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  • HCM City-based Human Rights Activist not Allowed to Go Out During IPU-132 - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 04, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City-based human rights activist Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh was barred from Vietnam’s security forces from going out during the time when the communist nation hosted the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) which was held in the capital city of Hanoi on March 28-April 1. Mr. […]
  • Vietnam May Grant Greater Rights for Crime Suspects - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 03, 2015 Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has made draft amendments to criminal justice procedures that give crime suspects more rights during interrogation, including the right to remain silent. The move came at a time when several cases of wrongful conviction have been drawing a great public concerns, state media […]
  • Bùi Tín – Nhân quyền ở thời điểm quyết định - Bùi Tín Tác giả gửi tới Dân Luận Có mặt tại cuộc họp, trên ghế chủ tọa có nhà nghiên cứu Murray Hiebert, từng là phóng viên kỳ cựu của tuần báo Far Eastern Economic Review, rất am hiểu Đông Nam Á, Việt Nam, nay là Phó Giám đốc CSIS; bên phải ông là Đại […]
  • ‘Phong trào công nhân VN đã trưởng thành’ - BBC | 3/4/2015 Trao đổi tại cuộc Tọa đàm Bàn tròn hôm thứ Năm, 02/4/2015 của BBC Việt ngữ với chủ đề ‘Đình công của công nhân Việt Nam’ nhân vụ đình công của hàng chục nghìn công nhân ở Tân Tạo, TP. Hồ Chí Minh vừa diễn ra, chuyên gia chính sách pháp luật, […]
  • Vietnam meets demands to end strike in Nike, Adidas factory - Oregonlive | Apr 02, 2015 Workers at a major Vietnamese footwear factory for Nike and Adidas ended a weeklong strike Thursday after the government agreed to their demands on retirement payouts. The stoppage by thousands of workers at the Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen factory in southern Ho Chi Minh City was a rare challenge to communist […]
  • Asian leaders gather in Vietnam to discuss role of parliamentarians in child health, nutrition - News Medical | Apr 02, 2015 Leaders and parliamentarians from Asian countries will gather today to recognize the vital role of parliamentarian leaders in advancing child nutrition and development. Following the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary (IPU) Assembly, UNICEF and Alive & Thrive will co-host The Role of Parliamentarians in the Fulfillment of Child’s Rights to Nutrition and […]
  • HCM City Police Officer Disciplined for Illegal Detention, Torturing Detainee - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 02, 2015 The Police Department in Ho Chi Minh City has disciplined Major Nguyen Huu Phuc, head of the police in Truong Thanh ward, District 9 for accusation of conducting illegal detentions and committing torture abuse against the detainee, the Nong Thon Ngay Nay newspaper reported. Three-star Colonel Nguyen […]
  • Two Vietnam Cops Prosecuted for Torture Allegation in Murder Case - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 02, 2015 The Vietnam Supreme People’s Court has decided to prosecute two police officers in the southern province of Soc Trang for allegation of committing torture in a local murder case. Accordingly, police investigators Nguyen Hoang Quan and Trieu Tuan Hung are accused of torturing seven suspects in the […]
  • IPU parliamentarians debate on democracy in digital era - Chinagate | Apr 01, 2015 Parliamentarians at the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights held here on Wednesday an interactive debate on democracy in the digital era and the threat to privacy and individual freedoms. The debate, held in the framework of the ongoing 132nd IPU Assembly in Vietnam’s capital […]
  • IPU-132: Democracy, privacy and individual freedoms touched - Vietnamplus | Apr 01, 2015 “Democracy in the digital era and the threat to privacy and individual freedoms” was the central theme during an interactive debate at the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132) on April 1. Held by the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, the debate was part of preparations for […]