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Tue Nov 27, 2007HANOI (Reuters) - Two jailed political activists defiantly called for multi-party democracy and more freedom of speech in one-party ruled Vietnam on Tuesday as an appeals court upheld their conviction, with slightly reduced prison terms.Lawyers for Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, whose release has been called for by the European Union and the United States, argued before

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With members inside Vietnam and around the world, Viet Tan aims to establish democracy and reform the country through peaceful means.Viet Tan (Vietnam Reform Party)www.viettan. orgNovember 19, 2007 Contact:Duy Hoang +1 (202) 470-1678Chi Dang +1 (408) 228-4892On November 17, 2007, Vietnamese security police detained members and supporters of Viet Tan in Saigon. Those arrested and taken away

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By Dan Robinson AP07 November 2007 Human rights in Vietnam was the subject of a congressional hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill. U.S.-based Vietnamese democracy groups and human rights organizations urged Congress and the Bush administration to take stronger steps to pressure Hanoi to release political prisoners and end suppression of religious freedoms. A report from VOA congressional

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(CNSNews.com) - Vietnamese pro-democracy activists have welcomed the passage of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that ties future increases in U.S. non-humanitarian aid to Hanoi to verifiable improvements in its human rights record.The Vietnam Human Rights Act, passed by a 414-3 vote Tuesday, also authorizes $4 million over two years for groups promoting human rights and

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By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press WriterFuture increases in U.S. nonhumanitarian aid to Vietnam would be tied to improvements in the Hanoi government's human rights record under legislation approved by the House Tuesday.Supporters of the legislation, passed 414-3, said it was in response to Vietnam's recent crackdown on citizens speaking out for political, religious and human rights."Sadly, in

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A Vietnamese appeals court reduced the sentences to three men convicted and jailed in May for spreading "propaganda against the state". (Reuters)A Vietnamese appeals court on Friday reduced the sentences handed to three men who were convicted and jailed in May for spreading "propaganda against the state" and forming a political party. A lawyer for one of the defendants said the court in Ho Chi

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HANOI, Aug 17, 2007 (AFP) - The Australian publisher of an email newsletter in communist Vietnam said Friday the media company was "under official attack" after carrying news articles with political content.Police in Hanoi have investigated www.intellasia.com for allegedly operating without a proper license while a state-controlled newspaper Friday accused it of spreading "illegal" and "

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The outgoing US ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Marine, on Thursday said a lack of progress on human rights in the communist country was the biggest disappointment of his three-year tenure."I wish I could say it's improving, but I can't," he told his final media briefing in Hanoi. "Perhaps my biggest disappointment here is that we've not been able to expand the space for political dialogue in

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Author : DPA Hanoi - Vietnamese police in riot gear broke up a demonstration of hundreds of people in Ho Chi Minh City who were demanding compensation for their seized land, witnesses said Thursday. After tolerating the long-running protest for 27 days, armed police moved in late Wednesday night to the tented camp outside the National Assembly offices, forcing the protesters onto buses bound for

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A mass protest over the Vietnamese government's land policies is gathering force, ahead of the opening session of the newly-elected National Assembly. Witnesses say hundreds of peasants from the Mekong River Delta are surrounding the offices of the National Assembly in Ho Chi Minh City. A smaller protest is also reportedly being held in the capital, Hanoi. The protesters are demanding the return

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HO CHI MINH CITY, July 11 (Reuters) Scores of peasant farmers have protested for three weeks outside a Vietnamese government building over land appropriation for development, one of the longest-running demonstrations of its kind in Vietnam.Some protesters accuse provincial officials of corruptly taking money from developers riding a boom in an economy that is one of the world's fastest-growing

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Hanoi - Vietnam 's government has ordered officials in 11 northern provinces to stop a growing trend of public protests by deploying inspectors and meeting with citizens about their grievances. A directive sent by telegraph was aimed at preventing demonstrations from disrupting the ongoing Communist Party Central Committee meeting and next week's opening of the National Assembly session in Hanoi

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Here's a very moving slideshow by Viet Tan:http://www.viettan.org/article.php3?id_article=3662

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HANOI, VIETNAM: Hundreds of people are camping out near a government building in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to protest alleged corruption and unfair compensation for their land, taken for infrastructure projects, police said Saturday (July 7th).Protesters from nine southern provinces have converged since June 22th in front of the representative office of the lawmaking National Assembly,

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Hanoi - Hundreds of Vietnamese demonstrators are entering their second week of land protests in Ho Chi Minh City, supporters and a government official said Friday. The farmers from seven southern provinces are protesting a decision by their local officials to appropriate land they were living and working on for development.Supporters in the overseas Vietnamese community said the protests have

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July 4, a day most know as the American Independence Day, but in Vietnam, the protest against corrupt officials continues to its 13th day. The protesters from the various provinces have gathered in Saigon again early in the morning with banners and signs as they chanted slogans against corrupt Government officials while aiming amplifiers at the National Assembly Office II determined to be

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PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELYSTATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND DISTRIBUTIONJune 22, 2007Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations United Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California Vietnamese American Youth Alliance of San Diego Phan Boi Chau Youth for Democracy Len Duong Vietnamese Youth Network Vietnamese

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vietnam's president heard a barrage of criticism Thursday during his historic visit to Washington, with angry U.S. lawmakers saying ties between the former enemies will stagnate until Vietnam's dismal human-rights record improves.Nguyen Minh Triet, the first president of the communist-led country to visit Washington since the Vietnam War, has tried to keep the focus on vibrant

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WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President George W. Bush lauded economic ties between the U.S. and Vietnam, but said Hanoi needs to strengthen human rights for relations to continue to improve.After a meeting Friday with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, Bush said, "We want to have good relations with Vietnam, and we've got good economic relations."Triet is the first Vietnamese president to visit

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Oxford Analytica 06.21.07Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet's arrival yesterday in the United States marked the first visit by a Vietnamese head of state since 1975. Following the Vietnamese leader's tour through Los Angeles, New York and Washington, President George W. Bush will host Triet on June 22 for wide-ranging strategic and economic talks at the White House. However, administration

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(CNSNews.com) - With Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet scheduled to meet with President Bush and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) later this week, pro-democracy groups are urging that improved trade relations not overshadow human rights concerns.More than three decades after the drawn-out and costly Vietnam War, relations between the U.S. and the communist-ruled Southeast Asian country

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in meeting with pro-democracy advocates in anticipation of President Nguyen Minh Triet’s visit to Capitol Hill on June 21. Triet is scheduled to meet separately with Speaker Pelosi and President Bush. The congresswomen were joined by Diem Do of the Viet Tan Party, Bich Nguyen of the

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June 19, 2007Times Staff Writer, By Mike Anton / Times Staff Writer ...Triet would become the first president of Vietnam to visit the United States since the Vietnam War ended in 1975. He would meet President...1975 that never stopped," he added. Vietnam has improved relations with the United States... / Times Staff Writer News travels fast in Orange County's Little Saigon. So do rumors. The

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Hundreds of Degar Montagnards gathered in Washington, DC on June 16 to ask President George W. Bush to remember them in his upcoming discussion with Vietnamese leader Nguyen Minh Triet who will visit the White House next week. (Lisa Fan / The Epoch Times)Twelve bus loads of Degar Montagnards arrived outside Lafayette Square across from the White House at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 16. Some

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Sun Jun 17, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet is expected to get an earful of human rights complaints when he makes his maiden visit to the United States this week despite a last-minute release of a couple of imprisoned activists.The concerns are to be conveyed to him by President George W. Bush's administration as well as leaders from the Democratic party-controlled Congress during his June

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Sat Jun 16 Authorities on Saturday released a lawyer who was on a U.S. list of activists detained this year by Vietnam, two days before President Nguyen Minh Triet goes to the United States on a state visit.The Vietnam News Agency reported that Le Quoc Quan, 36, who was detained in March after returning to Vietnam from a five-month fellowship in the United States, was released to his family in

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Sun Jun 10, 3:54 AM ET Vietnam has freed a key political dissident less than two weeks before the first US visit by a post-war Vietnamese head of state, a prison official and state media said Sunday.Nguyen Vu Binh, a 39-year-old journalist and so-called "cyber dissident," was released Saturday afternoon and allowed to return to his Hanoi home, the state-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said.It said

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Thu Jun 7, President George W. Bush will warn Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet later this month that Hanoi's recent crackdown on political dissidents could hurt its trade ties with the United States.Triet is to visit Washington on June 22, marking the first such visit by a Vietnamese head of state since the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam in 1975."The United States and Vietnam have seen

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When police came to Nguyen Van Dai's door on Feb. 8, the Vietnamese human rights lawyer thought he was in for an ordinary questioning session. He was certainly used to them, having been called in by police at least a dozen times for running educational seminars on democracy, which authorities said threatened national security. But this time, it was different. Dai was taken to his local People's

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The Associated PressTuesday, May 29, 2007WASHINGTON: Four Vietnamese-American activists urged U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday to increase pressure on Vietnam to respect human rights and said the United States should support openly democratic forces working to bring change to Hanoi.The White House meeting was meant to send a message of disapproval to Vietnam on its increasingly harsh

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2007-05-29 WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. President George W. Bush was meeting Monday with four Vietnamese-American opponents of Vietnam's communist government in a show of disapproval of Hanoi's increasingly harsh treatment of anti-government activists.In announcing the visits, National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the meeting was «to discuss the best way the international community

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HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Vietnamese security forces have tortured and killed at least two Christian Degar Montagnards in Vietnam's Central Highlands in recent months and allegedly murdered relatives of religious prisoners, representatives said Monday, May 28. The US-based advocacy group Montagnard Foundation Incorporated (MFI), which has contacts in the region, told BosNewsLife that one

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LONDON –The Internet is the new frontline in the war for human rights, as governments battle to stamp out online opposition voices, Amnesty International said Wednesday. In an age of technology, the Internet has become the new frontier in the struggle for the right to dissent,” said Amnesty International chief Irene Khan, in the foreword to the rights group’s latest annual report.Specifically,

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By Diem H Do For many months, the ruling Communist Party in Vietnam had been promoting the National Assembly election that was held on Sunday as a sign that the Southeast Asian country is opening up quickly. With up to 10% of the 500 seats offered to non-communist candidates, the one-party dictatorship tried hard to bill this election as a sign of gradual democratic reform. Notably, this was not

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By BEN STOCKING, APSun May 20HANOI, Vietnam - Voters went to the polls Sunday to elect new members toVietnam's National Assembly ‹ a body with a growing influence overgovernment policy ‹ in a Communist Party-controlled election.Once considered a rubber-stamp for the executive branch, the 500-memberNational Assembly has started to assert itself more in recent years. Itsmembers have begun

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15 May 2007(BERLIN) - The German presidency of the European Union on Tuesday condemned the jailing of eight human rights activists in Vietnam in recent weeks and called for the release of all non-violent dissidents."The EU has noted with great concern that several human rights defenders have been arrested and given long prison sentences on charges of 'conducting propaganda against the Socialist

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May 14, 2007 | by Tom StrodeWASHINGTON (BP)--The United States should compel Vietnam to reverse its crackdown on human rights that occurred after the communist regime received favorable treatment from Washington, witnesses said at a recent congressional hearing.Southern Baptist church-state specialist Richard Land testified on behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,

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By Ed JohnsonMay 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. condemned Syria and Vietnam for their crackdown on political activists after pro-democracy campaigners were arrested in the two countries. ``All political prisoners in Syria should be released immediately,'' White House spokesman Tony Snow said in a statement yesterday, adding President Bashar al-Assad's government ``continues to suppress dissent.''

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Two human rights lawyers have been jailed in Vietnam, in the latest court case against political activists. Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan were sentenced to five years and four years respectively by the Hanoi People's Court. They were found guilty of spreading propaganda intended to undermine Vietnam's Communist government. A court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted three other activists on

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi11 May 2007 Two lawyers who ran a center for human rights law and supported alternative political parties in Vietnam were sentenced to prison Friday in Hanoi. Their trial came a day after three other democracy activists were convicted of similar charges in Ho Chi Minh City. Matt Steinglass reports from Hanoi that the convictions are the latest in a crackdown on democracy

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Activists sentenced in Vietnam Thu May 10 A Vietnamese court sentenced three pro-democracy activists to prison Thursday after convicting them of spreading subversive propaganda, as the communist country continued its latest crackdown against dissent.Prosecutors said the three had collaborated with Cong Thanh Do, a Vietnamese emigre from San Jose, Calif., who was expelled from Vietnam in September

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Three dissidents in Vietnam have been jailed for up to five years for spreading anti-Communist propaganda. They were found guilty of being members of a banned political party and having links to a Vietnamese-American activist expelled from Vietnam last year. The authorities have recently stepped up a campaign to silence dissent, and several activists have been jailed. An ex-prime minister, with

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The international community has been called to scrutinise the trial of arrested Vietnamese human rights defenders, Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, which is due to take place Friday 11 May 2007.by Jennifer GoldPosted: Saturday, May 5, 2007, 13:13 (BST)The international community has been called to scrutinise the trial of arrested Vietnamese human rights defenders, Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi

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GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON DISSIDENTS, IGNORES HUMAN RIGHTS By Andrew LamSan Jose Mercury News Article Launched:05/06/2007 01:41:38 AM PDT A picture paints a thousand words, but an image taken from the state-controlled television in Vietnam and circulated widely on the Internet can convey the struggle of an entire people. The image shows a man, flanked by two angry-looking policemen, sitting

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US CRITICISM: Six individuals face charges of spreading propaganda against the communist government, a crime that carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison AFP, HANOI Saturday, May 05, 2007, Page 5 Six Vietnamese political dissidents will face court in three trials in coming weeks, officials and state media said yesterday as the communist government rejected US criticism over its

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The international community has been called to scrutinise the trial of arrested Vietnamese human rights defenders, Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, which is due to take place Friday 11 May 2007.by Jennifer GoldThe international community has been called to scrutinise the trial of arrested Vietnamese human rights defenders, Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, which is due to take place Friday

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By CHRIS SMITH , BART STUPAK and FRANK WOLFMay 4, 2007A Catholic priest who has already spent over 13 years in prison is rearrested and sentenced to eight more years for serving as an advisor to a democracy movement and a new political party. A woman, whose husband had recently been released from jail after serving time for spreading pro-democracy material, is hit by a car -- believed to be

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By Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) The media has historically played a major role in strengthening democracies and fostering development around the world. As a human rights advocate, I think the power of the press and fighting to improve human rights go hand-in-hand. Government propaganda and press censorship aim to create a distorted reality and manipulate thought among a government's

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AFP, May 2, 2007A US commission called Wednesday for Vietnam to be reinstated on Washington's blacklist of countries violating religious freedoms, as other Asian countries including China and Indonesia also were sharply criticized for serious abuses."We recommend that Vietnam be re-designated as a CPC (country of particular concern) in 2007," the US Commission on International Religious Freedom

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WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to a recent, well-orchestrated campaign of political suppression and intimidation by the Government of Vietnam, the U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed a resolution authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that calls for an immediate release of all political prisoners and substantial human rights reforms in Vietnam."

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONALPublic StatementAI Index: ASA 41/004/2007 (Public)News Service No: 081 24 April 2007Viet Nam: Silenced critics must be releasedVietnamese lawyers, trade unionists, religious leaders and Internet dissidents have been detained or imprisoned in increasing numbers in recent months. Amnesty International is deeply concerned over an ongoing crackdown by the Vietnamese government

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By Scott Johnson, Advisor to the Montagnard FoundationSpecial to ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) -- “Those who are hostile and extremely resistant treat them severely and publicly denounce them to the citizens explaining their activities of destroying the country, dividing the ethnic groups, and their other illegal actions.” Vietnamese Government Document, Central Bureau of Religious

Postmasternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965319684519154175.post-74017708926645492282007-04-25T10:58:00.001-07:002007-04-25T10:58:49.052-07:00

BRIDGET JOHNSON, ColumnistLA Daily News ALONG with exposing the darkest side of human nature, the shootings at Virginia Tech last week reminded us that there are true heroes among us - like Holocaust survivor Liviu Librescu, a professor who blocked his classroom door to allow students to escape through the windows. After the Holocaust, the Romanian Librescu - whose career stalled, said his son,

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HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)— An influential Christian politician was in hiding in Vietnam Tuesday, April 24, after being harassed by Vietnamese security forces who also attacked other dissidents planning to meet US officials, a leading human rights activist confirmed to BosNewsLife. Tran Van Hoa, "an active Christian" and member of the anti-government People’s Democratic Party was "constantly

Postmasternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965319684519154175.post-16935929037714407292007-04-25T10:51:00.000-07:002007-04-25T10:52:11.634-07:00

By Grant McCoolWed Apr 25, 7:33 AM ETFor the second time this month, police prevented relatives of Vietnamese political activists from meeting the U.S. Ambassador, the envoy said on Wednesday.Ambassador Michael Marine, who has called on the communist government to free people arrested in a "crackdown on dissidents" this year, told reporters only one out of five invited made it to his Hanoi

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Ha Noi Increases Terrorizing Tactics Prior For Immediate Release (Ha Noi - April 23, 2007) - The Ha Noi government has continued to increase terrorizing tactics on Vietnamese Dissidents prior to meeting the United States regarding human rights issue on April 24, 2007 in Washington DC.- On April 23, at around 5:50 pm Mrs. Vu Thuy Ha, Dr. Pham Hong Son's wife was on her way to meet United State

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The Associated Press Monday, April 23, 2007HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnamese authorities have arrested a dissident writer and scheduled a trial for two other dissidents accused of spreading anti-government propaganda, state media and officials said Monday.Hanoi human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai, 38, and Le Thi Cong Nhan, 28, are scheduled to go on trial May 11, said an official at the Hanoi People's

Postmasternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965319684519154175.post-81119926533584103432007-04-22T17:28:00.001-07:002007-04-22T17:28:42.842-07:00

Democracy activists have taken a new tack against the Communist regime in Vietnam by creating a worldwide network over the Internet.By DEEPA BHARATHTHE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERGiang Nguyen never strays too far from her computer.Her mind hovers around a world that revolves in cyberspace. Her eyes search for the people whose only way to reach out to her is from behind that brightly lit screen. Nguyen

Postmasternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965319684519154175.post-65793962445589404532007-04-21T08:11:00.000-07:002007-04-21T08:12:08.376-07:00

New York Sun EditorialApril 20, 2007When Senator McCain signs a letter along with Vin Weber, who is a top policy adviser to Mr. McCain's rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, it is worth paying attention to, especially when the letter is also signed by President Clinton's secretary of state, Madeleine Albright. The letter, addressed to the "president" of Vietnam, calls

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Smith resolution calls for an immediate release of Father Ly, other political prisoners WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A resolution authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) calling for substantial human rights reforms in Vietnam was overwhelming approved today by the House ForeignAffairs Committee during their first mark-up since Vietnam's kangaroo courtconviction of Father

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By Paul Gray4/19/2007Catholic News Service (www.catholicnews.com)PERTH, Australia (CNS) – A Vietnamese priest sentenced to jail for spreading propaganda has accepted his suffering as an opportunity to bear witness to Catholicism, said his older brother."He has said that going to jail, for him, is a chance to convert people and baptize them," said Nguyen Hoang An of his brother, Father Thadeus

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Sentencing of Fr. Ly bodes poorly for dissident human rights activist Nguyen Van Dai. HO CHI MINH CITY, April 18 (Compass Direct News) – Following the March 29 sentencing of Father Nguyen Van Ly to eight years in prison for distributing “material harmful to the state,” two Protestant lawyers charged with the same “crime” are expected to face equally harsh sentences in what Human Rights Watch has

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Albright, McCain and Weber Call for Release of Le Quoc QuanNational Endowment for DemocracyWASHINGTON, DC -- Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Senator John McCain and National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Chairman Vin Weber are the authors of a letter sent April 12 to the President of Vietnam protesting the March 8 arrest of Le Quoc Quan, a Vietnamese lawyer who was most recently a

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HANOI (AFP) - A detained Vietnamese cyber-dissident is expected to face trial soon, possibly as early as this week, for "abusing democratic freedoms," say relatives and overseas-based pro-democracy activists.The mother of 25-year-old Truong Quoc Huy said her family had received a summons to attend his trial Monday afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City, but a court official who refused to give his name

Postmasternoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965319684519154175.post-25101466478621552072007-04-14T17:20:00.000-07:002007-04-14T17:21:20.209-07:00

by ANDREW LAMA picture paints a thousand words, but an image taken from the state-controlled television in Vietnam and circulated widely on the Internet can convey the struggle of an entire people. Flanked by two angry-looking policemen, a man sits bleary-eyed, his mouth covered by the hand of an out-of-uniform policeman behind him. Name: Father Ly Van Nguyen. Sentence: Eight years imprisonment.

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Vietnam plans to waive entry visas for Vietnamese2007/4/12By Tran Van Minh HANOI, Vietnam, APVietnam is working on a plan to waive entry visas for ethnic Vietnamese holding foreign passports, an official said Wednesday.Top officials have said publicly that overseas Vietnamese, known as Viet kieu, will soon be allowed to return to their native country without going through the visa application

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This video shows the Vietnamese police thugs intimidating the wives of imprisoned Vietnamese democracy activists- Mrs. Ha and Mrs. Ngan, preventing them from participating in a scheduled tea meeting with Ambassador Marine and US Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez the evening of Friday, April 6.Check out all 3 videos:http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=richardeagle

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Check out Loretta Sanchez's welcoming home at LAX:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ_C1j0FRp0

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Rep. Lofgren Calls on State Department to Add Vietnam to Countries of Particular Concern ListLetter to Secretary of State Rice Notes Concerns on Human RightsApril 9, 2007Washington, DC – Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) has called on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to list Vietnam as one of the State Department’s Countries of Particular Concern (CPC). In a letter to Secretary Rice, Rep

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Alert: Growing Repression in VietnamThe World Movement for Democracy expresses its concern about the recent and growing number of violations of human rights in Vietnam. Since February there has been an evident increase in state repression of individuals who are involved in religious, human rights, and/or pro-democracy work. The arrests and interrogations violate international standards of human

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(AFP)8 April 2007HANOI - A year after it was founded, Vietnam’s Bloc 8406 pro-democracy movement is under attack from a communist government unwilling to tolerate political dissent, say analysts and human rights groups.While Vietnam is winning plaudits for its booming economy, red-hot stock market and global integration, a series of arrests and the jailing of an activist Catholic priest have been

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Rep. Loretta Sanchez says she saw women who were trying to meet with her stopped by Vietnamese soldiers.By DENA BUNISThe Orange County RegisterRep. Loretta Sanchez said today that she witnessed firsthand what happens to dissidents in Vietnam when a group of women who were trying to meet with her at the American ambassador's residence in Hanoi were roughed up by Vietnamese soldiers."We still don't

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHGovernment Still Imprisons Writers, Religious Leaders, Rights Lawyers(Washington, DC, April 6, 2007) – On the eve of Bloc 8406's first anniversary, members of the group, which calls for greater political freedom in Vietnam, still face harassment and abuse, including imprisonment, Human Rights Watch said today. The Vietnamese government should end its persecution of citizens

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Apr 3, 3:18 AM ETBANGKOK (AFP) -A Thai court Tuesday ordered the release of Vietnamesedissident Ly Tong, who hijacked a plane from Thailand to dropanti-government pamphlets over Ho Chi Minh City six years ago, his lawyersaid.A criminal court had ruled in September that Tong, a US citizen, should bedeported to Vietnam to face criminal charges for violating the country'snational security.But the

Postmasternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965319684519154175.post-18652592444621368772007-04-02T08:35:00.000-07:002007-04-02T11:57:50.389-07:00

Len Duong has kicked off the “RAISE YOUR VOICE” campaign around the world for April, running into May.Check out the RYV website with the latest news:http://www.lenduong.net/raiseyourvoiceThe best part is that it’s all in English and Vietnamese. Check it out and stay informed.ALSO, UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO TO THE PHOTO LOG!!!Over the past few weeks, I’m sure we all felt some concern and even sadness with

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONALPRESS RELEASENews FlashAI Index: ASA 41/003/2007Viet Nam: Internet activist priest imprisonedFather Nguyen Van Ly, a 60-year-old Catholic priest who helped set up an internet petition calling for democratic change, was today sentenced to eight years imprisonment for "conducting propaganda" against the state.Four of his associates, Nguyen Phong, Nguyen Binh Thanh, Hoang Thi

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESan Jose, March 30, 2007Early this morning, in a move that deepened the Vietnamese Government’s worst crackdown on human rights and pro-democracy activists in Vietnam in the last 20 years, Vietnamese court sentenced a core member of Bloc 8406, Father Nguyen Van Ly to 8 years of prison for his pro-democracy activism.In an unjust and prefixed trial, Father Ly and his four

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Click on this link to view a video of the trial of Father Nguyen Van Ly on BBC:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2CfXeoMlsEYou can also go to www.lenduong.net to view videos in Vietnamese

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A Show (and Tell) Trial in VietnamTimeBy Kay Johnson/HanoiWhen Vietnam granted rare access to the trial of prominent dissidents, it may not have expected to produce the sight of communist officials slapping their hands over the mouth of a 60-year-old man — a Catholic priest, no less — and wrestling him out of the courtroom. But that is exactly what happened foreign journalists and diplomats saw

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BEN STOCKINGAssociated PressA high-profile dissident Catholic priest denounced Vietnam's Communist Party as he went on trial Friday, March 30, 2007, accused of disseminating materials intended to undermine the country's government.HUE, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court sentenced a dissident Catholic priest to eight years in prison for anti-government activities during dramatic proceedings Friday in

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by Frank ZellerA dissident Catholic priest defiantly shouted "Down with the Communist Party" as he went on trial in Vietnam on Friday with four co-defendants for spreading propaganda against the state.Father Nguyen Van Ly, 60 -- who has already spent a total of 14 years in jail for his activism -- could face up to 20 more years behind bars if convicted by the court in the central city of

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The Wall Street Journal REVIEW & OUTLOOKMarch 30, 2007Vietnam's democracy movement will soon mark the anniversary of a ground-breaking manifesto and the birth of a major new pro-rights group. So naturally Hanoi is marking the occasion by arresting activists, five of whom are due to appear in court today. Vietnam's much heralded economic opening may be continuing apace, but when it comes to

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By BEN STOCKING, Associated Press WriterWed Mar 28, 3:02 AM ETVietnam has abolished a measure used to hold dissidents without trial, a government official said Wednesday. However, analysts said the move could prove to be largely symbolic.President Nguyen Minh Triet signed a decree last week to abolish "administrative probation," used to hold people suspected of national security crimes, a

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By BEN STOCKING, Associated Press WriterWed Mar 28, 10:50 PM ETFor a short time last year, things were looking up for the tiny band of Vietnamese dissidents who dared challenge the Communist Party's monopoly on power. They circulated petitions for democracy, organized online, even formed political parties.Now the window has slammed shut.In recent weeks, police have arrested two well-known human

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The Associated PressPublished: March 27, 2007HANOI, Vietnam: For a short time last year, things were looking up for the tiny band of Vietnamese dissidents who dared challenge the Communist Party's monopoly on power. They circulated petitions for democracy, organized online, even formed political parties.Now the window has slammed shut.In recent weeks, police have arrested two well-known human

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The World Movement for Democracy expresses its concern about the recent and growing number of violations of human rights in Vietnam. Since February there has been an evident increase in state repression of individuals who are involved in religious, human rights, and/or pro-democracy work. The arrests and interrogations violate international standards of human rights and Vietnam’s own

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By BosNewsLife News CenterLe 26 mars 2007, par Aloys Evina,HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)? Family members of prominent Christian pro-democracy activists and other dissidents faced another tense day Saturday, March 24, after they were apparently threatened and harassed by Vietnamese security forces.In one of the latest incidents on Thursday, March 22, in Quang Ninh province police « summoned » the

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March 26, 2007 at 09:55:59by John Carey http://www.opednews.com Despite many opening economic opportunities, Vietnam?s human rights record remains abysmal?.A situation the U.S. can clearly influence. Last November, the President of the United States, the President of Russia (Mr. Putin) , President Hu Jintao of China, and many other important heads of state and dignitaries visited Hanoi, Vietnam

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The departure from Vietnam, reexperienced - LA Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-journey25mar25,1,5599521.storyChung: Film connects generations in aftermath of Saigon's fall - San Jose Mercury Newshttp://origin.mercurynews.com/ci_5512343Vietnamese Buddhist Leader Seeks to Heal Wounds of Warhttp://voanews.com/english/2007-03-23-voa9.cfmFormer Vietnamese legislator receives jail

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Vietnam: Maltreatment Continueshttp://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=6485Vietnam ex-deputy minister faces verdict over textile scamhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070323/wl_asia_afp/vietnamjusticetradetrial_070323061723U.S. Maritime Agreement Could Boost Vietnam’s Economyhttp://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=March&x=20070320173414zjsredna0.9395563&chanlid=

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Check out the following article. The Foreign Minister of Vietnam reminds me of the Foreign Minister of Iraq (remember the guy spinning to the world that Iraq was winning the war, and all we saw on TV were images of U.S. tanks rolling through Iraq and Saddam Hussein's bronze statue being toppled). You judge for for yourself.....Vietnam Thursday rejected “fabricated information” from the Human

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Election code is at center of O.C. recount dispute - LA Times- Who'll be the new supervisor is just one outcome; the other will be the addressing of state's mixed signals.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nguyen21mar21,1,7880436.storyBattle for supes seat in court - OC Register- First District supervisor race moves to court today where Trung Nguyen has filed suit against the count that

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"Jouney from the Fall" is a movie written and directed by Ham Tran about re-education camps and the boat people era, please spread the word about this critically acclaimed story that has NEVER been told before, and at its heart, this is a story shared by all refugees.JOURNEY FROM THE FALL opens in Orange County, San Jose and NYC on March 23rd, and then rolls out to different markets every

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March 16, 2007Tra Mi, Radio Free AsiaFollowing the arrests of Father Nguyen Van Ly, attorney Le Thi Cong Nhan and attorney Nguyen Van Dai, one more democracy activist has been arrested by the Vietnamese authorities: Le Quoc Quan who had been permitted by the Vietnamese government to travel to the United States to attend a six-month fellowship with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) based

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A US-based human rights group on Friday accused Vietnam of launching "one of the worst crackdowns on peaceful dissidents in 20 years" following the detentions of two lawyers and a Catholic priest.Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged that Vietnam "felt emboldened by international recognition" after joining the World Trade Organization in January and hosting an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

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Vietnam to Consider Freeing Journalist After Inquiry by RiceBy Glenn KesslerWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, March 17, 2007; Page A16Vietnam will consider releasing from prison a prominent journalist who has been held since 2002, after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice privately raised the case this week, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem said yesterday."He was sentenced by the court to

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Top Vietnamese Buddhist Slams Detentions Amid Ongoing CrackdownBANGKOK—A top dissident Buddhist leader in Vietnam has spoken out against the detention in Ho Chi Minh City of a Norwegian woman who came to present him with a prestigious human rights award, amid signs of a tough new crackdown on dissent.Thich Quang Do, deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), said in

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Reporters Without Borders voiced dismay today at the news that the Vietnamese government has decided not to renew BBC World Service correspondent Bill Hayton’s press visa. Hayton will have to leave the country by 15 March.“The government has begun a crackdown on dissident groups, so administrative obstruction is used to get rid of a foreign correspondent who is an embarrassing witness,” the press

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The Associated PressPublished: March 14, 2007WASHINGTON: Ahead of meetings between Vietnam's foreign minister and top U.S. officials, Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused Vietnam of ignoring human rights pledges it made before joining the World Trade Organization and increasing its repression of dissidents.Vietnam, one of Asia's fastest growing economies, achieved its coveted goal of

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News from . . .U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren16th Congressional District, CaliforniaFor Immediate Release: March 12, 2007CONTACT: Pedro Ribeiro, 202-225-3072, pedro.ribeiro@mail.house.govRep. Lofgren Calls on Secretary of State Rice to Address Human Rights During Vietnamese Visit to WashingtonVietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem to Visit United

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