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Viet Nam: Open letter to Minister of Public Security: Arrests and ...
9 May 2013

On 5 and 6 May 2013, young people attempting to hold peaceful outdoor picnics to discuss human rights were prevented from doing so by security police, and several ...

Open Letter       ASA 41/001/2013

Amnesty International | David Cameron should call for release of ...
23 January 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron should call on Viet Nam's government to halt its crackdown on freedom of expression and release all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty ...

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Amnesty International | Viet Nam: Release 13 activists jailed on ...
9 January 2013

The conviction and heavy sentencing of 13 peaceful Catholic activists in Viet Nam today flies in the face of justice and is part of an escalating government crackdown ...

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Amnesty International | Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop silencing ...
21 December 2012

Three Vietnamese bloggers given harsh prison sentences for alleged anti-state propaganda must be freed immediately, Amnesty International said ahead of their ...

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Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop silencing dissent | Amnesty ...
21 December 2012

Three bloggers given hefty sentences should be released ahead of their 28 December appeal hearing.

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Viet Nam: Human rights defender beaten in prison: Ho Thi Bich ...
3 December 2012

A Vietnamese human rights defender, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, currently serving a five-year prison term for “conducting propaganda” against the state, has been beaten ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/003/2012

Amnesty International | Viet Nam: National Assembly should seize ...
7 November 2012

Lawmakers in Viet Nam should push for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty, Amnesty International said as the country debates reinstating execution by firing ...

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Viet Nam: Acquit songwriters who face 20 years in jail | Amnesty ...
29 October 2012

Two Vietnamese songwriters face up to 20 years in jail for writing songs criticizing their government.

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Vietnam: Further information: Bloggers sentenced to prison in ...
4 October 2012

On 24 September, a court in Viet Nam's Ho Chi Minh City sentenced bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, known as Dieu Cay (“the peasant's pipe”), Ta Phong Tan, and Phan Thanh ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/002/2012

Amnesty International | Viet Nam: Bloggers' shameful jail ...
24 September 2012

Harsh prison sentences handed down to three bloggers accused of spreading anti-state propaganda in Viet Nam after a trial which lasted only a few hours are nothing ...

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