VIETNAM: UN EXPERT’S REPORT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM-Assistnews | Mar 11, 2015 In his report presented to the UN Human Rights Council today (Tuesday, March 10, 2015) the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief “identifies positive developments but also a number of serious problems” concerning religious freedom in Vietnam, including legal and administrative restrictions and a “generally dismissive, negative […]
Freedom of Religion or Belief in South East Asia-GOV | Mar 12, 2015 A case study from the 2014 Human Rights and Democracy Report Whilst South East Asia remains a highly diverse and mostly tolerant region, there were some worrying signs of increased discrimination against religious minorities in 2014. Malaysia also saw growing concerns over religious freedom in 2014, including moves to stop […]
RSF unblocked 9 censored sites-RSF| Mar 12. 2015 Collateral Freedom: how we thwart censorship In an original initiative designed to circumvent website blocking by governments that violate human rights, Reporters Without Borders is using the technique known as mirroring to duplicate the censored sites and place the copies on the servers of Internet giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google. In […]
UN Religious Freedom Expert presents report to the Human Rights Council on country visit to Vietnam-VCHR | Mar 11, 2015 GENEVA, 11.3.2015 (Vietnam Committee) – Speaking at the 28th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 10-11 March, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Heiner Bielefeldt presented his report on his mission to Vetnam from 21 – 31 July 2014. Whilst observing […]
Vietnam reiterates commitment to empowering women-Vietnamplus | Mar 03, 2015 Vietnam has reiterated its commitment to the strategic goals set by the Beijing Plan of Actions on empowering women at the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) which opened in New York on March 9. In a speech at the session, the head of Vietnam’s […]
Human Rights Council starts interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief-OHCHR | Mar 10, 2015 Concludes Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on Human Rights Defenders The Human Rights Council today started its interactive dialogue with Heiner Bielefeldt, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture and […]
Vietnam: UN expert’s report raises concerns about legal, administrative restriction on religious freedom featured-Assistnews | Mar 10, 2015 VIETNAM (ANS – March 10, 2015) — In his report presented to the UN Human Rights Council today (Tuesday, March 10, 2015) the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief “identifies positive developments but also a number of serious problems” concerning religious freedom in Vietnam, including legal and administrative […]
Vietnam Supreme Court to Hold Appeal for Four Cops Charged of Killing Suspect-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 10, 2015 The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam will hold an appeal on March 16 against four police officers in Hanoi who are accused of beating to death a suspect at a police station, state media reported. According to the allegation, Hoang Ngoc Tuyen, deputy police head and three […]
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