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  • Vietnamese ‘Folk Hero’ Gets Five Years for Defending Farm - A court in northern Vietnam on Friday sentenced a former soldier-turned farmer and his family members up to five years in prison for putting up an armed fight against security forces who evicted them from their farm in a case highlighting public resentment over government land grabs. The Hai Phong People’s Court delivered unexpectedly “lenient” […]
  • Vietnamese Authorities’ Violations of Our Family’s Civil Liberties and Human Rights – Updated on Apr 4, 2013 - Dirty tricks of the communist security force again Huynh Thuc Vy – Tam Ky, Apr 4, 2013. At midnight on 3 April 2013, when my family was sleeping, my father heard the sound of a motorbike arriving at the house, near his sleeping place (his sleeping room lies next to the village road). Then, there […]
  • Declaration: Justice for Doan Van Vuon - Doan Van Vuon and relatives at the court (photo of TTXVN) (Translated by Doan Trang) Whereas, in the legal case of Doan Van Vuon (name in Vietnamese: Đoàn Văn Vươn), the local authority of Tien Lang (Tiên Lãng) district, Hai Phong (Hải Phòng) has committed a great many wrongdoings in performing “official duty”, violating the principle […]
  • Vietnamese Authorities’ Violations of Our Family’s Civil Liberties and Human Rights - Translated by Lê Anh Hùng (Defend the Defenders) Quang Nam, 31 Mar, 2013 I am Huynh Trong Hieu, aged 24, currently living in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam province; my home phone number is 05103858736. I shall present here those harassments that the Vietnamese authorities have inflicted upon our family so far. On 27 October 1992, my father, Huynh […]
  • News: VIETNAM: Fears for the health of imprisoned writer and activist. - RAN 14/13 28 March 2013 – PEN International is seriously concerned for the health of writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau, who is seriously ill and denied adequate medical care in the prison camp where he is serving a life-time sentence for his critical writings. PEN International protests his imprisonment, and demands his immediate and […]
  • Nghị quyết của Hội đồng Nhân quyền LHQ về Bảo vệ những người bảo vệ nhân quyền, ngày 15/3/2013 - United Nations – A/HRC/22/L.13 General Assembly Hội đồng Nhân quyền – Phiên họp thứ 22, ngày 15/3/2013 Cổ xúy và bảo vệ tất cả quyền con người, quyền dân sự, chính trị, kinh tế, xã hội và văn hóa, bao gồm cả quyền được phát triển. (Dự thảo) Bảo vệ những người bảo vệ nhân […]
  • UN expert urges Member States to strengthen legal protections for human rights workers - Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré 5 March 2013 – Member States must provide human rights defenders and activists with at least a “bare minimum” of a legal framework that enables them to work freely and effectively, a United Nations independent expert today urged. Speaking at the presentation of her […]
  • Nghị quyết mới của LHQ về Những người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền (HRHF phát biểu tại Hội đồng Nhân quyền) - Bản dịch của Lê Anh Hùng (Defend the Defenders) Ngày 1/3/2013 – Na Uy sẽ trình một bản nghị quyết mới nhằm bảo vệ những người bảo vệ nhân quyền ra trước phiên họp thứ 22 của Hội đồng Nhân quyền LHQ. Trong một cuộc gặp phi chính thức với các nhà nước và các […]
  • New UN Resolution on Human Rights Defenders (HRHF speaks at the Human Rights Council) - Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders – Norway will present a new resolution on protecting human rights defenders to the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council. In an informal meeting with States and NGOs in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations has already presented a draft resolution aiming at adressing the problem of legislation […]
  • UN Human Rights Council opens with call to strengthen international justice system - 25 February 2013 – As the main United Nations human rights body began its work today, senior UN officials stressed the importance of strengthening international processes that will monitor and prevent rights violations around the world as well as hold perpetrators accountable for their crimes. Addressing the opening of the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council in […]