Bui Thanh Hieu (Wind Trader) speaks to RSF on Dieu Cay's situation

Nguyen Van Hai, a blogger known by the pen-name of Dieu Cay who has been jailed since April 2008, has been on hunger strike for the past 31 days in protest against his prison conditions in the central province of Nghe An.

Bui Thanh Hieu, a blogger also known as Nguoi Buon Gio (Wind Trader), has given Reporters Without Borders an interview in which he voices concern about Dieu Cay's health and describes how Dieu Cay's family recently learned that he was on hunger strike.

Biểu tình kêu gọi nhân quyền cho VN trước Tòa Bạch Ốc

Trước khi Chủ tịch Trương Tấn Sang đặt chân tới Hoa Kỳ, nhiều thỉnh nguyện thư tập thể thu hút hàng ngàn chữ ký, cùng hàng loạt thư của các tổ chức nhân quyền quốc tế và các nghị sĩ ở cả Hạ và Thượng viện Hoa Kỳ gửi đến Tổng thống Obama cùng thông điệp yêu cầu Tổng thống gây áp lực để Việt Nam cải thiện nhân quyền.

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