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  • UN and US Must Press for Change in Vietnam - Posted: 02/05/2014 12:52 pm EST | Huffingtonpost By Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Southeast Asia Representative As Vietnam’s human rights record goes before a United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) today, Hanoi’s official delegation is necessarily on the diplomatic defensive. As with past presentations to the global body, Vietnamese officials will aim to distract attention from their suppressive […]
  • UN Human Rights Council urged to address deteriorating situation in Vietnam - 5 February 2014 ARTICLE 19 , PEN International  The following statement was issued on 4 February 2014, in advance of Viet Nam’s UPR process in Geneva.ARTICLE 19 and PEN International will urge the international community to address the increasingly severe crackdown on free speech in Viet Nam 4-5 February at the United Nations in Geneva. Rather than improving, the […]
  • ACCESS NOW: Vietnam under review at the Human Rights Council: Cyber attacks on civil society a key concern - 7:35pm | 4 February 2014 | by Deborah Brown, English Jon Fox contributed to this blog post. Amidst reports of declining human rights at home, Vietnam will appear before the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday for a review of its human rights record. Access, as part of a coalition of freedom of expression organizations, is urging […]
  • Government of Canada: Statement on Human Rights Situation in Vietnam - February 4, 2014 – The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights, today issued the following statement: “Canada welcomes progress made by Vietnam in recent years in areas such as economic growth and development. However, concerns remain—notably with regard to the civil, political and human rights situation […]
  • Viet Nam: four years of deteriorating human rights - Posted February 4th, 2014 by English PEN staff In 2013, English PEN launched a campaign for greater freedom of expression in Viet Nam. As part of the campaign, we joined a coalition of NGOs to submit a shadow report to the UNHRC. Today, colleagues from the coalition, PEN International and ARTICLE 19, are in Geneva to urge the international community to take […]
  • Viet Nam faces harsh rights critics in Geneva - February 4, 2014 by Ellen Wallace GenevaLunch.com UNHRC hearing comes as diplomat seeks asylum GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Viet Nam will face harsh criticism in its UPR, Universal Periodic Review, Wednesday 5 February at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The review takes place just after a weekend interview by a Geneva TV station of a […]
  • COMPLAINT LETTER ON PREVENTING PHAM CHI DUNG FROM GOING ABROAD -   To: His Excellency Nguyen Tan Dung – Prime Minister. Cc : His Excellency Pham Binh Minh – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Tran Dai Quang – Minister of Public Security. Ho Chi Minh City, February 5, 2014. After the exit blocked at Tan Son Nhat airport on Feb 1, 2014, […]
  • CÂU HỎI của HOA KỲ gửi đến CHÍNH PHỦ VN thông qua UPR 2014 - Bản dịch của [rollinglinks]Trang Thiên Long[/rollinglinks] (DTD)  Nghĩa vụ quốc tế: Trong năm 2009, Việt Nam đã đồng ý đưa luật báo chí của mình hòa với nghĩa vụ theo Điều 19 của Công ước Quốc tế về Quyền Dân sự và Chính trị (ICCPR), tuy nhiên, Việt Nam vẫn tiếp tục hạn chế tự do ngôn […]
  • Vietnamese diplomat seeks asylum in Switzerland - 03 Feb, 2014 | Channel News Asia A Vietnamese diplomat once posted at the country’s consulate in Geneva says he has sought political asylum in Switzerland, just days before a UN review of Vietnam’s human rights record. GENEVA: A Vietnamese diplomat once posted at the country’s consulate in Geneva said he has sought political asylum […]
  • Hanoi: jailed Catholic lawyer shows “strong faith” in the future of the Vietnamese people - 02/03/2014 16:12. Ahead of his appeal trial and on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Le Quoc Quan wrote a letter, appealing to friends, Catholics and others around the country. He is grateful for the support he has received and talks about his hope for peace and justice in Vietnam. However, each day in […]