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  • Government Decree 92 tightens controls on religions in Vietnam - PARIS, 29 November 2012 (IBIB) –The International Buddhist Information Bureau is deeply disturbed by a new government decree that increases state control of religions and further undermines religious freedom in Vietnam. Decree 92 (full reference 92/2012/ND-CP) on “Directives and measures for implementing the Ordinance on beliefs and religion”, issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on 8 November 2012 will […]
  • CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE (No. 19/2003/QH11 of November 26, 2003) - Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session; This Code prescribes the order and procedures of instituting, investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating criminal cases and executing criminal judgments. Part One GENERAL PROVISIONS Chapter I […]
  • DOCUMENT – VIET NAM: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER BEATEN IN PRISON: HO THI BICH KHUONG - 3 December 2012 – A Vietnamese human rights defender, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, currently serving a five-year prison term for “conducting propaganda” against the state, has been beaten by a group of prisoners. She is said to be seriously injured and in urgent need of medical care. Ho Thi Bich Khuong is imprisoned at K4 prison’s Camp […]
  • Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman visits Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do - PARIS, 30 November 2012 (IBIB) – H.E. Hugh Borrowman, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam paid a visit on Thursday 29 November to the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam’s Supreme Patriarch Thich Quang Do, 84, at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) where the UBCV leader and prominent dissident has been under house arrest without […]
  • VIETNAM LAW ON MEDIA as amended 12 June 1999 - In order to protect the freedom of the media and the right of freedom of speech of citizens through the media in conformity with the interests of the State and of the people; In order to develop the role of the media in the establishment and protection of the Socialist Vietnam Fatherland in accordance with […]
  • The PENAL CODE of VIETNAM (1999) - PENAL CODE (No. 15/1999/QH10) FOREWORD Criminal law constitutes one of the sharp and effective instruments to prevent and combat crime, actively contributing to the defense of independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland, the protection of the interests of the State as well as the legitimate rights and interests of citizens […]
  • BỘ LUẬT HÌNH SỰ của NƯỚC CỘNG HOÀ XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM (1999) -   QUỐC HỘI Số: 15/1999/QH10 CỘNG HOÀ XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc Hà Nội, ngày 21 tháng 12 năm 1999  BỘ LUẬT HÌNH SỰ CỦA NƯỚC CỘNG HOÀ XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM SỐ 15/1999/QH10 LỜI NÓI ĐẦU Pháp luật hình sự là một trong những công […]
  • HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, ENEMY OF THE STATE - In Vietnam, all it takes to be defined as an enemy of the government is to raise human rights issues or speak out about politics. Espousing an alternative to the Communist Party’s social vision is to stand against the state. Those who defend freedom risk losing it. In an article of 10 March of last […]
  • Blogger Beaten on Leaving Court - 2012-11-21 : Police rough up a Vietnamese blogger after a court rejects his appeal against a jail sentence. (AFP) A Vietnamese internet user watches a blog video showing villagers clashing with police in a land dispute, May 7, 2012. A Vietnamese dissident blogger was beaten by police and violently herded into a truck on Wednesday after an […]
  • Abusing laws to jail a blogger in Vietnam - IMPUNITY CASE PROFILE The morning of 24 September 24 must have been an unforgettable for Binh Nhi, a 29-year-old who had just secretly traveled thousands of kilometres by train from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.  Binh Nhi was caught by the police and was heavily beaten in custody. The wrong he committed was that […]