Vietnam: UN committee review unmasks grave violations of women’s rights- FIDH & VCHR| Jul 29, 2015 Paris, 29 July 2015: UN committee experts expressed serious concern over persisting gender inequality and the widespread abuse of women’s rights in Vietnam at the conclusion of their review of the country’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva on 9-10 […]
Vietnam: Investigate the attack on human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh-By William Nicholas Gomes newsghana | Jul 29, 2015 Nguyen Tan Dung Prime Minister Government Office 1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street Ba Dinh District Ha Noi Viet Nam Fax: +84 80 44130/ +84 80 44940 nguoiphatngonchinhphu@chinhphu.vn Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human rights defender and Freelance journalist. I would like to draw your […]
Vietnam Northern Province to Investigate Police Power Abuse: Police Chief-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 29, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Ninh Binh will launch an investigation into power abuse of its staff after a local mobile policeman was pictured to beat one man, said Colonel Dinh Hoang Dung, head of the provincial police. The move came after a video clip spread on social networks […]
Conference promotes coordination in religious work-Vietnamplus | Jul 28, 2015 Measures to improve the efficiency of religious works in the remaining months of this year towards ensuring the implementation of Party and State policies in the field were discussed during a conference in Hanoi on July 28. The event reviewed coordination between the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front […]
Sydney Hunger Strikers Call to End Human Rights Violations in Vietnam-theepochtimes | Jul 26, 2015 Sydney’s Town Hall on July 25, witnessed a 12-hour hunger strike to call for the release of prisoners of conscience in Vietnam. Around 80 people sat quietly in neat rows throughout the day. Without food, they held photos of and thought about the prisoners of conscience currently detained in their […]
Blogger “beaten and arrested” at Nha Trang vigil-vietnamrightnow | Jul 27, 2015 The prominent blogger Me Nam, or “Mother Mushroom”, has accused the police of using violence to break up an attempt by activists to campaign for the freedom of political prisoners. She said police attacked her and other activists as they attempted to participate in the campaign in the southern city […]
Festival for Vietnam LGBT Community to Take Place in Hanoi-By KTT | Jul 28, 2015 The fourth Vietnam LGBT Pride or Viet Pride, the festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) community in the Southeast Asian country will be held in Hanoi from July 30 to August 2. The event, which is supported by the Dutch Embassy, the American Consulate, the U.S. Embassy […]
Attacked and arrested during hungerstrike in Nha Trang-Revolt Media | Jul 26, 2015 Several dissidents were attacked and arrested during todays international hungerstrike in support of Vietnams prisoners of conscience. The hungerstrike was part of the We Are One movement, and was arranged in several countries. It is a unique effort to bring attention to the prisoners of conscience in Vietnam, as […]
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