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  • Man dies after 3 hours in police custody - VNRN | June 16, 2014 The day after an appellate court let two police officers walk free after causing the death of a jailed suspect, another man died in police custody in northern Nam Dinh province, adding further evidence that the police is allowing the use of deadly force with impunity against the people. The victim […]
  • Political prisoners transferred away from family - VNRN | June 16, 2014 Prisoners of conscience in Vietnam have been transferred away from their families, a pattern that has come to the fore with the most recent move of Le Quoc Quan (Lê Quốc Quân) from Hanoi to Quang Nam province 760km (470 miles) away. The transfer of the lawyer and democracy activist occurred “at […]
  • June 9 – June 15, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly: Vietnamese authorities harshly oppressed religion - Defend the Defenders | 16/6/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********9/6/2014********** The declaration of civil society organizations on the Vietnam independent Trade Union After the early June meeting, participating CSOs perceived the urgency of the establishment of an independent trade union in the context of Vietnam problematic economy. Trade union should be genuinely initiated and organized by workers, direct […]
  • Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 9/6 – 15/6/2014: Chính quyền mạnh tay khủng bố, đàn áp tôn giáo - Defend the Defenders | 16/6/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********9/6/2014********** Tuyên bố của các hội đoàn dân sự về Công đoàn độc lập Việt Nam Sau cuộc họp mặt vào đầu tháng 6/2014, các tổ chức XHDS tham gia nhận thấy việc thành lập một tổ chức công đoàn độc lập của công nhân là việc làm cấp […]
  • United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training - Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/457)] 66/137. United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training The General Assembly, Welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 16/1 of 23 March 2011, of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, 1. […]
  • Gia đình tù nhân lương tâm Đặng Xuân Diệu kêu cứu - Thanh Phương, RFI | 13/6/2014 Gia đình của thanh niên Công giáo Đặng Xuân Diệu kêu cứu về tình trạng của tù nhân lương tâm này, hiện đã tuyệt thực, nhịn đói 50 ngày. Đặng Xuân Diệu là một trong số 14 thanh niên Công giáo và Tin lành bị đưa ra xét xử trong […]
  • Vietnam hears blogger’s appeal in secret, affirms prison term - VNRN | June 13, 2014 The closed appeal affirmed the 15-month sentence against blogger Pham Viet Dao, 62, a former Vietnamese Communist Party member and government official. He had been convicted under Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal code for allegedly “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the State.” A week before, his wife and children […]
  • Campaign to combat child labour launches at the opening of 2014 Football World Cup - UN | Ha Noi, 11 June 2014  As billions of people prepare for the opening of the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in Brazil on 12 June, the International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN’s agency for the world of work, will launch its 2014 Red Card to Child Labour Campaign. With 168 million children […]
  • COMMUNIQUE OF THE FREE VIET LABOR FEDERATION - Viet Labor | June 12, 2014 June 9, 2014 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) proclaims itself to be a state built on a worker-peasant coalition but in reality it has betrayed the interests of these two largest groups in the population of Vietnam.  This can be witnessed in the millions of victims of land […]
  • Vietnam’s human rights effort nearly zero - VRNs | June 13, 2014 – Saigon Since the latest Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, from the beginning of this year up to now, the effort on Human Rights in Vietnam is nearly zero. On June 9th, Binh Duong Police attacked the Mennonite Protestant Church’s theology training establishment. The pastor Nguyen Manh Hung said: […]