REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ SPEAKS OUT AGAINST VIETNAM AND TPP NEGOTIATIONS-Loretta Sanchez | Jul 9, 2014 WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, today joined leading members of Congress and activists to voice her opposition to Vietnam’s human rights abuses and the country’s role in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). At a press conference in front of the Capitol, members detailed […]
Foreign Affairs Committee Convenes Hearing on Human Rights in Southeast Asia-Chairman Ed Royce | JUL 9, 2014 Chairman Royce Opening Statement Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has convened a hearing to examine human rights in Southeast Asia. The hearing is entitled “Spotlighting Human Rights in Southeast Asia.” Live webcast of the hearing, as well as witness testimony, is […]
Vụ công an dùng nhục hình: Đề nghị khởi tố Viện trưởng VKSND TP Tuy Hòa-Baomoi | 9/7/2014 9 giờ 45 phút: Phiên tòa kết thúc phần tranh luận. HĐXX cho tạm dừng phiên tòa để nghị án. Tòa sẽ tiến hành tuyên án vào lúc 14 giờ chiều 9-7. 9 giờ 10 phút: Phiên tòa tiếp tục phần tranh luận. Đại diện VKSND tỉnh Phú Yên cho rằng Kiều […]
Xử phúc thẩm 5 CA đánh chết người: Siết chặt báo chí hơn-PLO | 8/7/2014 8g10 sáng nay, TAND tỉnh Phú Yên bắt đầu mở lại phiên xử phúc thẩm vụ 5 sĩ quan công an dùng nhục hình đánh chết anh Ngô Thanh Kiều (32 tuổi, ngụ thôn Mỹ Thuận Ngoài, xã Hòa Đồng, huyện Tây Hòa, Phú Yên). Thẩm phán Võ Nguyễn Tùng, Phó Chánh […]
Huỳnh Anh Trí: Light Through Darkness-Anton Lê Ngọc Thanh /Jasmine Tran (Danlambao) Translated | 7/7/2014 That’s my fate, but what will happen to my fellow friends in the prison? This was the question Trí asked me, after he received his HIV positive test results. And I can never forget that day: 28 May 2014. Huỳnh Anh Trí was born in 1971 in […]
RWB HAILS CREATION OF VIETNAM’S FIRST INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION-Reporters Without Borders | 7/7/2014 Reporters Without Borders hails the creation of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), the country’s first such organization. Its launch on 4 July in Ho Chi Minh City saw the biggest-ever gathering of journalists to promote freely reported and politically independent information. Well-known journalists are IJAVN members. Its president, Pham Chi Dung, […]
June 30- July 6 Defender’s Weekly: Independent Journalist Association of Vietnam Debuts-Defend the Defenders | 07/07/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********30/6/2014********** A Vietnamese civil delegation works in Poland to promote democracy and human rights in Vietnam. After finishing their sessions in Geneva and Brussels on June 26, four members named Dr. Nguyen Quang A, lawyer Trinh Huu Long, blogger Bui Cac and lawyer Nguyen Thi Vy Hanh representing Vietnamese […]
Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 30/6 – 06/7/2014: Hội Nhà Báo Độc Lập ra đời-Defend the Defenders | 7/7/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********30/6/2014********** Phái đoàn dân sự Việt Nam vận động tại Ba Lan. Chiều tối ngày 26/6, sau khi kết thúc những ngày làm việc tại Geneva và Brussels, 4 thành viên đại diện cho các tổ chức dân sự non trẻ của Việt Nam đã đặt chân tới Ba […]
Lawfare or Warfare?: History, International Law and Geo-Strategy-Carl Thayer | The Diplomat July 04, 2014 The workshop organizers could not have foreseen that the conference would be held under the shadow of a crisis in China-Vietnam relations caused by Beijing’s placement in early May of a mega oil drilling platform in disputed waters near the Paracels but lying within Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone. […]
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