Police in Hue harass and seize property of Buddhist youth leader Le Cong Cau-PTTPGQT | Apr 20, 2015 PARIS, IBIB – The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) received an appeal today from Le Cong Cau, Head of the Buddhist Youth Movement and Secretary-general of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). He reports that Security Police broke into his home in Hue, harassed and threatened him, and confiscated […]
Hanoi-based Green Activist Severely Beaten by Thugs-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 22, 2015 Trinh Anh Tuan, a Hanoi-based environmental activist has been brutally attacked by plainclothes agents, with a number of severe injuries in his hands and head, according to local social network. Mr. Tuan, an admin member of a For Green Hanoi, a campaign to protest the city’s plan […]
Vietnamese Netizens Are Getting Bolder Online, Despite Tough Laws-Globalvoices | Apr 21, 2015 Despite serious restrictions on free expression in Vietnam, a growing number of citizens are actively using online networks to express their views on social and political issues. Vietnam has a population of 93 million and an Internet user base of almost 40 million. There are more than 30 million active […]
Testimony Regarding the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam in Canada’s House of Commons-Viet Tan | Apr 22, 2015 Mr. Scott Reid, Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights, Distinguished Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen. First, I would like to thank the Subcommittee on International Human Rights for holding this meeting and for providing me the opportunity to speak about Human Rights Situation in Vietnam. At […]
Vietnam Pro-democracy Leader Held under House Arrest ahead of Group Establishment-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 21, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have declared that they will not allow lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, a prominent pro-democracy figure, to go out this week to meet with other activists to commemorate the second anniversary of the Brotherhood of Democracy. On Monday, four days ahead […]
Vietnam Republican Party Founder Investigated for Allegation of Causing Public Disorders-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 21, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has officially announced that they are holding Mr. Nguyen Viet Dung, the leader and founder of the newly-established Republican Party of Vietnam, to investigate for allegation of causing public disorders. In their writen document dated April 13 sent to Mr. […]
Asylum seekers returned to Vietnam by Australian Navy had claims assessed at sea, UNHCR says-ABC | Apr 21, 2015 The United Nations refugee agency has revealed a group of Vietnamese asylum seekers had their claims assessed at sea before being returned home by the Australian Navy. The group of 46 asylum seekers were returned by the Navy to Vietnam, and the UNHCR said they were subject to a screening […]
Vietnamese blogger Mother Mushroom gets Civil Rights Defender of the Year award 2015-Thoolen | Apr 20, 2015 Stockholm-based Civil Rights Defenders announced earlier this month that its Civil Rights Defender of the Year award for 2015 has gone to Ms. Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh. She is Coordinator for the Vietnamese Bloggers Network and well-known for her use of social media to speak out against injustices and human rights abuses […]
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