April 17, 2024
City bar association cancels membership of Vietnamese activist lawyers
The Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association has removed the names of lawyers Dang Dinh Manh and Nguyen Van Mieng from its list of members, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper. The two had not paid membership fees for many years, the paper said in its Wednesday edition, adding that the decision […]
April 17, 2024
Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights]
A group representing Vietnam’s Khmer Krom indigenous people has sent a petition to the United Nations Secretary General requesting the suspension of Vietnam’s membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, and calling for the release of imprisoned activists. The Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, or KKF, posted an open letter on the website change.org on April 4 […]