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Trial documents against Tran Khai Thanh Thuy

(Viet Tan) - Novelist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was arrested on October 8, 2009 after attending the trials of fellow democracy activists. The Vietnamese government staged an attack against her and her husband and then charged the couple with assault. Authorities tried to support the assault charges by (...) (5/02/2010)


Vietnam: Where democracy is deemed subversion

(Viet Tan) - January 20, 2010 Four democracy activists were sentenced to long prison terms in another closed trial in Vietnam. If the Hanoi regime had popular support, it would not fear citizens who discuss and advocate for political reforms. The convictions of Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung, Tran Huynh (...) (21/01/2010)


Viet Tan holds talks with Australian parliamentarians

(Viet Tan) - The purpose of the meetings was to campaign for Internet Freedom in Vietnam and to gain additional support for democracy activists currently imprisoned by the Hanoi Government. Viet Tan presented information on the persecuted activists in a booklet titled “Voices of (...) (4/11/2009)


Viet Tan applauds passage of U.S. legislation supporting internet freedom in Vietnam

(Viet Tan) - October 21, 2009 Following show trials in Vietnam that saw the imprisonment of nine democracy and cyber activists, Viet Tan applauds the passage of H. Res 672, which calls on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to release imprisoned bloggers and respect Internet freedom. With (...) (21/10/2009)


Freedom of Speech Outlawed in Vietnam

(Viet Tan) - The Hanoi regime sentenced nine Vietnamese democracy activists to prison for publicly espousing democracy and asserting Vietnamese territorial claims in the Eastern Sea. After detaining the activists for over a year, authorities handed down pre-determined sentences in court proceedings lasting (...) (9/10/2009)


Writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy beaten and detained by police

(Viet Tan) - Viet Tan has learned that writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy and her husband, Do Ba Tan, were attacked by undercover police in Vietnam. At about 8:30pm on Thursday, October 8, 2009, two thugs stormed into their residence in Hanoi (Kham Thien ward, Dong Da district). The thugs beat the couple with (...) (8/10/2009)


Vietnamese Democracy Activists On Trial For Patriotism

(Viet Tan) - Nine democracy activists will be tried in Vietnam this week for “propaganda against the socialist state.” The activists published articles on the internet advocating for the country’s territorial sovereignty and planned to hang public banners calling for human rights and multiparty (...) (6/10/2009)


Hanoi Postpones An Inconvenient Trial

(Viet Tan) - According to family sources, six Vietnamese democracy activists will not be tried as scheduled on September 24, 2009 in the northern city of Hai Phong. Hanoi decided to avoid a controversial show trial while state president Nguyen Minh Triet is in New York for the United Nations General (...) (23/09/2009)


Vietnamese Prime Minister’s Decision 97

(Viet Tan) - A new decree, called Decision 97, from the prime minister came into effect on September 15, 2009 limiting scientific and technical research to 317 specifically approved topics. Under this decree, groups in Vietnam cannot publicly discuss subjects which are not explicitly (...) (22/09/2009)


Show Trial Set for Six Vietnamese Democracy Activists

(Viet Tan) - September 16, 2009 A group of Vietnamese activists will be brought to trial on September 24, 2009 in Haiphong according to family sources. Writer Nguyen Xuan Nghia, a leader of the pro-democracy Bloc 8406, and his five codefendants were arrested last September and have been detained for a (...) (16/09/2009)