La procura vietnamita avrebbe accettato nuove accuse contro l’avvocato difensore dei diritti umani Le Cong Dinh, secondo il giornale vietnamita Thanh Nien. Inizialmente accusato di “propaganda contro lo stato”, ormai è perseguito per “sovversione” delle stato e rischia la pena di morte, esattamente come il blogger e militante democratico Nguyen Tien Trung. Quest’ultimo era stato [...]
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Reporters sans frontières è profondamente preoccupata per il blogger di educazione francese ed attivista democratico Nguyen Tien Trung, che ora rischia la pena di morte in base all’articolo 89 del codice penale dopo che gli essere stato accusato di “tentativo di rovesciamento del governo del popolo”. Arrestato più di cinque mesi fa, sarà processato solo [...]
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The Vietnamese government is behaving in a criminal manner towards certain prisoners of conscience, keeping them in detention although they are in very poor health. Father Nguyen Van Ly, the editor of an opposition newspaper, has had as stroke in prison, while writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy’s health has been undermined by harsh prison conditions. “Such ruthless [...]
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Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard took part in a day of demonstrations and activities that were organised today in Rennes, in northwestern France, to press for the release of Nguyen Tien Trung, a blogger and pro-democracy activist who has been held incommunicado in Vietnam for the past three months. Hundreds of people attended a [...]
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Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the jail sentences that eight Vietnamese bloggers received last week on charges of anti-government propaganda under article 88 of the criminal code. Vu Hung was sentenced to three years in prison in Hanoi on 7 October. Pham Von Troi got a four-year sentence the next day. The six other bloggers were [...]
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Reporters Without Borders calls for the acquittal of all the writers, bloggers and pro-democracy activists who are about to be tried in various courts after unexplained delays, with a danger of long jail sentences being imposed. Vu Hung’s trial in Hanoi tomorrow and Pham Van Troi’s trial the day after are expected to be held without guarantees [...]
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Reporters Without Borders is pleased to learn that the police released journalist Pham Doan Trang and bloggerBui Thanh Hieu last weekend after questioning them about their articles criticising the Vietnamese government’s relations with China. The press freedom organisation nonetheless condemns the continuing detention of blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who was arrested for the same reason as [...]
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The Vietnamese authorities have arrested another blogger, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who follows Bui Thanh Hieu (a blogger arrested on 27 August), Pham Doan Trang (28 August), Nguyen Tien Trung (July) and Dien Cay (April 2008). She was arrested at around midnight on 1 September on charges of violating national security laws and “interfering in state interests.” “We deplore the [...]
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Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of blogger Bui Thanh Hieu on 27 August and online journalistPham Doan Trang on 28 August for criticising the ruling Communist Party’s policies towards China. Both are being held by the police. “We deplore the regime’s persecution of its critics,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Freedom of expression has contracted in [...]
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Reporters Without Borders condemns reporter Huy Duc’s dismissal by the governmental daily Sai Gon Tiep Thi on 25 August for posting criticism of the Cold War-era Soviet Union on his personal blog. “The sole aim of this arbitrary and ideological dismissal was to extend the reach of the censorship already exercised over all the governmental press”, Reporters [...]
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