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Campaigns and Advocacy - Vietnam

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Vietnam / Australia

Australia urged to press for human rights improvements in Vietnam

Vietnam should be urged to release all political prisoners and to end restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, belief, and religion when the two sides meet for their annual bilateral human rights dialogue, Human Rights Watch said.

Joint action - Vietnam

Government urged to release bloggers, dismiss all charges

SEAPA joined the Media Legal Defence Initiative and other human rights organisations in calling for the release of five bloggers arbitrarily detained for more than seven months.

Vietnam / Europe and Central Asia

European Union urged to press Vietnam to respect human rights

EU officials should use a 12 January dialogue in Hanoi to press for progress in the area of respecting freedom of speech and association and releasing dissidents detained for exercising those rights, says Human Rights Watch.

Take action! - Vietnam

RSF calls for support for blogger imprisoned for more than two years

Nguyen Tien Trung's family announced it would campaign for his release and stressed that he never had any intention of overthrowing the government and was simply exercising his rights as a citizen.

Vietnam

Government urged to free seriously ill rights advocates as part of National Day amnesty

The blogger Dieu Cay is believed to have suffered a serious injury in prison, while Father Nguyen Van Ly, a veteran political activist who had been given medical parole because of three strokes and another serious illness, was re-incarcerated in July.

Vietnam

RSF urges authorities to release blogger

Pham Minh Hoang, who has been in pre-trial detention for a year, will be tried on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.

Vietnam

Ahead of Hanoi visit, Hillary Clinton urged to raise cases of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents

RSF has written to Hillary Clinton urging the United States to press the authorities to release imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents and suggesting that it should raise the cases of Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung and Pham Minh Hoang in particular.

Vietnam

Human Rights Watch calls on US secretary of state to press Hanoi to respect freedom of expression

The organisation urged Hillary Clinton to encourage Vietnam to end its efforts to censor and control the media and the Internet.

Take action! - Vietnam

Call for the release of Vietnamese lawyer/writer Le Cong Dinh

Le Cong Dinh, a prominent lawyer, writer, blogger, and human rights defender in Vietnam, has represented other writers and right advocates in Vietnamese courts over the past years, courageously taking on cases despite a repressive media environment in the country. Now he needs your help.

Take action! - Vietnam

Demand release of unjustly imprisoned writers in Vietnam

Two of the seven writers still in prison as a result of the Vietnamese government's severe crackdown on peaceful dissidents last August and September are being denied visitation rights and are prone to ill treatment, warns International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC). WiPC is asking you to write a letter to the authorities to demand their release.