Dissident Tran Duc Thach’s 12-year imprisonment upheld

The Higher People’s Court held the appeal hearing of political dissident Tran Duc Thach on March 24 in Vinh City, Nghe An province, according to the state-controlled newspapers such as An Nhan Dan, Nguoi Lao Dong, and Dan Tri newspapers.…
Magnisky Act and sanctions against human rights abuses in Vietnam?

Several observers of politics and human rights comment to the BBC on how international, including the European Union and the US, has more effective sanctions on human rights violations in Vietnam. The Magnitsky Act on human rights sanctions can become…