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  • Vietnamese Labor Activist Jailed For Backing Strikes is Freed - RFA | 2014-06-27 No reason was given for the early release of Do Thi Minh Hanh, who was arrested in February 2010 along with two other activists before her imprisonment eight months later during which she suffered beatings at the hands of prison guards. “Hanh told us yesterday that the police would bring her home,” […]
  • Joint Statement: Call for an international legally binding instrument on human rights, transnational corporations and other business enterprises - Treaty Movement | 27 June. 2014 This statement has been endorsed by a wide alliance of international networks, organizations and social movements, listed below[1]. It represents the collective expression of a growing mobilization of global civil society calling for further enhancement of international legal standards to address corporate infringements of human rights. It welcomes the […]
  • Sentence against blogger upheld - VNS | 27 June, 2014 The court upheld the sentence given to Truong Duy Nhat on a charge of “abusing freedoms to infringe upon interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organisations and/or citizens”. The charges are stipulated under Clause 2, Article 258 of the Penal Code. According to the indictment […]
  • HRW: Torture is an ‘expanding scourge’ in Asia - Phil Robertson, HRW | JUNE 26, 2014 In several countries across Asia, torture is used on a regular basis. Bringing perpetrators to justice is notoriously hard, especially in nations where the practice is state-sanctioned, HRW’s Phil Robertson tells DW. Inflicting pain by using physical force, breaking people’s will, trying to annihilate their personality – those are […]
  • The Vietnamese priest-blogger fighting for religious freedom - PAOLO AFFATATO | Vatican Insider | 06/25/2014 ROME The campaign for human rights and religious freedom in Vietnam is gaining momentum on the web. “Almost 40 million people use the internet in Vietnam. The most efficient way to awaken  people’s awareness and evangelize is to create apps for smartphones and tablets – which are very popular tools – […]
  • Vietnam upholds 2-year jail term against blogger - BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | June 26 at 12:50 AM Truong Duy Nhat was convicted of “abusing democratic freedoms” to infringe upon the interests of the state in May last year. Lawyer Tran Vu Hai said Nhat maintained his innocence during the appeal hearing in central Danang City that lasted nearly two hours Thursday. Nhat was a […]
  • Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review- Vietnam 2014 - The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its eighteenth session from 27 January to 7 February 2014. The review of Viet Nam was held at the 16th meeting on 5 February 2014. The delegation of Viet Nam was headed by […]
  • Report highlights Vietnamese child labour - Ella Archibald-Binge, SBS | 24 JUN 2014 The study by Monash University and the children’s foundation Blue Dragon examined 57 households, of which almost three-quarters had sent at least one child to work in Saigon. Professor of law at Monash University Susan Kneebone was a leading researcher in the project. She says low-income families are promised […]
  • Civil Society Representatives Speak at the UNHRC - Vietnam UPR | June 24, 2014 9:44 am ⋅  In his speech, human rights lawyer Trinh Huu Long mentioned recent cases of suppression of voices of conscience in Vietnam, including the arrests of land activist Bui Thi Minh Hang and blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh [aka. Anh Ba Sam]. He also highlighted the government’s reprisals against activists engaged […]
  • Vietnam: Lawyer at risk - The Law Society of England and Wales | 23rd June 2014