Anti-corruption Activist Ha Van Nam Arrested with Trumped-up Allegation-Defendthe Defenders, March 6, 2019 Authoritiesin Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh have arrested Hanoi-based anticorruption activist Ha Van Nam on allegation of “causing public disorders” in a trumped-up case in a bid to silence his effort to deal with corruption related to road upgrading under BOT (build-operate-transfer) form. Nam’s family had reported that in […]
Appeal Hearing of Luu Van Vinh and His Four Fellows Re-scheduled on March 18-Defend the Defenders, March 6, 2019 On March 18, the Higher People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City will hold the appeal hearing of five members of the to-be-established Vietnam National Coalition who were convicted of “carry out activities aiming to overthrow the government” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code. In late 2018, […]
Trial against Facebooker Le Minh The Postponed, Re-scheduled on March 20-Defend the Defenders, March 6, 2019 A court from the Mekong Delta hub of Can Tho has re-scheduled the first-instance hearing of local Facebooker Le Minh The on allegation of “abusing democratic freedom” on March 20 after receiving a request from his lawyer. Initially, the People’s Court of Binh Thuy was assigned to carry out […]
EU: Press Vietnam on Rights Record-Systemic Repression Intensifies Ahead of Dialogue Press release of Human Rights Watch (Brussels, March 4, 2019) – The European Union should press the Vietnamese government on human rights issues, Human Rights Watch said today in advance of the 8th EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, scheduled for March 4, 2019 in Brussels.In a submission to the EU, Human Rights Watch said that the […]
EU: Hãy gây sức ép với Việt Nam về hồ sơ nhân quyền-Thông cáo báo chí của tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền (HRW) Đàn áp có tính hệ thống gia tăng ngay trước kỳ đối thoại (Brussels, mồng 4 tháng Ba năm 2019) – Hôm nay, Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền phát biểu rằng Liên minh châu Âu (EU) cần gây sức ép với chính quyền Việt Nam về […]
Vietnam: Human rights dialogue held amid heightened crackdown-FIDH, Paris, 4 March 2019: The European Union (EU) must urge the Vietnamese government to end its ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent, repeal its repressive laws, and immediately release all political prisoners, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The two organizations made the call on the occasion of […]
Vietnamese French Arrested in HCM City during Trum-Kim Summit, Still Held in Police Custody-Defend the Defenders, March 4, 2019 Authorities in Ho Chi Minh are still holding Vietnamese French Daniel Modan in custody for investigation after detaining him and his friend named Tran Duy Chien during the summit of US President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in Hanoi in late February. Mr. Chien, who was […]
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