Vietnam Continues to Suppress Activists, Showing No Progress in Human Rights- By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jan 22, 2015 Vietnam has showed no progress in human rights protection as local authorities continue to hire mobs to attack religious clerks and social activists, said Hanoi-based observers. Last Sunday afternoon, Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and his assistant were beaten by unknown assailants near Ho Chi Minh […]
Vietnamese Activists Allege Police Brutality After Visiting Dissident-VOA | Jan 21, 2015 Thirteen Vietnamese social activists say they were attacked by police and taken into custody after visiting recently freed dissident Tran Anh Kim. One activist, 80-year-old Nguyen Thanh Giang, tells VOA’s Vietnamese service the incident in northern Thai Binh province highlights an alarming trend of police brutality. “The reason of the […]
Vietnamese Pastor Brutally Beaten, Hospitalized-CBN | Jan 21, 2015 Urgent prayer is needed for Vietnamese Mennonite Pastor Quang. He and an associate pastor were brutally beaten last Sunday afternoon by unknown assailants near their Bible college in Ho Chi Minh City. According to VOM Australia, both pastors were attacked “without provocation” by five men who used “bricks and rocks […]
Thư Kêu gọi đồng hành lên án vi phạm nhân quyền 2014 tại VN-FVPOC | Cập nhật 21/01/2015 Kính gửi: Quý Tổ chức xã hội dân sự trong và ngoài nước Kính thưa Quí Vị! Sau khi giành được ghế trong Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hiệp Quốc nhà cầm quyền Hà Nội vẫn tiếp tục vi phạm […]
EU Must Pressure Vietnam on Human Rights During Upcoming Dialogue-Freeforallblog | Jan 16, 2015 The European Union (EU) should use upcoming talks with Vietnam to demand that Hanoi urgently address serious human rights violations, rights groups said Friday. TheInternational Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) made the call ahead of the fifth EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, which is […]
EU, Vietnam discuss human rights-Praguepost | Jan 20, 2015 In Brussels on Jan. 19, the European Union and Vietnam held the fourth round of their annual enhanced Dialogue on Human Rights in the spirit of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed in June 2012. The EU delegation was led by Ugo Astuto, director for South and South […]
REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ DISCUSSES VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WITH NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR-Lorettasanchez | Jan 13, 2015 WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, today spoke with Ted Osius, the recently appointed U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam. During the call Rep. Sanchez emphasized the need for human rights reforms before closer economic ties like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Specifically, Rep. Sanchez called […]
Chinese Police Kill 2 Uighurs Fleeing to Vietnam, Reports Say-Nytimes | Jan 19, 2015 HONG KONG — The Chinese police shot and killed two members of the Uighur ethnic minority trying to flee into Vietnam after members of their group resisted arrest with knives, the state-run news media reported on Monday. The clash came after the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said it had […]
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