COMPLAINT LETTER ON PREVENTING PHAM CHI DUNG FROM GOING ABROAD- To: His Excellency Nguyen Tan Dung – Prime Minister. Cc : His Excellency Pham Binh Minh – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Tran Dai Quang – Minister of Public Security. Ho Chi Minh City, February 5, 2014. After the exit blocked at Tan Son Nhat airport on Feb 1, 2014, […]
CÂU HỎI của HOA KỲ gửi đến CHÍNH PHỦ VN thông qua UPR 2014-Bản dịch của [rollinglinks]Trang Thiên Long[/rollinglinks] (DTD) Nghĩa vụ quốc tế: Trong năm 2009, Việt Nam đã đồng ý đưa luật báo chí của mình hòa với nghĩa vụ theo Điều 19 của Công ước Quốc tế về Quyền Dân sự và Chính trị (ICCPR), tuy nhiên, Việt Nam vẫn tiếp tục hạn chế tự do ngôn […]
Vietnamese diplomat seeks asylum in Switzerland-03 Feb, 2014 | Channel News Asia A Vietnamese diplomat once posted at the country’s consulate in Geneva says he has sought political asylum in Switzerland, just days before a UN review of Vietnam’s human rights record. GENEVA: A Vietnamese diplomat once posted at the country’s consulate in Geneva said he has sought political asylum […]
Hanoi: jailed Catholic lawyer shows “strong faith” in the future of the Vietnamese people-02/03/2014 16:12. Ahead of his appeal trial and on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Le Quoc Quan wrote a letter, appealing to friends, Catholics and others around the country. He is grateful for the support he has received and talks about his hope for peace and justice in Vietnam. However, each day in […]
Pen International: Vietnam: Journalist Barred From Travel to UN Rights Review-(London, 2 February 2014) News that journalist Pham Chi Dung has been banned from travelling to the UN human rights review of Vietnam to be held in Geneva on Wednesday highlights the ongoing severe restrictions on freedom of expression in the country, PEN International said today. Pham was due to conduct advocacy with PEN International at […]
Summary of stakeholders’ information – Vietnam UPR 2014-Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Eighteenth session Geneva, 27 January – 7 February 2014 Summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution […]
UN Watch: Vietnam blocks journalist from attending UN review of its human rights record-GENEVA, February 2, 2014 – Pham Chi Dung, a respected independent journalist and civil society advocate, was blocked by Vietnamese authorities from leaving the country yesterday evening to attend events in Geneva during the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Vietnam. He was to be a featured speaker at a UPR side event […]
Vietnam UPR 2014 – Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights-Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Eighteenth session 27 January–7 February 2014 Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 […]
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Giang: the 18th session of the UN Human Rights Council UPR for Vietnam-Lady and Gentlemen, I’m a 78 years old Geophysicist currently living in Hanoi. I’m not a politician. My main task at the time was to conduct research on Palaeomagnetism. I had retired but have been bothered by the government’s brutal violation of the people’s freedom and human rights causing me to speak up. At the […]
VIETNAM UPR 2014 – NATIONAL REPORT-Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Eighteenth session 27 January – 7 February 2014 National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21* Viet Nam I. Methodology A. Drafting process 1. The report is drafted in accordance with the guidelines of Resolution 60/251 dated 15 March […]
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