Sentencing of Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai to two and a half year jail - VNM 002 / 1208 / OBS 210

The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the sentencing of the prominent blogger and human rights defender, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai, known under his pen name Dieu Cay, also founding member of the “Free Vietnamese Journalists Club”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your intervention in the following situation in Viet (...) - Vietnam / Urgent Appeals

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Source: fidh.org

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