Defendants have not been allowed to see their lawyers during the investigation on national security grounds, and the lawyers are not permitted to read the file, nor meet with their clients because of the blockade of detention centers and the…
Mr. Le Dinh Kinh was killed and “three police officers died” during the brutal attack in Dong Tam on January 9. Now 29 local land petitioners are being prosecuted of “Murder” and “Resisting on-duty state officials.” The Dong Tam case…
On June 25, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Adviser to President Ivanka Trump, and Ambassador John Richmond announced the 2020 annual report on Human Trafficking, which places Vietnam in a group of countries that need to be monitored due…
The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi City on June 25 issued the indictment to prosecute 29 defendants in the case of “using gasoline to burn 3 police officers to death in Dong Tam commune, My Duc district.” According to the indictment,…
In addition to paying huge amounts of money to Spanish oil company Repsol, the Vietnamese government is facing the challenge of meeting increasing domestic energy demand and the shyness of foreign energy partners. Repsol recently officially transferred its stakes in…
Contrary to the opinion of the Council of Judges of the Supreme People’s Court and Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh, the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s Judicial Committee has concluded that serious violations of the proceedings “could change the case substance.”…
A new discovery has never been made but it is a serious violation of the procedure, that is, the Judge in the trial of Ho Duy Hai trial, was present at the investigation. This discovery was made thanks to photos…
It has been 36 days since the Supreme People’s Court issued decision of the cassation of the murder case in Cau Voi Post office in which all 17 supreme judges agreed to uphold the death sentence of suspected Ho Duy…
Journalist Truong Chau Huu Danh said that Mr. Le Ai Dan – the procurator who had the right to prosecute the murder case of Cau Voi Post Office in 2008 has left Long An province to Hanoi and went to…
On May 27, lawyer Tran Hong Phong – defending murder–convicted Ho Duy Hai, sent a petition to the Long An province’s Police Department. Phong asked the provincial police to answer some questions in the petition “for further information on the…
