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  • Vietnam Human Rights Defender Barred from Attending Int’l Conference in Sweden, Passport Confiscated - Vu Quoc Ngu | April 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) On April 3, Mr. Ha, a member of the unsanctioned pro-democracy Brotherhood of Democracy, was held by Vietnam’s security forces in the airport when she planned to take a domestic flight to the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport  where she will […]
  • A brief statement by genuine Vietnamese civil society organizations - Defend The Defenders | Apr 4, 2015 I- First of all, we recognize the important and indispensible role of ASEAN independent civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting prosperity, stability, and democratization for every ASEAN member nation and for all the people of ASEAN. We also regard dictatorial regimes and their “government-organized non-governmental organizations” (GONGOs) are […]
  • Tuyên bố của các tổ chức XHDS độc lập ở Việt Nam - Defend The Defenders | 4/4/2015 I- Trước hết, chúng tôi công nhận vai trò quan trọng và không thể thiếu của các  tổ chức xã hội dân sự độc lập ASEAN đối với sự thịnh vượng, ổn định và tính dân chủ của mỗi quốc gia thành viên ASEAN, cũng như đối với toàn thể […]
  • Vietnam Human Rights Defender Kidnapped, Beaten on Her Way to Meet Foreign Lawmakers - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 04, 2015 Ha Nam province-based activist Tran Thi Nga, a member of the unsanctioned The Vietnam Women for Human Rights, was kidnapped and severely beaten by local security agents on March 31 when she tried to go to Hanoi where she was invited to meet foreign legislators who attended […]
  • HCM City-based Human Rights Activist not Allowed to Go Out During IPU-132 - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 04, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City-based human rights activist Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh was barred from Vietnam’s security forces from going out during the time when the communist nation hosted the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) which was held in the capital city of Hanoi on March 28-April 1. Mr. […]
  • Vietnam May Grant Greater Rights for Crime Suspects - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 03, 2015 Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has made draft amendments to criminal justice procedures that give crime suspects more rights during interrogation, including the right to remain silent. The move came at a time when several cases of wrongful conviction have been drawing a great public concerns, state media […]
  • Bùi Tín – Nhân quyền ở thời điểm quyết định - Bùi Tín Tác giả gửi tới Dân Luận Có mặt tại cuộc họp, trên ghế chủ tọa có nhà nghiên cứu Murray Hiebert, từng là phóng viên kỳ cựu của tuần báo Far Eastern Economic Review, rất am hiểu Đông Nam Á, Việt Nam, nay là Phó Giám đốc CSIS; bên phải ông là Đại […]
  • ‘Phong trào công nhân VN đã trưởng thành’ - BBC | 3/4/2015 Trao đổi tại cuộc Tọa đàm Bàn tròn hôm thứ Năm, 02/4/2015 của BBC Việt ngữ với chủ đề ‘Đình công của công nhân Việt Nam’ nhân vụ đình công của hàng chục nghìn công nhân ở Tân Tạo, TP. Hồ Chí Minh vừa diễn ra, chuyên gia chính sách pháp luật, […]
  • Vietnam meets demands to end strike in Nike, Adidas factory - Oregonlive | Apr 02, 2015 Workers at a major Vietnamese footwear factory for Nike and Adidas ended a weeklong strike Thursday after the government agreed to their demands on retirement payouts. The stoppage by thousands of workers at the Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen factory in southern Ho Chi Minh City was a rare challenge to communist […]
  • Asian leaders gather in Vietnam to discuss role of parliamentarians in child health, nutrition - News Medical | Apr 02, 2015 Leaders and parliamentarians from Asian countries will gather today to recognize the vital role of parliamentarian leaders in advancing child nutrition and development. Following the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary (IPU) Assembly, UNICEF and Alive & Thrive will co-host The Role of Parliamentarians in the Fulfillment of Child’s Rights to Nutrition and […]