One More Detainee Dies Due to Injuries in Vietnam Police Custody-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 15, 2015 Le Van Hai, who suffered from severe injuries in police custody in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, died in the province’s General Hospital on Dec 14, state media has reported. Hai, 22, is the latest victim of Vietnam’s police torture. So far this year, around two […]
LAN MAN QUANH CHUYỆN NHẠC VÀ NHẠC SĨ VIỆT KHANG-Anhbasam | 14-12-2015 Mấy hôm nay, tròn 4 năm tù, ngoài đời và trên mạng Fb đã nhắc nhiều về nhạc sĩ Việt Khang. Họ nhớ đến anh, chàng trai trẻ Võ Minh Trí, sinh năm 1978 tại Tiền Giang, khen nhạc của anh, cảm phục sự dấn thân dũng cảm của anh… Đồng thời […]
EU should press for substantive progress, not promises, at EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue in Hanoi-VCHR | Dec 14, 2015 PARIS, 14 December 2015 (Vietnam Committee) – The Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) called on the European Union today to press Vietnam to commit to urgent, measurable human rights progress at the fifth round of the enhanced EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to be held in Hanoi on 15 […]
Vietnam: No More “Empty Promises” at EU Rights Dialogue-HRW | Dec 13, 2015 (Brussels) – The European Union should press for concrete and measurable improvements on human rights at its upcoming bilateral dialogue with Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today. Essential reforms include ending politically motivated trials and convictions, the release of political prisoners, guarantees on freedom of association and labor rights, and […]
Vietnam Patriotic Music Compositor Viet Khang Freed, Phuong Uyen Also Released-by Vu Quoc Ngu, December 14, 2015 Vietnamese activists nationwide on December 14 welcomed two political dissidents as patriotic music compositor Viet Khang completed his four-year sentence while police in Ho Chi Minh City freed Nguyen Phuong Uyen, a young pro-democracy activists detained illegally by the city’s police. Viet Khang, or Vo Minh Tri, was […]
Hanoi Court Unfairly Sentences Leader of Unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam to 15 Months in Prison- by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 14, 2015 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on December 14 found Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam, guilty of causing public disorders and sentenced him to 15 months in prison in the first hearing which failed to meet […]
VN contributes to UN human rights council-Vietnamnews | Dec 12, 2015 Viet Nam has been contributing to protecting and advancing the value of human rights in a direct, responsible and constructive manner through its membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2014-2016. Vu Anh Quang, head of the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Department of International Organisations, spoke to the Vietnam […]
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