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  • Vietnam: Relentless Prosecutions to Squelch Dissent -  HRW | MARCH 3, 2014 (New York) – The trial of the blogger Truong Duy Nhat scheduled for March 4, 2014 in Da Nang demonstrates that there is no slackening of the Vietnamese authorities’ determination to target people for peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. In his blog, Truong Duy Nhat has often criticized the government and raised […]
  • Vietnam Prepares for Trial of Another Online Activist - VOA News |March 03, 2014 Nhat is one of several bloggers to face trial in the past few months as Vietnamese authorities continue a crackdown on activists. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison. Tran Vu Hai, Truong Duy Nhat’s lawyer, says in an interview with VOA’s Vietnamese Service that […]
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada Expresses Grave Concerns about the Recent Conviction and Continued Imprisonment of Human Rights Lawyer Le Quoc Quan - TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2014 /CNW The Law Society of Upper Canada is concerned about the recent conviction and continued imprisonment of human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan of Vietnam. The Law Society first intervened in this case in February 2013. Reliable reports indicated that on December 27, 2012,Le Quoc Quan, human rights lawyer and blogger, was arrested by the police while dropping off his […]
  • Presentation by Mr. Dang Xuong Hung to the sixth Conference of Human Rights and Democracy in Geneva - by Mr. Dang Xuong Hung | 25th February 2014 Distinguished Guests and Members of UN Watch, My name is Dang Xuong Hung. I am the ex consulate of Vietnam in Geneva (2008-2012), the ex Deputy Director in the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Vietnam who has denounced the Vietnamese Communist Party and its government from 18th October 2013. […]
  • Human Rights Situation Depressing in East Asia: Report - By Parameswaran Ponnudurai 2014-02-27 Human rights in East Asia suffered a severe blow this past year as China tightened Internet controls and stepped up a crackdown on anti-corruption protesters; Vietnam used vague national security laws to curb freedom of expression; and North Korea was blamed for rampant disappearances, detention, and torture, an annual U.S. human […]
  • STATE DEPT. BRIEFING ON COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES - US | February 27, 2014 State Department acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya briefs reporters in Washington on the 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya on the Country Reports on Human Rights February 27, 2014 Washington, D.C. ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY […]
  • U.S. rights report highlights China, Myanmar reforms, abuses - BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM |  Feb 27, 2014 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department noted some positive reforms in Myanmar and China and other parts of Asia in its annual human rights report released on Thursday but said that serious abuses and severe restrictions on basic freedoms persisted. The report for 2013 said that despite some progress in Myanmar, conflict-related abuses in ethnic minority […]
  • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor : Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 – Viet Nam - U.S.Department Of State | Feb 27,2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and President Truong Tan Sang. The most recent National Assembly elections, held in 2011, were neither […]
  • Vietnam Dissident Beaten Ahead of Diplomat Meeting - By CHRIS BRUMMITT .  Associated Press | February 26, 2014 (AP) A Vietnamese dissident said Wednesday that suspected government agents assaulted him and his wife this week as they were heading to a meeting with an Australian diplomat to talk about the human rights situation in the country. While harassment and intimidation of activists are common […]
  • European Parliament: Question for written answer to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative) about Human Rights Violations in Vietnam - European Parliament – On 31 January 2014 Human Rights Watch reported that Vietnam has failed to adhere to its commitments to improve its human rights record. The organisation reports that in the last few years the Vietnamese government has continued to systematically violate rights in areas such as freedom of expression, association, assembly and religion, as well as labour […]