomorrow.
“The refusal to let (...) - News

Vietnamese Democracy Activists Subjected to Brutal Physical Assaults

Ngo Quynh — 2008-11-24T22:20:24Z

(Ngo Quynh) - When we heard that Vi Duc Hoi's mother was sick (liver cancer), Pham Van Troi and I took the bus from Luong Yen station to visit them in Huu Lung district in Lang Son province. After two hours, we arrived at Vi Duc Hoi's house. Hoi invited us to have lunch with him. During lunch, four policemen arrived to do an “ID check”. This did not take long because we understood it is their duty and cooperated with them and invited them for tea. - News

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