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Life of Vietnamese Activist in Danger Due to Gross Mistreatment in Prison
PRESS RELEASE October 27, 2014 The Vietnamese government should immediately cease the ill-treatment, physical and psychological abuse of Dang Xuan Dieu while in arbitrary detention. News reports of Dang Xuan Dieu being forced to sleep and eat next to his excrement; denied access to adequate food, clean drinking water and regular showers; and subjected to…
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Lawmakers ‘adopt’ prisoners in human rights push
By Julian Pecquet January 18, 2014, 02:20 pm Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are teaming up to bring the plight of human rights defenders to light by adopting prisoners of conscience from around the world. Twenty-one House members have agreed to sponsor a total of 19 imprisoned human rights defenders from Iran, China and…
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide welcomes the launch of the Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam (CAT-VN)
CSW’s research and the new report by CAT-VN entitled ‘Torture and Abuse of Political and Religious Prisoners in Vietnam’ find that the torture of prisoners, and in particular religious and political prisoners, is still prevalent in police stations and check points, prisons and other places of detention across the country. In 2013, several incidences of…
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Mother of jailed Vietnam activist warns on trade pact
Updated: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:48:05 GMT | By Agence France-Presse The mother of a jailed Vietnamese labor activist appealed Thursday for the United States to use a Pacific trade pact as pressure to end what rights groups call widespread violations. Tran Thi Ngoc Minh, mother of jailed Vietnamese activist Do Thi Minh Hanh,…
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Vietnam: Campaign calls for abolition of torture
CSWThursday, January 16, 2014 5:51 pm Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has welcomed the launch today of a report by the Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam. The campaign advocates for humane treatment of detainees and prisoners in Vietnam and the elimination of the practice of torture and other abuses in Vietnamese prisons, jails, police stations,…
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Vietnam sentences 2 songwriters to prison for posting songs critical of the government
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 6:50 AM HANOI, Vietnam — Two musicians in Vietnam whose topical songs are popular among overseas Vietnamese were sentenced to prison Tuesday, prompting criticism from the United States and international rights groups. Vo Minh Tri and Tran Vu Anh Binh were sentenced to four and six years in…
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Vietnam Jails Musicians Over ‘Anti-State Propaganda’
VOA News, Marianne Brown October 30, 2012 HANOI — Two prominent Vietnamese musicians have become the latest activists to be jailed for spreading songs that are critical of the Chinese government. Marianne Brown reports from Hanoi.Despite strict censorship spanning decades, composers in Vietnam have rarely been prosecuted for the content of their music. However the…
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Viet Nam: Acquit songwriters who face 20 years in jail
Amnesty International, 29 October 2012 Two Vietnamese songwriters who face up to 20 years in jail for writing songs criticizing their government should be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today, ahead of their trial on Tuesday 30 October 2012 at Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Court. Vo Minh Tri, known as Viet Khang,…
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Vietnam: Make Rights a Priority on EU Visit
Stress Need to Free Dissidents, Respect Religious Freedom, End Forced Labor Human Rights Watch, October 30, 2012 For Immediate Release (New York, October 30, 2012) – European Union President Herman Van Rompuy should publicly press Vietnam to release all political prisoners and detainees, respect freedom of religion, and abolish forced labor in drug detention centers…
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Human rights organizations jointly call for the immediate release of Vietnamese social activists and bloggers
August 27, 2012 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam Re: Request for the immediate release of 17 Vietnamese social activists and bloggers and the withdrawal of all charges Dear Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, As you receive this letter, seventeen Vietnamese social activists,…
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