URGENT ACTION: SAFETY CONCERNS FOR VIETNAMESE ACTIVIST-Amnesty International, March 03, 2016: There are increasing fears for the safety and security of Vietnamese Trần Minh Nhật, a former prisoner of conscience, who is facing ongoing harassment, intimidation and other human rights abuses by police in the province of Lâm Đồng in the south of Việt Nam. On the night of 22 February, […]
Vietnam Security Forces Continue to Harass Hanoi-based Activists after Detaining, Robbing Last Month-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Mar 02, 2016 Vietnam’s security forces have continued their intimidation against Hanoi-based activists Ngo Duy Quyen and his wife Le Thi Cong Nhan after detaining the husband and searching their private residence and robbing money and other items one month ago, the victims complained. Mr. Quyen, a member of the charity […]
Vietnam Should Cooperate with UN Human Rights Mechanisms-Civil Rights Defenders | Mar 01, 2016 This week the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council begins in Geneva, Switzerland. Vietnam is in the final year of its three-year term as a council member. Yet its cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms remains weak. Arbitrary restrictions on civil and political rights in Vietnam […]
Vietnam Prominent Political Prisoner Refuses Gov’t Proposal to Live In Exile in U.S.-By Vu Quoc Ngu, March 01, 2016 Vietnamese prominent political dissident Bui Thi Minh Hang, who is serving her three-year sentence, has refused the government’s proposal of amnesty and live in exile in the U.S., local activists said. Ms. Ta Minh Tu, a young sister of former political prisoner Ta Phong Tan, said that Vietnam’s […]
Thousands of Land Petitioners Rally across Vietnam, Many Detained and Beaten-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Feb 27, 2016 Thousands of land petitioners nationwide rallied in main streets in big cities across Vietnam on Saturday [Feb 27] to demand the return of their properties. Many of them were detained by local authorities, according to social websites. Around five hundred land petitioners gathered in Quang Trung Street in […]
Vietnam Human Rights Record Remains Poor: Amnesty International-by KTT, Feb 26, 2016 Restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly remain severe in Vietnam over the past years as the authorities prevented peaceful activists from exercising their fundamental rights, according to Amnesty International. The governments are painting the protection of human rights as a threat to security, law and order or […]
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