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  • US COMMISSION CALLS FOR FULL RECOGNITION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - Freedomdeclared | May 12, 2015 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2015 Annual Report last month. This year’s report, the 16th since the Commission’s creation in 1998, documents religious freedom violations in 33 countries, makes country-specific recommendations, and assesses the U.S. government’s implementation of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). “Not […]
  • Catholics mourn the death of Mgr Van Nghi, defender of religious freedom in Vietnam - Asia News | May 12, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews/EDA) – Vietnam’s Catholic Church is mourning the death of Mgr Nicolas Huynh Van Nghi, retired bishop of Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan province, southern Vietnam. Local sources said that the prelate died peacefully on 6 May at the age of 88, after spending a lifetime […]
  • Vietnamese editor faces anti-state charges for reporting on corruption - CPJ | May 13, 2015 Bangkok–Authorities in Vietnam today levied anti-state charges against a former news editor who published reports on official corruption, according to news reports. The accusations mark a trend of legal harassment against journalists who probe sensitive corruption issues in Vietnam, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. “We call on Vietnam to […]
  • Vietnam to Prosecute Former Editor Following Reports of Official Graft - RFA | May 12, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam will pursue charges against an editor who was stripped of his credentials after his newspaper ran several articles exposing cases of alleged corruption, according to an official statement. The Public Security Department announced Monday that it plans to prosecute Kim Quoc Hoa, the former editor-in-chief of Nguoi […]
  • Social Activist Beaten as US Rights Envoy Visits Vietnam - VOA | May 12, 2015 A Vietnamese dissident known for leading anti-Chinese and environmental protests says he was attacked by a group of unidentified men allegedly linked to the authorities. Anh Chi told VOA’s Vietnamese Service he was hit Monday with a metal pipe without provocation near his home in Hanoi. Photos of his bloodied […]
  • Vietnam Legislators Propose No Referenda for Sensitive Issues - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 13, 2015 Some Vietnamese legislators have proposed that no referenda would be held for sensitive issues in the draft law on referendum which is being discussed by the Standing Committee of Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA), state media reported. Speaking at the 38th session of the committee, Ksor Phuoc, chairman […]
  • U.S. Ambassador, HRW Urged to Probe Brutal Attack against Vietnamese Activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 13, 2015 Vietnam-origin Senator Janet Nguyen from California has called on U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius to Vietnam and the New York-based Human Rights Watch to conduct an investigation into a brutal attack against Hanoi-based activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen. Mr. Tuyen, a famous political dissident and human rights activist in […]
  • Vietnam Police Officers Charged for Torturing Suspects during Murder Case - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 13, 2015 Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has criminally prosecuted two police officers in the southern province of Soc Trang who allegedly tortured and forced innocent men to accept their responsibility in a murder case. Nguyen Hoang Quan, 38, and Trieu Tuan Hung, 34, chief investigators were charged with using […]
  • Vietnam Policeman Disciplined after Firing Rubber Bullets at Traffic Violator - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 13, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s central city of Thanh Hoa have disciplined a local police officer who fired rubber bullets at a traffic violator, state media reported. According to the decision of Colonel Le Van Nghiem, head of the city’s police department, Lieutenant Hoang Manh Trung was warned and […]
  • Vietnam Former Newspaper Editor Prosecuted for Official Graft Reports - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 13, 2015 Vietnam’s police have decided to prosecute Mr. Kinh Quoc Hoa, former editor-in-chief of outspoken Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) newspaper which ran a number of articles unveiling alleged corruption of many senior officials, state media reported. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Public Security, Mr. […]