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  • Vietnamese Christian Lawyer Fears Leaving Home After Attack - Christiansincrisis | Mar 18, 2015 HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)– A Vietnamese Christian rights lawyer and Protestant church leader has been attacked when he left his home in Hanoi following years of house arrest and imprisonment, activists have told BosNewsLife. Nguyen Van Dai fears to leave his home following the attacked by “thugs” on March 5 and March […]
  • United States Assumes Chair of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Initiative - STATE | Mar 18, 2015 On March 18, 2015, the United States assumed the Chairmanship of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) Initiative at the closing of this year’s Annual Plenary Meeting in London. In the VPs Initiative, governments, companies and non-governmental organizations work together to guide oil, gas, and mining companies […]
  • Hanoi Police to Probe Individuals Disrupting Gac Ma Commemoration - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 18, 2015 Hanoi’s police will launch an investigation into spontaneous individuals who tried to stop  a group of several hundreds of activists to commemorate the fallen soldiers killed in Gac Ma (Johnson South Reef) in the city’s center last Saturday, said Major General Nguyen Duc Chung, head of the […]
  • Two More Hanoi-based Activists Beaten by Thugs - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 18, 2015 Two Hanoi-based activists have been attacked by thugs after visiting land petitioners in Duong Noi, according to the Facebook page of Mr. Vu Manh Hung, a human rights activist in the Vietnamese capital city. On Wednesday morning, Mr. Son Tien and Mr. Ha Thanh went to Duong […]
  • Vietnam Govt Delays Draft Law on Demonstration until Late 2016 - By KTT | Mar 17, 2015 Vietnam’s government would submit a draft law on demonstration to the National Assembly (NA), the country’s highest legislative body, in late 2016, instead of the coming plenary meeting in May 2015. The Ministry of Justice proposed the NA extend time for the submission for one year and a half […]
  • Christian in Vietnam Attacked While Under House Arrest - cnmnewz | Mar 16, 2015 3/16/2015 Vietnam (csw)-Vietnamese human rights lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai has reported that his home in Hanoi was attacked by “thugs” on 5 and 6 March. Lawyer Dai is reportedly unable to leave his home because he fears he will be attacked by “thugs” and security officers. On 5 […]
  • Abbott has a habit of honouring authoritarians. Will Vietnam be different? - Theguardian | Mar 17, 2015 When Australian prime minister Tony Abbott meets his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung in Canberra this week will he simply praise Vietnam’s economic progress while staying silent about its deplorable human rights situation? It’s all too likely. After all, the Australian government has made a habit of honouring countries like Cambodia, […]
  • Nguyen Van Dai Harassed Following Release - Viet Tan | Mar 16, 2015 Vietnamese human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was harassed and threatened by security officers outside his home on Sunday morning following his recent release from house arrest. He was also threatened the previous week by individuals who shouted profanity while he was being greeted by guests. In the latest […]
  • Vietnamese authorities threaten to tear down a church and expel its priest - Asianews | Mar 16, 2015 Kon Tum (AsiaNews) – Fear still prevails among Catholics who attend a makeshift church in Dak Jak, Kon Tum, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. For several weeks, provincial authorities have been trying to get rid of the structure and expel the local priest. On 7 January, the local government […]
  • Capital Judgment against Ho Duy Hai not Firm: Vietnam Legislator Nga - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 17, 2015 The final judgment against Ho Duy Hai who is sentenced to death for accusation of murdering two post staff is not firm, said Le Thi Nga, vice chairwoman of the Legal Committee under Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly (NA). Speaking at an interpellation of Vietnam’s Chief of […]