A speech from an absent invited-Blog Nhucaytrevn | 30/7/2014 The following is a written statement I sent to the Seminar in place of my absence. Pham Hong Son ___ We may be confused with this question: How have the rights to freedom of speech and expression in Vietnam evolved in the last decade? Here is my brief attempt: Firstly, we can […]
Open letter: EU negotiations with Vietnam, DG Trade called on to carry out HRIA-FIDH | 28 July 2014 Commissioner for Trade, Mr De Gucht,Brussels, 4 July 2014 Open letter: EU negotiations with Vietnam, DG Trade called on to carry out HRIA Dear Commissioner, FIDH has consistently denounced the lack of implementation of the EU commitments to duly proceed to human rights impact assessments (HRIA) when launching trade and investment agreement negotiations. Through various […]
July 21-27 Defender’s Weekly: Vietnamese activists have been barred from meeting with UN Special rapporteur on religious freedom-Defend the Defenders | 28/7/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********21/7/2014********** Policemen in communes, wards are empowered to conduct initial investigations? One controversial proposal in a draft law on Organization of crime investigating agency of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has empowered policemen in the grassroot level to conduct initial investigations in criminal cases in their localities. Truong Quoc […]
What government leaders of Vietnam ordered to prevent citizens from meeting UN Rapporteur?-Author: Pham Chi Dung Translated by [rollinglinks]Trang Thien Long[/rollinglinks] Defend the Defender Tell the World July 27, 2014. On July 25, Mr. Heiner Biederfeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion arrived HCM city to meet a number of religious leaders and witnesses to verify how the nature of the “Vietnam accepted the recommendations […]
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