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Category: Arbitrary Arrest & Torture

  • The U.S. shouldn’t sell out human rights in Vietnam

    WashPost Opinions By Allen S. Weiner, Published: August 26 Allen S. Weiner is a senior lecturer in law at Stanford Law School,  where he serves as director of the Program in International and  Comparative Law. He has filed a petition with the U.N. Working Group on  Arbitrary Detention challenging the legality of the arrest and…

  • UN concerned at shrinking space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam

    3 August 2012 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at reports of the ongoing persecution of bloggers and people who use the Internet and other means to freely express their opinions in Viet Nam.“We are concerned by what appears to be increasingly limited space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam,”…

  • Vietnam court rejects police beating death appeal

     2012-07-17 17:58 HANOI, July 17, 2012 (AFP) – A Vietnamese court Tuesday upheld a four-year jail term for a policeman over the fatal beating of a man in custody, rejecting a plea for a tougher sentence in a case that alarmed rights activists. Trinh Xuan Tung, 53, died last year after being detained for a…

  • Vietnam’s Law Enforcement Agencies and Judicial System Violated Laws in the Case of the Free Journalists Club

    Hanoi, July 14, 2012 Nguyen Van Dai, Esq. International human rights organizations and the governments of several countries are concerned about Vietnam’s harassment and arrest of 3 bloggers associated with the Free Journalists Club, Nguyen Van Hai, Phan Thanh Hai and Ta Phong Tan. Blogger Phan Thanh Hai was arrested the night of October 18…

  • Use of Torture by the Vietnamese police: victim testimonies

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  • June 26: International Day in Support of Torture Victims

    June 26 of each year is “International Day in Support of Torture Victims.” It marks the anniversary of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treament or Punishment, also known as CAT. CAT came into force on 26 June 1987. So far 147 countries have become parties to this UN convention. In late…

  • Echoing President Obama, three US Senators call for Vietnamese blogger’s release

    In a letter  to Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung dated June 15, 2012, three US senators asekd for the immediate release of blogger Nguyen Van Hai, aka Dieu Cay. “We are deeply concerned with the circumstances surrounding his arrest and re-arrest and by reports that family has been prevented from visiting him,” wrote Senators…

  • Human rights report for the first 3 months of 2012 – prepared by Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

    Hanoi, 14 April 2012 In the first 3 months of 2012, the human rights situation in Vietnam continued to worsen rapidly. After the crackdowns and arrests of 2011, the government of Vietnam, in 2012, continues to persecute, harass, detain and prosecute many religious, democracy and human rights activists. To maintain its absolute power, the Vietnamese…

  • Police beat to death a citizen

    Mr. Ngo Thanh Kieu, age 31, a resident of Hoa Dong Village, Tan Hoa District, Phu Yen Province, was the latest victim of rampant abuse of power and unchecked violence in Vietnam’s law enforcement apparatus. At 3 am on May 14, public security officers came to Kieu’s house, put manacles on him and took him…

  • Vietnam: Overturn Activist Blogger’s Sentence

    Human Rights Defender Punished for Expressing Her Views (New York, May 30, 2012) – Vietnamese authorities should void the conviction of blogger Ho Thi Bich Khuong, 44, and immediately free her, Human Rights Watch said today. The People’s Court of Nghe An is scheduled on May 30, 2012, to hear her appeal against her five-year…