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 […]
Kết luận điều tra vụ án Bùi Thị Minh Hằng-DanLuan | 26/7/2014 Sau 5 tháng giam giữ, hết điều tra tại công an Huyện Lấp Vò, rồi chuyển lên điều tra tại công an Tỉnh Đồng Tháp để cuối cùng ra một bản kết luận điều tra vụ án là: Ba công dân Bùi Thị Minh Hằng, Nguyễn Văn Minh và Nguyễn Thị Thúy […]
Vietnam Puts Dissidents Under House Arrest Amid UN Envoy’s Visit-RFA | 26/7/2014 Some of the dissidents said they were prevented from leaving their homes in Ho Chi Minh city while others said they were harassed or threatened by government security agents when they went out to do their daily chores. United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt arrived in the capital Hanoi on July 21 […]
Media Censorship in Vietnam-Written by Pham Doan Trang | Asia Sentinel THU,24 JULY 2014 Although The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications says media agencies are steadily increasing, the hidden fact is that all of these media outlets are controlled by the government in various forms. But they are fighting a losing battle against hundreds of people who are […]
Australia – Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue-HRW | JULY 24, 2014 The Vietnamese government continues to systematically suppress freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Independent writers, bloggers, and rights activists who question government policies, expose official corruption, or call for democratic alternatives to one-party rule are routinely placed under intrusive police surveillance. Critics face multiple forms of police harassment, including intimidation […]
Australia: Press Vietnam to Respect Rights-HRW | 24/7/2014 (Sydney) – Australia should use the upcoming Australia-Vietnam human rights dialogue to press the Vietnamese government to make concrete and measurable improvements in its abysmal human rights record. These include promptly releasing all political prisoners and ending restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, association, and religion. The 11th rights dialogue between the […]
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