Vietnam reiterates commitment to empowering women-Vietnamplus | Mar 03, 2015 Vietnam has reiterated its commitment to the strategic goals set by the Beijing Plan of Actions on empowering women at the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) which opened in New York on March 9. In a speech at the session, the head of Vietnam’s […]
Human Rights Council starts interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief-OHCHR | Mar 10, 2015 Concludes Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on Human Rights Defenders The Human Rights Council today started its interactive dialogue with Heiner Bielefeldt, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture and […]
Vietnam: UN expert’s report raises concerns about legal, administrative restriction on religious freedom featured-Assistnews | Mar 10, 2015 VIETNAM (ANS – March 10, 2015) — In his report presented to the UN Human Rights Council today (Tuesday, March 10, 2015) the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief “identifies positive developments but also a number of serious problems” concerning religious freedom in Vietnam, including legal and administrative […]
Vietnam Supreme Court to Hold Appeal for Four Cops Charged of Killing Suspect-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 10, 2015 The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam will hold an appeal on March 16 against four police officers in Hanoi who are accused of beating to death a suspect at a police station, state media reported. According to the allegation, Hoang Ngoc Tuyen, deputy police head and three […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly March 2-8- Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai Harassed after His House Arrest Ends-Defenders’ Weekly | Mar 08, 2015 *********2/3/2015********** Artist Nguyen Anh and Her Friends Launch “We March for Freedom” campaign in Europe Ms. Nguyet Anh and some her artist-friends will launch a campaign titled “We March for Freedom” for two weeks in a number of European countries with aim to alert foreign countries about violations of […]
Vietnam Police Minister to Visit U.S. Despite Increasing Political Crackdown-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 09, 2015 Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang will visit the U.S. soon although the communist government has intensified political crackdown against local dissent and outspoken bloggers, according to Reuters. However, Reuters has not specified the timetable for the visit of General Quang, who oversees a police […]
Vietnam consults on issues to be discussed by IPU committee-Vietnamnet | Mar 08, 2015 A seminar was held on March 6 to seek consultation on issues to be tabled for discussion by the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights’ (SCDHR) at the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132), to be held in Hanoi between March 28 and April 1. Recommendations from government […]
Vietnam attends UN debate on human rights, climate change-Vietnamplus | Mar 07, 2015 Vietnam always places her people in the cornerstone of every policy related to climate change, especially the national climate change response strategy, a Vietnamese representative addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s session on climate change and human rights in Geneva, Switzerland on March 6. Vietnam is coping with numerous […]
Apartment of Well-known Activist Attacked after House Arrest Expires-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 07, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) The private apartment of Nguyen Van Dai, an well-known human rights activist in Hanoi, was attacked on Mar 6, on the same day his four-year house arrest expired, according to his facebook account. Lawyer Dai, who was served his four-year imprisonment between 2007 and […]
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