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Viet Nam: Arrest of human rights lawyer highlights spurious commitment to human rights
Authorities in Viet Nam must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Nguyễn Vãn Ðài, who has been detained on charges of “spreading propaganda against the state” shortly after the…
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Viet Nam: End wave of brutal attacks against human rights defenders
The Vietnamese authorities must put an end to a wave of vicious and violent attacks on human rights defenders and end the persistent impunity by ensuring those responsible are brought…
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President Obama urged to press for immediate and unconditional release of Vietnamese prisoner, Buddhist monk and dissident Thich Quang Do
As President Obama arrives in Southeast Asia this week, 90 international personalities and civil society organizations worldwide have signed a letter urging the President to press for the release of…
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Good News! – Viet Nam: Ta Phong Tan Released (UA 128/15)
Vietnamese blogger and prisoner of conscience Ta Phong Tan was released on 19 September after serving four years of a 10-year prison sentence. She was immediately put on a plane…
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Cambodia: Quash ‘insurrection’ ruling against opposition activists following unfair trial
The Cambodian authorities must immediately quash politically motivated convictions against 11 opposition party activists handed down today after grossly unfair trials.
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Journalists to Remember on World Press Freedom Day
[caption id="attachment_60191" align="aligncenter" width="730"] Prisoner of Conscience Eskinder Nega (right) is serving an 18-year sentence for his legitimate work as a journalist in Ethiopia[/caption] By Selin Thomas, Pulitzer Center for…
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UK Doctor to White House: Release Our Last Detainee
London Marathon runner Dr David Nicholl is in Washington to demand President Obama delivers on his promise to close Guantánamo – including by sending home former British resident Shaker Aamer,…
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There were at least 607 executions in 2014. So what?
By Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty Researcher at Amnesty International The numbers behind our latest overview of the global use of the death penalty, released today, tell a chilling story: 607…
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Father Demands Justice for Son Spending his 5th Consecutive Birthday in Prison
[caption id="attachment_55706" align="alignleft" width="1536"] Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Prisoners of Conscience in Viet Nam[/caption] By Huong Nguyen, AIUSA Country Specialist on Viet Nam How did you spend your last birthday?…
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Bitter Harvest: Exploitation and Forced Labor of Migrant Agricultural Workers in South Korea
The South Korean government must end the exploitation and widespread use of forced labour of migrant agricultural workers, Amnesty International said, as it published a new report that reveals how…
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How the Vietnamese Government is Using Its Political Prisoners to Gain Leverage
The Vietnamese government moves prisoners of conscience in and out of prison, whenever it seems like a favorable move. Its latest release of prisoners may merely be a publicity stunt.
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Viet Nam: Prisoners of Conscience Released But Dozens Remain Jailed
The early release in Viet Nam of several prisoners of conscience is welcome, but serves to highlight the situation of at least 70 others who remain jailed for peacefully expressing…