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...democratic reforms; in Hanoi. Duong was sentenced to 19 months in prison but will be released at the end of July in consideration of time served since his arrest in December 2002. The verdict came a week after courts handed an identical sentence to fellow Internet dissident, literature Professor Tran Khue...
...ceremony also included the awarding of two Ames awards. The leadership award was given to Christine D. Tran ’04 and George...
...Given that he stood accused of "abusing democratic freedoms," the 10-month prison sentence handed down to Tran Dung Tien in Hanoi last Wednesday was light. Tien, 78, had openly criticized corruption in Vietnam's Communist Party, but he's no garden-variety dissident. Tien joined the revolt against the French in the 1940s, was a longtime Party member?and for a few years served as the personal bodyguard of Ho Chi Minh...
...citizens who call for reform or democracy?and it even has a problem with its Old Guard. "These guys are considered dangerous," says a Western diplomat in Hanoi, because "they're saying the government has become the kind of institution they fought against." In 1999, war hero Lieut. General Tran Do was expelled from the Party for airing his disenchantment, and several veterans quit the Party in protest. Tien, who left the Party a year before, issued a stream of public protests. Hoang Minh Chinh, 81, a war veteran who's been imprisoned several times, was at the courthouse last...
...Tran, who directed the BRYE Summer Program last year, says domestic abuse, single parenthood, illiteracy and prostitution are common facts of life for the kids BRYE attempts to help. “I’m sure half of our kids get beaten, and many of our kids have older siblings dealing drugs,” says Tran. “The group of teenagers Mariam works with are extremely high risk and vulnerable to gang activity...