April 17, 2024
Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body
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 […]
April 17, 2024
Jailed Vietnamese writer honored with international award
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights]
An international pressure group representing writers, artists and journalists is presenting its top award to Vietnamese author, journalist and dissident Pham Doan Trang. PEN America said Thursday Trang would receive the 2024 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on May 16 at a ceremony in New York. The annual award is given to writers jailed for their […]