Vietnam cracks down on Christians as Easter nears-By JULIA A. SEYMOUR – Worldmag | April 1, 2014 AsiaNews reported that Vietnamese prisoners of conscience, who often are jailed for speaking out for democracy, free speech, or religious rights, suffer from physical and spiritual neglect. Authorities would not give Catholic blogger Maria Tạ Phong Tần a Bible from her relatives, according to AsiaNews. Tần, who is imprisoned for “anti-state propaganda,” […]
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES ROLE OF JOURNALISTS COVERING PROTESTS-RSF | 1 APRIL 2014 Reporters Without Borders hails the resolution on “the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests” that UN Human Rights Council adopted on 28 March. It recognizes and endorses the essential role journalists play in covering demonstrations and condemns the harassment and attacks they often suffer […]
Human human rights council: states must protect rights during protests-ARTICLE 19 | 31 Mar 2014 ARTICLE 19 welcomes the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) of a significant resolution calling on States to promote and protect human rights in the context of peaceful protests. “This resolution is a timely response to widespread violations of fundamental human rights we have witnessed during protests in […]
Mar 10-Mar 16 Defenders’ Weekly: Increasing repression against prisoners of conscience-Defenders ‘ Weekly | Mar 10-Mar 16, 2014 summarized as follows: **********Mar 10, 2014********** FVPoC and VNWHR’s aids to victims of HR abuses FVPoC and VNWHR offered financial assistance to three families of the victims who were arrested illegally in Lap Vo, Dong Thap province. Each family including Bui Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh and […]
Tuần tin Người BVNQ 10/03 – 16/03: Gia tăng đàn áp các tù nhân lương tâm-Defenders’ Weekly | Tuần lễ 10/03 – 16/03 tóm lược như sau: **********Ngày 10/3/2014********** Hội CTNLT và Hội PNNQ trao quà chia sẻ cho 3 gia đình các nạn nhân trong vụ Công an bắt giữ người trái phép ở Lấp Vò – Đồng Tháp Sáng 09 – 03 – 2014, tại văn phòng Công Lý […]
Tạm dừng cấp phép thành lập cơ quan báo chí-Hương Thu,Vnexpress | 10/3/2014 Bộ Thông tin và Truyền thông sẽ tạm dừng cấp phép thành lập các cơ quan báo chí, đồng thời rà soát giảm bớt những báo hoạt động không đúng tôn chỉ mục đích. ‘Báo điện tử sẽ là loại hình truyền thông chủ lực’ Tại Hội nghị giao ban quản lý nhà […]
FVPOC protests the illegal detention of innocent residents in Thuan Nam -Ninh Thuan province and Duong Noi in capital city of Hanoi-FVPoC | 31/03/2014 Translation by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu [/rollinglinks](Defend The Defenders) Tell The World Vietnam should revoke all projects which involve land seizure and cause environment pollution. The communist government must immediately release all detained residents in the two localities. All state officials and police officers which violated law should be punished strictly. The Former Vietnamese […]
Visiting a special member – Prisoner of the Century Nguyen Huu Cau-FVPOC | 29 Mar 2014 Translated by [rollinglinks]Le Anh Hung[/rollinglinks] (Defend The Defenders) Tell The World Mr Nguyen Huu Cau tells us about the bizarre verdict imposed upon him which made him a prisoner for 32 years, even longer than Nelson Mandela under apartheid regime. He recalls his friends, those prisoners of conscience who lived with […]
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