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Urgent Action: Serious Health Concerns For Prisoner of Conscience (Viet Nam: UA 101.18)
Trần Anh Kim was convicted and sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment for “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the Peoples’ administration” in 2016. At 69 years of age, his health…
Report
Research Shows a Global Trend Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty, But More Work Remains
In its annual assessment of the death penalty, Amnesty International’s research points to a further global decrease in 2017, down from the high peaks recorded for total executions in 2015…
Press Release
Vietnam: New research reveals almost 100 prisoners of conscience as crackdown on dissent intensifies
There are at least 97 prisoners of conscience languishing in jails in Vietnam, many of whom are kept incommunicado in squalid conditions and routinely subjected to torture or other ill-treatment,…
Press Release
University of Vermont Passes “Refugees Welcome” Resolution
The University of Vermont Student Government Association passed a resolution last night declaring the school to be a “Refugees Welcome” zone.
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Urgent Action: 10 Year Death Row Case Pushed For Execution (Viet Nam: UA 52.18)
Ho Duy Hai was sentenced to death in December 2008 after being convicted of plundering property and murder. In 2015, the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the National Assembly urged…
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Urgent Action Update: Health Fears for Relocated Jailed Activist (Viet Nam: UA 233.16)
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom) was secretly moved over 900km away to a prison with deplorable conditions, that is far away from her family.…
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Urgent Action Update: Maximum Prison Sentence for Anti-Formosa Activist (Viet Nam: UA 126.17)
Environmental activist Hoàng Đức Bình was sentenced to 14 years in prison for criticizing the Formosa disaster and government-critical blogging; one of the harshest sentences ever delivered to a Vietnamese…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill: November 2017
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1) Rohingya: Secretary Tillerson condemns Myanmar military’s atrocities against the Rohingya as ethnic cleansing, but Congress needs to pass legislation to ensure…
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Urgent Action: Activists Held Incommunicado May Face Life In Prison (Viet Nam: UA 204.17)
Three Vietnamese activists, Trương Minh Đức, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, and Phạm Văn Trội, are being held incommunicado at B14 prison in Hà Nội after their arrests on 30 July 2017.…
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Urgent Action: Missing Human Rights Defender At Risk Of Torture (Viet Nam: UA 197.17)
Former prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển was last seen on 30 July 2017 after dropping off his wife outside her place of work in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet…
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Urgent Action Update: Female Activist Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison (Viet Nam: UA 24.17)
Labour and land rights activist Trần Thị Nga was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment on 25 July 2017 for “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of the Penal…
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Urgent Action: Death Threat For Human Rights Lawyer And Family (Viet Nam: UA 149.17)
Human rights lawyer Lê Quốc Quân has received warnings from Việt Nam’s Ministry of Public Security officials that he and his family could be killed if he meets with visiting…