Hanoi-based Activists Hold Demonstration Against Vietcombank Illegal Keeping Money of Prominent Dissident-DTD | May 14,2015 By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 14, 2015 Dozens of Hanoi-based activists on May 12 held a street demonstration to protest the Joint Stock Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank (VCB), which illegally refuses to pay Dr. Nguyen Thanh Giang, a well-known political dissident in the capital city, local […]
Senator Janet Nguyen condemns brutal beating of activist-nguoi-viet | May 13, 2015 Nguyễn Chí Tuyến, a human rights advocate living in Vietnam was brutally beaten while walking his children home from school on May 11 in Hanoi. Photos of the attack have been posted online and the imagery is gruesome. California Senator Janet Nguyen is calling on U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Tes […]
Human rights abuses in Vietnam make TPP unacceptable-The Hill | May 13, 2015 Among the potential partners in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Vietnam is the only country that bans independent labor unions and religious groups. It’s the only country considered one of the world’s worst violators of Internet freedom. It harbors severe child labor and forced labor violators, and regularly jails and […]
Vietnamese editor charged for publishing graft reports-News24 | May 13, 2015 Hanoi – A Vietnamese magazine editor was charged with crimes against the state for publishing articles accusing senior officials of corruption, reports said on Wednesday. Kim Quoc Hoa was dismissed in March as editor-in-chief of Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly), accused of “abusing his freedoms and democratic rights in publishing articles […]
Viet Labor’s Le Thi Cong Nhan handed tpp letter to US human rights dialogue representative-Protectvietworkers | May 13, 2015 To the US Representative in the Human Rights Dialogue with Hanoi,My name is Le Thi Cong Nhan. I represent Free Viet Labor Federation (abbreviated to Viet Labor) established in January 2014 comprising three labor groups: Vietnam Independent Union (established in Vietnam before 2006), Viet Labor Movement (established in Vietnam in 2008) […]
US COMMISSION CALLS FOR FULL RECOGNITION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM-Freedomdeclared | May 12, 2015 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2015 Annual Report last month. This year’s report, the 16th since the Commission’s creation in 1998, documents religious freedom violations in 33 countries, makes country-specific recommendations, and assesses the U.S. government’s implementation of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). “Not […]
Catholics mourn the death of Mgr Van Nghi, defender of religious freedom in Vietnam-Asia News | May 12, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews/EDA) – Vietnam’s Catholic Church is mourning the death of Mgr Nicolas Huynh Van Nghi, retired bishop of Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan province, southern Vietnam. Local sources said that the prelate died peacefully on 6 May at the age of 88, after spending a lifetime […]
Vietnamese editor faces anti-state charges for reporting on corruption-CPJ | May 13, 2015 Bangkok–Authorities in Vietnam today levied anti-state charges against a former news editor who published reports on official corruption, according to news reports. The accusations mark a trend of legal harassment against journalists who probe sensitive corruption issues in Vietnam, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. “We call on Vietnam to […]
Vietnam to Prosecute Former Editor Following Reports of Official Graft-RFA | May 12, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam will pursue charges against an editor who was stripped of his credentials after his newspaper ran several articles exposing cases of alleged corruption, according to an official statement. The Public Security Department announced Monday that it plans to prosecute Kim Quoc Hoa, the former editor-in-chief of Nguoi […]
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