HANOI — Vietnam released one of its leading democracy activists from prison Monday after the dissident Catholic priest spent three years and suffered two strokes in solitary confinement, his lawyer and sister said.
Tag - human rights
lundi 15 mars 2010
Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 20:45 - News in english
jeudi 11 mars 2010
Vietnam dissident vows to carry on struggle after prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 11 mars 2010, 08:43 - News in english
HANOI — A Vietnamese lawyer and dissident vowed on Wednesday to carry on her struggle for democracy days after leaving jail, where she spent three years for challenging the Communist authorities.
lundi 8 mars 2010
Vietnam human rights lawyer freed after serving 3 years in prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 8 mars 2010, 08:37 - News in english
HANOI — A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state.
jeudi 4 mars 2010
Vietnam needs to improve rights
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 4 mars 2010, 08:39 - News in english
WASHINGTON — Vietnam needs to improve its human rights record if it wants to build a close relationship with the United States, a senior US envoy said Wednesday ahead of a visit to the region.
mercredi 3 mars 2010
Vietnam consistent with human rights protection
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 3 mars 2010, 09:51 - News in english
Vietnam is consistent with its policy to promote human rights through dialogue and cooperation, said a Vietnamese diplomat at the 13th UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2.
mardi 9 février 2010
Imprisoned Vietnam priest in worsening health
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 9 février 2010, 08:39 - News in english
HANOI — An imprisoned Vietnamese Catholic priest, whose release has been sought by US legislators, is in worsening health, his sister said Tuesday.
vendredi 5 février 2010
Vietnam jails dissident writer over attack
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 5 février 2010, 20:34 - News in english
A Vietnamese writer and democracy activist has been jailed for three and a half years for attacking two men during a parking dispute in Hanoi.
jeudi 4 février 2010
US sees 'spike' in Vietnam human rights issues
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 4 février 2010, 08:43 - News in english
There has been a spike in human rights issues in Vietnam but dialogue, not harsher measures, is the way to respond, the United States ambassador said Wednesday.
dimanche 31 janvier 2010
Vietnamese dissidents 'appeal jail terms'
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 31 janvier 2010, 16:58 - News in english
HANOI – A group of Vietnamese dissidents jailed for up to 16 years for trying to overthrow the communist regime have appealed their sentences, local media reported on Saturday.
vendredi 29 janvier 2010
A thin line between Cambodia and Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 29 janvier 2010, 19:26 - News in english
PHNOM PENH - The leader of Cambodia's main opposition party, Sam Rainsy, skipped his court date on Wednesday, eluding an arrest warrant issued for allegedly uprooting border markers on the frontier with Vietnam.
Vietnam jails democracy activist Pham Thanh Nghien
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 29 janvier 2010, 19:16 - News in english
Dissident writer Pham Thanh Nghien has been jailed for four years in Vietnam after being found guilty of spreading propaganda against the state.
mardi 26 janvier 2010
Global lawyers' group says barred from Vietnam trial
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 26 janvier 2010, 08:52 - News in english
Observers from a global association of lawyers were barred last week from a controversial Vietnamese trial at which four dissidents were jailed, the group said Saturday.
vendredi 22 janvier 2010
Vietnam under fire over jailing of dissidents
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 22 janvier 2010, 20:43 - News in english
Vietnam's jailing of four dissidents for trying to topple the communist regime came under fire Thursday Jan 21 from the United States and European Union, while activists said the case made a mockery of justice.
mardi 19 janvier 2010
Vietnam bans media from recording democracy activists' trial
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 19 janvier 2010, 08:41 - News in english
Hanoi - A Vietnamese court has banned the used of recording devices and computers by media covering the trial of four democracy activists scheduled to begin Wednesday.
samedi 16 janvier 2010
Vietnamese-American lawmaker pushes rights
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 16 janvier 2010, 08:53 - News in english
The only Vietnamese-American member of Congress said Wednesday he urged Hanoi's communist government to improve human rights on a quiet, restricted visit back to his nation of birth.
mardi 29 décembre 2009
Vietnam sentences democracy activist to prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 29 décembre 2009, 10:06 - News in english
A Vietnamese court has sentenced pro-democracy activist Tran Anh Kim to five-and-a-half years in prison for subversion against the communist state.
jeudi 24 décembre 2009
Vietnam charges lawyer with capital crime
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 24 décembre 2009, 08:32 - News in english
BANGKOK — Intensifying a crackdown on dissent in advance of a Communist Party Congress, Vietnam has charged a prominent American-educated human rights lawyer and at least two associates with the capital crime of subversion, the official press reported on Wednesday.
mardi 22 décembre 2009
End attacks on Bat Nha buddhists
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 22 décembre 2009, 09:29 - News in english
EU, Other Donors Should Condemn Officials’ Complicity in Pagoda Siege
samedi 12 décembre 2009
Priest back in jail as Hanoi-Vatican in rare meet
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 12 décembre 2009, 09:24 - News in english
HANOI — Amnesty International on Saturday called on Vietnam to release an ailing dissident priest whose return to prison coincided with a rare Vietnam-Vatican meeting hailed as a prelude to improved relations.
samedi 17 octobre 2009
Vietnam rejects US call to release dissidents
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 17 octobre 2009, 08:42 - News in english
Hanoi - The Vietnamese government rejected a US call for it to 'immediately and unconditionally' release nine dissidents sentenced to prison last week for criticizing the government, state media reported Friday.
vendredi 16 octobre 2009
Jailed Vietnamese dissident on hunger strike
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 16 octobre 2009, 08:48 - News in english
Hanoi - One of nine Vietnamese dissidents sentenced to prison last week was staging a hunger strike, his wife said Thursday.
jeudi 15 octobre 2009
US condemns Vietnam's treatment of activists
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 15 octobre 2009, 08:50 - News in english
HANOI — The United States has condemned Vietnam's recent conviction of nine democracy activists, the arrest of a writer and the expulsion of Buddhist monks from a monastery where they practiced the teachings of a renowned Zen master.
lundi 12 octobre 2009
Vietnam novelist remains in detention
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 12 octobre 2009, 08:41 - News in english
HANOI — A Vietnamese writer remained in detention Monday, reportedly arrested for assault after trying to attend the trial of six dissidents, a relative said.
samedi 10 octobre 2009
Nine convictions in Vietnam send signal before congress
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 10 octobre 2009, 08:34 - News in english
HANOI - Vietnam jailed six people on Friday for advocating democracy after similar sentences to three others earlier in the week, moves that analysts say look choreographed to deter dissent in the run up to a major Communist meeting.
jeudi 8 octobre 2009
Vietnam tries six for democracy campaign
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 8 octobre 2009, 21:03 - News in english
HAIPHONG — A Vietnamese prosecutor on Thursday sought six-year jail terms for six dissidents charged with hanging out democracy banners, distributing leaflets and campaigning on the Internet.
mercredi 7 octobre 2009
Vietnam democracy activist jailed
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 7 octobre 2009, 21:01 - News in english
A court in Vietnam has sentenced a man to three years in prison for hanging a banner over a bridge in Hanoi which called for multi-party democracy.
samedi 26 septembre 2009
Vietnam 'making a mockery' of rights obligations, says Human Rights Watch
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 26 septembre 2009, 08:46 - News in english
VIietnam is making a mockery of its obligations under the UN Human Rights Council, an international rights group said.
dimanche 6 septembre 2009
Vietnam frees blogger and journalist critical of China
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 6 septembre 2009, 18:09 - News in english
HANOI - Vietnam has freed a detained blogger and a journalist who were critical of government policies towards China and involved in a plan to distribute anti-China T-shirts, the blogger and a lawyer said on Sunday. The releases came ahead of a Sept. 6-9 visit by Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh to Australia and New Zealand, where he is sure to face protests and pressure over human rights.
samedi 5 septembre 2009
Vietnam bloggers arrested over China shirt protest
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 5 septembre 2009, 08:20 - News in english
HANOI - Vietnamese police have arrested two bloggers and a journalist for their involvement in a plan to print T-shirts opposing China's investment in a bauxite mining project and its claims over disputed islands, sources said.
mardi 1 septembre 2009
Vietnam police detain dissident blogger
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 1 septembre 2009, 08:36 - News in english
A Vietnamese blogger who criticized the Communist Party's policies has been detained by police, his close friend said Monday, days after another popular blogger was fired from his job at a state-controlled newspaper.
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