GENERAL

  • Keynote Speech by Ms. Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Navi Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Vienna + 20 Conference Vienna, 27 June 2013 Excellencies, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is moving to be among so many friends today, in order to commemorate an occasion of such significance to me and to my Office.
  • Trade relations: Reluctant to assess human rights in Vietnam, the EU fails to respect its commitments - FIDH 3 July 2013 International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) wrote an open letter to the European Union on 30 April 2013 highlighting how prejudicial the absence of an assessment on human rights would be within the context of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement currently under negociation.
  • Twelve NGOs’ letter to Baroness Catherine Ashton regarding Le Quoc Quan’s upcoming trial -   BY AI R M A I L Baroness Catherine Ashton High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice-President of the European Commission
  • CPJ: Vietnam intensifies crackdown on bloggers - Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) New York, July 2, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by the ongoing investigation into a critical Vietnamese blogger. Dinh Nhat Uy was the third blogger arrested in a month, signaling that the country’s crackdown continues to intensify.
  • AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK – URGENT ACTION: LETHAL INJECTION LOOMS FOR 117 PRISONERS - Amnesty International UK UA: 161/13 Index: ASA 41/003/2013 Vietnam Date: 24 June 2013 Some 117 death row prisoners in Viet Nam have exhausted their appeals and will face imminent execution when a change in the law comes into effect on 27 June. There are more than 530 prisoners under sentence of death.
  • Carr raises human rights with Vietnam - AAP CourierMail | 2 July 2013 | FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has asked the Vietnamese government to release three Vietnamese trade union activists from prison. Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung, Doan Huy Chuong and Do Thi Minh Hanh were convicted in 2010 for their involvement in a strike at a shoe factory.
  • Stakeholders Joint Submission Concerning the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam in 2014 - Stakeholders Joint Submission Concerning the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam in 2014  Submitted on June 14, 2013 by: – Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) – Bloc 8406 – Vietnam Human Rights Committee (VNHRC) – Vietnamese Canadian Federation (VCF)   INTRODUCTION The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRVN) has been a member of the United Nations since 1977 […]
  • Amid Rising Dissent, Vietnam Cracks Down on Bloggers - By Brendan Brady TIME | 27 June 2013 | On blogs and social media, agitated Vietnamese are bypassing their authoritarian government’s monopoly on mass communication, reporting on its failings and galvanizing discontent with its rule. Some have railed against personal injustices, others have challenged the system itself. Truong Duy Nhat, a disgruntled journalist who retired from […]
  • VIETNAM WON’T STOP LOCKING UP ITS BLOGGERS - Faisal Islam VICE | 26 June 2013 | Vietnam is not a good place to be a blogger. At least, it’s not a good place to be a blogger if you actually want to write what’s on your mind. In the last month or so, three bloggers have been arrested for criticizing the communist government, or—as Vietnamese authorities deftly […]
  • Australian House Debates on Vietnam Human Rights: Addresses by Philip Ruddock, Dennis Jensen and Graham Perrett - Philip Ruddock Berowra, Liberal Party Canberra | 24.6.2013 | In the few minutes available to me, let me reiterate how this issues arises. A motion was moved by my colleague the member for Fowler, I believe, on Vietnam and political prisoners in Vietnam. It detailed many cases. The issue was broadly discussed by members on […]