Farmer in Central Vietnam Self-immolates in Land Dispute Case-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 13, 2015 A female farmer in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai on Aug 12 burned herself with gasoline to protest local authorities’ decision on land dispute case, state media reported Wednesday. State media reported that Pham Thi Le, born in 1963, in Pho Nhon commune, Duc Pho district, was hospitalized in a critical health […]
Vietnam Disciplines 1,600 Communal Policemen Since 2009-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 13, 2015 Over 1,600 communal policemen in Vietnam have been disciplined since 2009 due to their violations, accounting for 1.2% of the total number of policemen at the grass-root level in the communist nation. During the past six years, 473 communal policemen have been dismissed and 385 have been received warning […]
Australia – Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Submission-HRW | Aug 12, 2015 August 3, 2015 Australia – Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Human Rights Watch Submission We write on the occasion of the forthcoming Australia-Vietnam human rights dialogue, scheduled to be held on August 14, 2015. We urge you to press human rights issues in an unambiguous manner and improve the efficacy of […]
Australia: Vietnam Dialogue Should Press for Rights Progress-HRW | Aug 12, 2015 (Sydney) – Australia should press for progress on human rights at its upcoming bilateral human rights dialogue with Vietnam to be held in Canberra on August 14, 2015. Human Rights Watch made a submission covering key areas for improvement such as political prisoners, police abuse, repression of religious freedom, and […]
AUSTRALIAN MP BERNIE RIPOLL RAISES CONCERN ABOUT THREE VIETNAMESE ACTIVISTS TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER-Vietnam Daily | Aug 12, 2015 Australian Member of Parliament Bernie Ripoll wrote a letter to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop raises concern of three detained activists in Vietnam to be brought up during the next Australian-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue. The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament […]
Expanding children’s rights is progress in human rights-VOV | Aug 12, 2015 The revised Law on child protection, care, and education adds regulations concerning children’s participation in child-related issues. The revised law will be discussed at the current session of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee and is expected to be approved later this year. The revised Law on child protection, care, and […]
Vietnam Defense Minister Requests Army to Be Cautious to Ensure Social Order-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 12, 2015 The Vietnam People’s Army must be well prepared to deal with all circumstances in order to ensure security and social orders, said Defense Minister General Phung Quang Thanh. Speaking at a conference of the Central Military Committee in Hanoi on Aug. 11, General Thanh requested army unit leaders to take […]
HCMC Procuracy Publicly Apologizes to Local Resident Wrongly Detained for Four Year in Murder Case-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 12, 2015 The People’s Procuracy in Vietnam’s southern hub Ho Chi Minh City, has publicly apologized to a local resident who had been imprisoned for four years in a legal miscarriage case, state media reported. In 2001, Truong Ba Nhan, then 39 years old, was arrested and accused by HCM […]
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