Case documents
Letters, submissions and legal filings in this case.
The abduction and rendition to Vietnam of pro-democracy activists Thuan Duc Nguyen (Norwegian citizen) Hiep Tran (Australian citizen) – a new test of the community’s resolve to combat against transnational repression
It is important that PACE and OSCE express their full political support for Norway and Australia adopting exceptional diplomatic responses which will demonstrate that the democratic community will not tolerate acts of TNR against its citizens abroad.
Prepared by: Alex Tinsley, Michael Polak · Addressed to: Ms Azadeh Rojhan, Rep. Steve Cohen, Mr Eerik-Niiles Kross, Mr Sergiy Vlasenko
Letter to Senator the Hon Penny Wong
The Vietnamese Government and individuals within it must be held responsible for the kidnapping by the Australian Government.
Prepared by: Alison Battisson · Addressed to: Senator the Hon Penny Wong
Family of Missing Norwegian Retains Elden Law Firm – Files Criminal Complaint Against Vietnam and Cambodia
Thuan Duc Nguyen, 52, disappeared in Cambodia on Sept. 18 and resurfaced in Vietnamese custody. Not until Wednesday evening, nineteen days later, were Norwegian authorities told where he is being held and no one has yet been allowed to see him. His family has retained the Norwegian law firm Elden Advokatfirma, represented by attorneys Maria Hessen Jacobsen and Aleksander Hatlem. The case is now being reported to the Norwegian police as an enforced disappearance, with a demand that the police open an investigation.
Prepared by: Elden Law Firm · Addressed to: Norwegian police
Media Defence files urgent appeal over Viet Nam’s kidnapping of Norwegian and Australian human rights defenders
Media Defence has filed an urgent appeal with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the abduction, rendition and detention of Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep, also known as Ho Pham Hiep Huy.
Prepared by: Media Defence · Addressed to: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Letter to Hon P Wong
Human Rights for All wrote to Foreign Minister Penny Wong on behalf of Chloe Dang, whose husband Hiep Tran was taken from Cambodia to Vietnam and now faces death-penalty terrorism charges. The letter demands that DFAT confirm where he is held, his conditions and charges, and what Australia is doing to free him.
Prepared by: Alison Battisson · Addressed to: Senator the Hon Penny Wong