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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Amnesty International | Visit to Viet Nam first in decades by ...
6 March 2013

A representative from Amnesty International has visited Viet Nam to open up channels for dialogue with the government on the human rights situation in the country ...

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Amnesty International | David Cameron should call for release of ...
23 January 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron should call on Viet Nam's government to halt its crackdown on freedom of expression and release all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty ...

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Amnesty International | Viet Nam: Release 13 activists jailed on ...
9 January 2013

The conviction and heavy sentencing of 13 peaceful Catholic activists in Viet Nam today flies in the face of justice and is part of an escalating government crackdown ...

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Amnesty International | Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop silencing ...
21 December 2012

Three Vietnamese bloggers given harsh prison sentences for alleged anti-state propaganda must be freed immediately, Amnesty International said ahead of their ...

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Viet Nam: Human rights defender beaten in prison: Ho Thi Bich ...
3 December 2012

A Vietnamese human rights defender, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, currently serving a five-year prison term for “conducting propaganda” against the state, has been beaten ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/003/2012

Amnesty International | Viet Nam: National Assembly should seize ...
7 November 2012

Lawmakers in Viet Nam should push for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty, Amnesty International said as the country debates reinstating execution by firing ...

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Vietnam: Further information: Bloggers sentenced to prison in ...
4 October 2012

On 24 September, a court in Viet Nam's Ho Chi Minh City sentenced bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, known as Dieu Cay (“the peasant's pipe”), Ta Phong Tan, and Phan Thanh ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/002/2012

Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop harassing their family and ...
21 September 2012

Three Vietnamese bloggers face up to 20 years in jail simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression.

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Amnesty International | Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop harassing ...
21 September 2012

Three bloggers who face up to 20 years in jail simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression should be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty ...

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Viet Nam: Halt crackdown on freedom of expression | Amnesty ...
7 August 2012

Mass arrests at a peaceful protest in Ha Noi are just the latest blow to freedom of expression in Viet Nam.

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