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mardi 17 août 2010

Vietnam arrests math professor on political charges

Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a French-educated math professor on charges of belonging to a banned political group, the professor's wife said Tuesday.

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mercredi 4 août 2010

Human Rights Watch honours 6 Vietnamese dissident writers who faced political persecution

HANOI — An international human rights group has honoured six Vietnamese activists for their courage in the face of political persecution in Vietnam.

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mercredi 28 juillet 2010

US, Vietnam to deepen relationship despite human rights differences

The US and Vietnam pledged on Thursday to deepen their relationship despite their differences over human rights.

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Advocacy groups urge US to pressure Vietnam on human rights

Activist groups on Monday urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to raise human rights issues with Vietnam officials during her upcoming visit to Hanoi.

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Vietnam publishes human rights magazine

Vietnam, often criticised by Western governments and international groups for its poor human rights record, has published the first issue of a human rights magazine to help counter what it calls "erroneous and hostile allegations," state media reported Thursday.

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dimanche 13 juin 2010

Dissident Vietnam priest proclaims innocence in UN letter

HANOI — A dissident Catholic priest jailed four times by communist Vietnam has proclaimed his innocence and accused the country of breaching its international treaty obligations to safeguard human rights.

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vendredi 28 mai 2010

Vietnam harasses more internet dissidents, rights group says

Hanoi - Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Vietnam of using cyber-attacks to incapacitate the websites of independent bloggers as well as arresting some of the dissidents themselves.

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mardi 18 mai 2010

Vietnam releases dissident after more than 3 years

HANOI — An official says a Vietnamese pro-democracy activist has been released after serving three and a half years in prison for spreading anti-communist information.

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mercredi 12 mai 2010

Vietnam upholds dissidents' jail terms

A court in Vietnam has rejected appeals by some of the country's most prominent dissidents, including human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh.

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mardi 11 mai 2010

Vietnam court hears high-profile dissidents appeal

HANOI — A Vietnamese court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of a high-profile group of dissidents jailed for trying to overthrow the communist regime, a court official said.

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mardi 27 avril 2010

Vietnam dissident loses appeal against jail term

A prominent Vietnamese writer and dissident Friday lost her appeal against a jail sentence on assault charges she says were trumped up.

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vendredi 16 avril 2010

Vietnam dissident appeals against jail term

A prominent Vietnamese writer and dissident Friday appealed against her jail sentence on assault charges she says were trumped up.

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mercredi 14 avril 2010

No Vietnam visa for Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez

An Orange County Congresswoman has just returned from a visit to several countries in Southeast Asia. But Anaheim Democrat Loretta Sanchez couldn’t get a visa to enter Vietnam — even though she represents the largest Vietnamese-born population outside that country.

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dimanche 28 mars 2010

Vietnam rejects charges of internet harassment

Vietnam's government on Thursday rejected testimony by the international rights group Human Rights Watch that linked it to harassment that forced an internet forum for political discussions out of the country.

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mercredi 24 mars 2010

Vietnam-born US lawmaker pleads for religious freedom

WASHINGTON-- The sole Vietnamese American member of the US Congress deplored Tuesday what he called worsening repression in his native country and appealed for pressure on Hanoi to respect religious freedom.

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lundi 15 mars 2010

Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison

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.

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jeudi 11 mars 2010

Vietnam dissident vows to carry on struggle after prison

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.

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lundi 8 mars 2010

Vietnam human rights lawyer freed after serving 3 years in prison

HANOI — A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state.

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jeudi 4 mars 2010

Vietnam needs to improve rights

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.

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mercredi 3 mars 2010

Vietnam consistent with human rights protection

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.

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mardi 9 février 2010

Imprisoned Vietnam priest in worsening health

HANOI — An imprisoned Vietnamese Catholic priest, whose release has been sought by US legislators, is in worsening health, his sister said Tuesday.

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vendredi 5 février 2010

Vietnam jails dissident writer over attack

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.

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jeudi 4 février 2010

US sees 'spike' in Vietnam human rights issues

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.

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dimanche 31 janvier 2010

Vietnamese dissidents 'appeal jail terms'

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.

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vendredi 29 janvier 2010

A thin line between Cambodia and Vietnam

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.

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Vietnam jails democracy activist Pham Thanh Nghien

Dissident writer Pham Thanh Nghien has been jailed for four years in Vietnam after being found guilty of spreading propaganda against the state.

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mardi 26 janvier 2010

Global lawyers' group says barred from Vietnam trial

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.

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vendredi 22 janvier 2010

Vietnam under fire over jailing of dissidents

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.

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mardi 19 janvier 2010

Vietnam bans media from recording democracy activists' trial

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.

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samedi 16 janvier 2010

Vietnamese-American lawmaker pushes rights

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.

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