Tag: Nguyen Van Oai

Vietnam: Catholic activist’s harsh sentence condemned by US

February 13, 2018 Vietnam Catholics, Nguyen Van Oai, Vietnam

Two Catholic environmental activists have been jailed in Vietnam for helping hundreds of fishermen to sue a Taiwanese steel plant for polluting coastal waters, reports UCA News. The US State Department has condemned the sentences of 14 years for Hoang Duc Binh, 35, and two years for fellow activist Nguyen . . . Read More

Court upholds Vietnamese Christian blogger’s 5-year jail sentence

January 18, 2018 Vietnam Corruption, Nguyen Van Oai, Vietnam

A Vietnamese provincial court on Tuesday upheld the five-year jail sentence of Christian blogger and activist Nguyen Van Oai. Van Oai was sentenced at the People’s Court in the town Hoàng Mai in September to a five-year jail term and four years’ house arrest for resisting a public official and . . . Read More

Vietnam told to release prisoners of conscience

November 9, 2017 Vietnam Human rights, Maria Tran Thi Nga, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Van Oai, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

Freedom of expression in Vietnam is not a given. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A group of 17 NGOs has called for the release of detained bloggers and human rights activists in Vietnam, the country Amnesty said last year had the highest number of prisoners of conscience in Southeast Asia. In July, there were more than 90 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam’s jails, according . . . Read More

Vietnam: Catholic activist sent back to prison in new crackdown

September 26, 2017 Vietnam Communism, Nguyen Van Oai, Vietnam

Vietnam has sentenced a Catholic former prisoner of conscience to five years in prison for resisting arrest and violating probation terms, reports UCA News (UCAN). Nguyen Van Oai, 36, was arrested in January by plain clothes police and accused of breaking probation terms after leaving his locality for a fishing . . . Read More

New arrest of Vietnamese Christian rights activist

February 8, 2017 Vietnam Communism, Nguyen Van Oai, Religion Law, Vietnam

Vietnamese Christian rights activist Nguyen Van Oai was arrested last month for “resisting officials on duty” and violating his probation. Police arrested Van Oai on 19 January and accused him of breaking his probation terms when he left his locality for a fishing trip, according to the website of the . . . Read More

Vietnam releases Christian activists

August 17, 2015 Vietnam Communism, Human rights, Nguyen Van Oai, Protestants, Religious freedom, Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have released Catholic blogger Paulus Le Van Son and Protestant activist Nguyen Van Oai, says Asia News. Both served four-year prison terms for ‘trying to overthrow the legitimate government’. The final entries in Van Son’s blog were about prayer vigils, but Reporters Without Borders said at the time . . . Read More

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