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Vietnam court hands down lengthy prison sentences to local dissidents
February 4, 2013 by Dan Taglioli
A group of 22 Vietnamese activists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the local People's Court in southern central Phu Yen province on Monday after the group was convicted of engaging in subversive activities to overthrow the county's communist government. According to their court-appointed.... [more]
Vietnam authorities release American pro-democracy activist
January 31, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
Vietnamese authorities on Wednesday released and deported Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist Nguyen Quoc Quan after nine months of detention. Quan was arrested on terrorism charges for planning protests in support of a banned group of US exiles, the Viet Tan. He was released following.... [more]
Vietnam court convicts 14 bloggers of subversion
January 9, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
The Vietnam Supreme People's Court in the central Nghe An province on Wednesday sentenced 14 Catholic Redemptorist bloggers to jail terms ranging from 3 to 13 years of combined prison and house arrest. The defendants are associated with Viet Tan, a dissident group that Vietnam's government deems.... [more]
China's Blue Water Ambitions and the Law of the Sea [op-ed]
October 4, 2012 by Caleb Pittman
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that, in order to counter China's attempts to expand its maritime jurisdiction, the US must become a party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea...US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had her diplomatic hat.... [more]
Vietnam court jails bloggers for anti-state propaganda
September 24, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
A court in Vietnam ordered three bloggers jailed for anti-state propaganda on Monday. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan were charged in April in the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on charges of spreading propaganda to defame the Vietnamese.... [more]
US boycotted nuclear test ban treaty [this day at law]
September 23, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On September 23, 2005, the US completed a three day boycott of a UN conference aimed at encouraging countries to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The treaty was adopted on September 10, 1996, but has yet to be entered into force, as not all nuclear-able states have ratified it..... [more]
Vietnam began prosecution of anti-Communist activists for 'terrorism' [this day at law]
May 8, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On May 8, 2008, the Communist Party of Vietnam announced it would prosecute two anti-communist activists from the US-based organization Viet Tan on terrorism charges for distributing literature critical of the government. Both men denied that they endorsed anti-government violence. The Communist.... [more]
Vietnamese-American activist arrested for terrorism
April 29, 2012 by Jamie Davis
Vietnamese-American activist Nguyen Quoc Quan was arrested earlier this month in Vietnam for allegedly attempting to stop celebrations in remembrance of the end of the Vietnam War, reports said on Sunday. Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre reported Quan was arrested on charges of terrorism for.... [more]
Vietnam bloggers charged with spreading pro-democracy propaganda
April 16, 2012 by Andrea Bottorff
Vietnamese prosecutors on Monday charged three bloggers with spreading pro-democracy propaganda in violation of the country's criminal law. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan are scheduled to begin their trials on April 17 in the People's Court.... [more]
Vietnam appeals court reduces sentence of pro-democracy blogger
November 29, 2011 by Jennie Ryan
An appeals court in Vietnam reduced the sentence of pro-democracy blogger and professor Pham Minh Hoang, alias Phan Kien Quoc, by more than half on Tuesday. Hoang was sentenced in August to three years in prison after writing anti-government articles on his blog under his pen name. The appeals.... [more]
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