Vietnam: Land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong continues to be tortured in prison-The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Vietnam. New information: The Observatory has been informed about renewed acts of torture and ill-treatment […]
‘Severely punished’: Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown-Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam’s crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile. But it wasn’t enough, and last month she became the fifth environmentalist jailed for tax evasion, in what activists see as a campaign to […]
Reports: Vietnam’s rights situation has worsened since last review-With just six months remaining until the next round of an important human rights review of Vietnam, rights organizations reported that Hanoi actually increased suppression since the last round four years ago – and the situation continues to worsen. In preparation for the U.N. Human Rights Council’s 4th Universal Periodic Review on Vietnam, or UPR, […]
Báo cáo viên đặc biệt về Quyền phát triển của LHQ thăm Việt Nam lần đầu tiên-Báo cáo viên đặc biệt về Quyền phát triển của Liên Hiệp quốc (LHQ), ông Surya Deva, sẽ có chuyến thăm Việt Nam trong các ngày 06-15/11 tới đây, theo thông tin từ Văn phòng Cao uỷ Nhân quyền LHQ. Đây là chuyến thăm quốc gia thứ tư trên thế giới của Báo cáo viên […]
Tù nhân Nguyễn Minh Sơn không kháng cáo bản án sáu năm tù giam vì không tin vào công lý-Ông Nguyễn Minh Sơn (60 tuổi), người gần đây bị kết án sáu năm tù giam về tội danh “tuyên truyền chống nhà nước” theo Điều 117 của Bộ luật Hình sự, không thực hiện quyền kháng cáo vì “không tin vào công lý” ở Việt Nam. Thông tin trên được bà Nguyễn Thị Phước, […]
Why climate activism can be a risky business in Vietnam-ABS-CBN Oct 16, 2023: Vietnam has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but climate activists still want the Vietnamese government to change its environmental policies and significantly reduce the country’s reliance on coal. Environmentalists have said they have faced intimidation and harassment from Vietnamese authorities, and many who have challenged the government’s energy […]
Letter from 3 UN rapporteurs urged Vietnam not to execute inmate-Three United Nations special rapporteurs sent a letter urging the Vietnamese government not to execute death row inmate Nguyen Van Chuong, who was convicted of murdering a police major, RFA has learned. The letter was not made public by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights until this week, but it […]
Former political prisoner says Vietnamese police tortured him-Former prisoner of conscience Nguyen Viet Dung told Radio Free Asia he was kidnapped and tortured by police investigating charges of “propaganda against the state.” Dung, 37, finished a six-year sentence last month. He was arrested on Sept. 27, 2017 and sentenced on April 12, 2018 to seven years in prison and five years of […]
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