Members of Congress Call for the Release of Imprisoned Vietnamese Labor Activists-Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission February 10, 2014 His Excellency Truong Tan Sang President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam c/o Embassy of Vietnam 1233 20lh Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 Dear President Sang: We write to express our serious concern about the imprisonment and mistreatment of independent labor activists in Vietnam. Such […]
RSF: THUMBING NOSE AT UN, VIETNAM BEATS BLOGGERS-PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2014. Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the violence that plainclothes police officers used today against bloggers and activists in the southern province of Dong Thap. Eight people – including the blogger Bui Thi Minh Hang, the netizen Luu Trong Kiet and two former political prisoners – were arrested as they headed to […]
Imprisoned Catholic lawyer on hunger strike. Human Rights groups pressure Hanoi-by HT | AsiaNews.it Le Quoc Quan is protesting against authority’s refusal to grant him access to legal and religious texts, including the Bible. Since December 2012, he has not been allowed visits from a priest. On His appeal begins February 18, he will defend himself. Vice – Minister of Vietnam: Hanoi respects human rights. International […]
Vietnam Should End Harassment of Human Rights Activists-February 10, 2014 Freedom House condemns the police raid February 9 on the home of Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Bac Truyen, and the brief detention of both Nguyen and his fiancé, Bui Thi Kim Phuong. The raid came just days after the Government of Vietnam received recommendations from the United Nations Human Rights Council […]
DEFENDING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN VIETNAM AT THE UN-PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2014. Reporters Without Borders participated in a series of meetings and conferences on Vietnam on 3 and 4 February ahead of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (an examination of its human rights performance) by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. “Together with other groups, we evaluated the human rights situation in […]
Viet Nam: Appeal of prominent blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan forthcoming-Update #1 to RAN 32/13 7 February 2014 PEN International calls upon its members to send renewed letters of appeal calling for the immediate and unconditional release of blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan, whose appeal is due to be heard on 18 February 2014. Le Quoc Quan was sentenced to 30 months […]
Việt Nam hãy thôi lừa bịp thế giới về thành tích nhân quyền-Trà Mi-VOA, 07.02.2014 Một tổ chức bảo vệ nhân quyền có uy tín trên thế giới đề nghị Việt Nam chớ nên tiếp tục lừa bịp và phớt lờ các quan tâm của quốc tế về lĩnh vực nhân quyền trong thời đại thông tin kỹ thuật số. Phản hồi về buổi Kiểm điểm nhân quyền […]
U.S. Department of State: UPR 18th Session – Intervention for Vietnam-Geneva, Switzerland, Feb 5, 2014 AS DELIVERED by Peter Mulrean, Deputy Permanent Representative, U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva. The United States thanks the Vietnamese delegation for its presentation. We welcome Vietnam’s signature of the Convention Against Torture, progress on protecting rights of LGBT persons, and increased church registrations. However, Vietnam still harasses and detains […]
West denounces repression of bloggers, religions in Vietnam-BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY | Reuters GENEVA Wed Feb 5, 2014 7:46pm GMT (Reuters) – Western countries on Wednesday denounced Vietnam’s jailing of bloggers and curbs on the Internet and called on its Communist government to respect basic freedoms of worship and expression. Britain’s diplomat Ruth Tumer told the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council that her country regretted “recent […]
UN and US Must Press for Change in Vietnam-Posted: 02/05/2014 12:52 pm EST | Huffingtonpost By Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Southeast Asia Representative As Vietnam’s human rights record goes before a United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) today, Hanoi’s official delegation is necessarily on the diplomatic defensive. As with past presentations to the global body, Vietnamese officials will aim to distract attention from their suppressive […]
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