ASIA/VIETNAM – Vietnamese NGO Report on human rights and religious freedom-Foreignaffairs | Feb 05, 2015 Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – A forum of 24 independent organizations has prepared and distributed a Report that draws attention regarding the human rights violations that occurred in Vietnam in 2014. The document includes abuse on freedom of religion or belief. The text sent to Agenzia Fides, reports “blatant, illegal and […]
China Asks Countries to not ‘Create Tension’ in South China Sea-USNI News | Jan 30, 2015 Chinese officials called on foreign countries to neither “create dissension” nor “create tension” in the South China Sea region, according to Friday remarks from a foreign ministry spokeswoman. “Countries outside this region should respect efforts made by countries in the region to maintain peace and stability,” said Hua Chunying. […]
Vietnam to Try Anti-China Activists while Beijing Threatens to Bring Back Oil Rig to East Sea-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jan 31, 2015 Vietnam’s authorities will hold a trial for three anti-China activists in a bid to silence local dissent while in the East Sea, Beijing has threatened to bring back its HYSY-981 oil rig to waters within the Vietnamese exclusive economic zone (EEZ). On Feb 12, one week prior […]
24 Vietnamese CSOs Report on Human Rights violation 2014 in Vietnam-Defend The Defenders | Jan 30, 2015 Vietnam, Jan 30, 2015 To: – NGOs’ submission to Human Rights Council – Mr. David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression – Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief – Mr. Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human […]
VIET NAM: MEMBER OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL & HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION 2014-Defend The Defenders | Jan 30, 2015 Whole one year passed, the declaration and the international commitments of the Vietnam government have become completely contrary by human rights violations that Former Prisoners of Conscience researched in this report. ==> Read the full text here
Vietnam: Tight Control of Critics, Democracy Advocates in 2014-HRW | Jan 29, 2015 (New York) – The human rights situation in Vietnamin 2014 continued to be characterized by one-party rule, politically motivated convictions, lack of labor rights, widespread police abuse, and an escalating land crisis, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015. The Vietnamese government kept tight control over freedom […]
Vietnam: Plainclothes Agents Target Rights Campaigners-VRNs | Jan 28, 2015 New York, USA – Bloggers Assaulted for Visiting Fellow Activist (New York, January 26, 2015) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately stop using violence against human rights campaigners, Human Rights Watch said today. In January 2015, leading bloggers were targeted by plainclothes agents and beaten. Human Rights Watch said the attacks violated basic […]
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