Topic: Van Ly
A dissident Catholic priest jailed four times by communist Vietnam has proclaimed his innocence and accused the country of breaching its international treaty obligations to safeguard human rights.Nguyen Van Ly, who said in March that he had been temporarily released from ...
A dissident Vietnamese Catholic priest jailed for spreading propaganda against the communist state said Tuesday he had been temporarily released from prison to undergo treatment for a brain tumour.Nguyen Van Ly, whose release has been sought by US lawmakers and who ...
A dissident Catholic priest whose release has been sought by US lawmakers failed to make an amnesty list of more than 5,000 prisoners announced by Vietnam on Monday.Nguyen Van Ly, jailed for eight years in 2007, is in deteriorating health ...
A bipartisan group of 37 US senators sent a letter Wednesday to Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet calling for the " immediate and unconditional release" of a dissident Catholic priest sent to jail for eight years in 2007.The lawmakers urged Triet to ...
