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Vietnam: Update – Human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang charged with attempting to overthrow the administration posted on: 2010/09/30

Human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang has been officially charged under Article 79 of the Vietnamese Penal Code with “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration”, an offence which carries the death penalty as a maximum sentence. It has been reported that he will be detained for at least four months while investigations are being carried out.

Ecuador - Criminal charges, intimidation and defamation against human rights defender Lina Solanoposted on: 2008/11/14

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of criminal charges, intimidation and defamation against human rights defender Lina Solano. Lina Solano is a founding member of the Popular Peasants Association, a member of the executive committee of the National Co-ordinating Committee for the Defence of Life and Sovereignty (NCCDLS), a member of the Women Defenders of Mother Earth (WDME), and a founding member of the Women’s Latin American Union, a regional network of women defenders of environmental rights.