Vietnamese Activists, NGOs Protest Visit by China’s President-RFA | Nov 02, 2015 Eight Vietnamese nongovernmental organizations and 1,700 activists who live inside and outside the country have added their names to an online petition, urging Chinese President Xi Jinping not to visit Hanoi this week to protest China’s aggressive policy in the South China Sea. Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vietnam’s Draft Law Threatens Religious Freedom-DVOV | Nov 03, 2015 Rights organizations call for comprehensive revision of Vietnamese government’s draft law on religion Citing a series of inconsistencies with international law protecting the right to freedom of religion or belief, 27 organizations, including international NGOs and regional civil society organizations today issued a joint statement criticizing Vietnam’s draft law on […]
Vietnam urged to redraft oppressive religious freedom laws-Christiantoday | Nov 03, 2015 Religious freedom in Vietnam is under threat from a new law on belief and religion, according to a joint statement from a number of faith groups. 27 organisations have signed a statement urging the Vietnamese government to revise the draft law which currently places “severe limitations” on religious freedom, according […]
Hanoi Human Rights Lawyers Beaten by Thugs When Visiting Family of Boy Murdered in Detention-By Vu Quoc Ngu, November 03, 2015 Thugs and security agents in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have brutally assaulted human rights lawyers Tran Thu Nam and Le Van Luan and robbed a cell phone of the latter when the duo visited the family of Do Dang Du, the boy beaten to death during detention, […]
Vietnam Police Propose Prosecution for Outspoken Former Newspaper Editor-By Vu Quoc Ngu, November 02, 2015 The Investigation Agency under Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security have proposed the Supreme People’s Procuracy prosecute Mr. Kim Quoc Hoa, former editor-in-chief of outspoken Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) newspaper for “abusing freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the state” under Article 258 of the […]
Vietnam commits to human right promotion and protection-Talkvietnam | Oct 31, 2015 Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga NDO/VNA – Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN, asserted Vietnam’s commitment to ensuring and promoting human rights in a speech at the October 30 debate of the Third Committee of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly in New […]
Đề nghị truy tố nguyên tổng biên tập báo Người Cao Tuổi-Tuổi trẻ | 01-11-2015 Tại kết luận điều tra, Cơ quan an ninh điều tra nhận định vụ sai phạm của ông Kim Quốc Hoa “là vụ án nghiêm trọng, liên quan đến lĩnh vực hoạt động báo chí”. Cơ quan an ninh điều tra Bộ Công an vừa đề nghị Viện KSND tối cao truy […]
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