UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on prevention of genocide-Panorama | Mar 28, 2015 On March 27, The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on the prevention of genocide, which was introduced by the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations (UN), the Armenian Weekly reports. The resolution on the prevention of genocide (A/HRC/28/L.25) recommends that the General Assembly designate […]
Letter of apology from blogger Me Nam to German Embassy and Bundestag Delegation-Danlambao | Mar 28, 2015 Dear Mr. Felix Schwartz, Political Officer at the German Embassy in Vietnam, Dear Professor Norbert Lammert, President of the Bundestag, My name is Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh. I am writing to apologise to you for failing to attend the meeting in Hanoi with the Delegation of the Bundestag on Sunday, […]
Hanoi University Lecturers May Be Fined for Opining about Tree Felling-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 27, 2015 A number of lecturers of the Vietnam Forest University (VFU) may be disciplined for their opinions on the massive felling of street trees in the capital city of Hanoi, according to the university’s website. In his order posted on the VFU’s website, Rector Tran Van Chu has […]
Human Rights Council creates mandate of Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy-OHCHR | Mar 26, 2015 Adopts Three Other Texts on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the Right to Work, and the Effects of Terrorism on Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions in which it created the mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy and […]
Trio of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike Over Missing Cellmate-RFA | Mar 25, 2015 Three prominent political prisoners in Vietnam on hunger strike for nearly a week say they will not end their protest until authorities inform them of the whereabouts of a fellow inmate, according to the mother of one of the activists, who expressed concerns about their health. Dinh Nguyen Kha, Dang […]
Thugs Attack Prominent Vietnamese Leader of Mennonite Church-RFA | Mar 25, 2015 The leader of the unregistered Vietnam Evangelical Mennonite Church along with his son and a church pastor were attacked by thugs on Wednesday in the facility they rent for worship services in a town north of Ho Chi Minh City. The attack on Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, his son Nguyen […]
UN in talks with Cambodia, Vietnam over Montagnard asylum seekers-ucanews | Mar 25, 2015 The United Nations’ refugee agency met this week with representatives of the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments to “discuss solutions” to the recent influx of Montagnard asylum seekers,with repatriation touted as a possible answer, the Post has learned. Vivian Tan, regional spokeswoman for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for […]
Vietnam May Remove Seven Crimes from Capital Punishment List-By KTT | Mar 25, 2015 Vietnam’s lawmakers have discussed to remove seven crimes from death penalty list in a bid to promote the humanity in the country, state media reported Wednesday. Members of the Justice Committee under the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, wanted to drop from the draft amendment to the […]
Vietnam considers scrapping death penalty for seven crimes-Tuoitrenews | Mar 25, 2015 The abolition of the death penalty has been proposed for seven crimes under the current Penal Code, Deputy Minister of Justice Dinh Trung Tung said in a seminar on Tuesday, citing an amendment to the code. >> Justice ministry propounds reduction of death penalty Meanwhile, another amendment has been proposed […]
Vietnam wants full lifting of US arms embargo; Washington seeks more progress on human rights- Foxbusiness | Mar 24, 2015 WASHINGTON – Vietnam wants the U.S. to lift fully an embargo on arms sales that was eased last year, but Washington is calling for more progress by the communist-governed nation on improving human rights, their respective ambassadors said Tuesday. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the resumption of […]
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