More than 200 people sign petition urging Vietnamese activist’s release-More than 200 people have signed a petition calling for a detained Vietnamese activist who was recently diagnosed with stage 2 cervical cancer to be declared exempt from any criminal prosecution. Before her 2021 arrest on “anti-state propaganda” charges, Nguyen Thuy Hanh raised money for families of people jailed for their political or religious views. […]
Human Rights Watch dismisses Vietnam govt criticism-New York-based Human Rights Watch has hit back at the Vietnamese government for accusing the non-governmental organization of fabricating its World Report 2024. The report, published on Jan. 11, accused Vietnam of suppressing people’s rights “to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly, movement, and religion,” and said the communist party “severely punishes anyone who challenges its […]
Việt Nam: Một năm ảm đạm cho nhân quyền-HRW, ngày 11/1/2024 Hôm nay, Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền nhận định trong Phúc trình Toàn cầu 2024 rằng trong năm 2023 chính quyền Việt Nam đã đè nén các quyền dân sự và chính trị cơ bản và trừng phạt nặng nề những ai dám thách thức vị thế độc tôn quyền lực của Đảng […]
Vietnam: A Gloomy Year for Human Rights-The Vietnamese government broadly repressed fundamental civil and political rights during 2023, and severely punished those who challenged the Communist Party of Vietnam’s monopoly on power, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024. The authorities continued to prohibit the formation of independent labor unions and human rights organizations, and outlawed independent religious groups. “The Vietnamese […]
Jailed Vietnamese activist beaten until he ‘coughed blood’-Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Nguyen Nhu Phuong has claimed he was beaten by detention center guards after getting in a row with the warden over a missing gift from his family, his mother told Radio Free Asia this week. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said the family went to a detention center in Ba Ria-Vung Tau […]
Vietnam sentences ethnic minority man to 4½ years for religious activities-Vietnam on Friday sentenced religious freedom activist Nay Y Blang to four years and six months in prison for crimes he is said to have committed while holding religious meetings in his home, state media reported. Blang, 48, is a member of the Ede ethnic group from the country’s Central Highlands. He was accused of […]
Vietnamese political prisoner Nguyen Thuy Hanh diagnosed with cancer-A Vietnamese political prisoner who raised money for families of people jailed for their political or religious views has been diagnosed with advanced stage cancer, according to her husband. Nguyen Thuy Hanh, an outspoken activist who is being held at a mental hospital in the capital Hanoi, was diagnosed with stage 2 cervical cancer last […]
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