Vietnamese Police and Fishermen Clash Over Port Project-RFA, Aug 2, 2016 Fishermen protesting the construction of a port project benefiting a major Vietnamese cement producer clashed with police on Sunday, with one man beaten as he attempted to get medicine, witnesses told RFA’s Vietnamese Service. About 100 plainclothes policemen, along with ambulances and fire trucks blocked the only road accessing Nghi Thiet […]
Hanoi Police Kidnap Pro-democracy Activist, Deporting Him to Home Province after 12 Hours in Detention-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 2, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on July 31 kidnapped a pro-democracy activist, holding him for 12 hours in a police station before deporting him to his home province at mid-night, the victim said. On the morning of Sunday, Mr. Dien, 35, and seven other activists […]
Vietnam: Show Rights Commitment at Australia Talks-hrw.org, August 1, 2016 (Sydney) – Australia should press for significant and solid improvement during its 13th human rights dialogue with Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today. Vietnam should show its commitment to reforms by immediately releasing all political prisoners and detainees, ending harassment and violence against rights activists, respecting freedom of religion, curbing police […]
Vietnam Activist Kidnapped While Cycling in Hanoi Streets-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 31, 2016 Nguyen Van Dien, a Vietnamese pro-democracy activist and environmentalist, has reportedly been disappeared while cycling together with other environmentalists on the streets in central Hanoi, social networks reported. On the morning of Sunday [July 31], Mr. Dien, 35, and nearly ten other activists rallied in Hanoi’s center. They […]
Vietnam Plays the Blame Game Over the Fish Kill Disaster-RFA | Jul 26, 2016 The owners of the Formosa Ha Tinh steel mill have accepted responsibility for a chemical spill that devastated the fishing industry along Vietnam’s central coast, but questions still remain over how the Taiwan firm’s industrial project and its faulty pollution controls won government approval. Vietnamese lawmaker Vo Kim Cu, a key […]
World Bank: Human Rights All But Absent in New Policy-HRW | Jul 21, 2016 (Washington, DC) – The World Bank has refused to acknowledge its human rights obligations in its new policy framework, Human Rights Watch said today. The bank’s third, and most likely final, draft of its new environmental and social framework, published on July 20, 2016, does not require the bank to […]
Vietnam Top Legislator Criticizes Activists for Voicing against China’s Violations-by Vu Quoc Ngu, July 26, 2016 Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, who on July 22 took oath as chairwoman of Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly for the second time within three months, has criticized local activists for expressing their concerns about China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea (South China Sea), […]
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