Vietnamese Activist Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Facebook Posts-Defend the Defenders, March 21, 2019 Vietnam’s authorities have convicted democracy activist Le Minh The (Facebooker Lê Minh Thể) of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens” under Article 331 of the country’s 2015 Penal Code. In the three-hour-lasting trial on March 20, 2019, […]
Vietnamese Facebooker Detained for Disseminating News on Childen’ Infection with Tapeworm-Defend the Defenders, March 19, 2019 On March 19, authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Ninh detained a local resident named Nguyen Ba Manh, accusing him of disseminating “fake news” about the infection of many children in his local kindergarten on social network. According to state media, Mr. Thanh, a 32-year-old resident of Cuu […]
Latest Review Under UN’s Human Rights Treaty Body Highlighted Vietnam’s Dismal Records-The ICCPR Review of Vietnam During the HRC’s 125th Session. Photo credits: Screenshot from UN’s WebTV The Vietnamese, March 16, 2019 “How do you explain or assess that Vietnam is ranked 175 out of 180 countries in the Reporters Sans Frontiers’ 2018 World Press Freedom Index?” The question from Mr. Fathalla, a member of the […]
Vietnam: Stop The Continued Harassment And Intimidation Of Our Editor, Pham Doan Trang-Pham Doan Trang and her two books written in recent years. The Vietnamese, March 18, 2019 March 18, 2019, The Vietnamese Magazine’s editorial board received an urgent message tonight from journalist Pham Doan Trang that the secret police have found her current residence and started to surveil the location. Ms. Pham is a member of our editorial […]
Vietnam Court Upholds Lengthy Sentences of Five Members of Pro-democracy Group-Defend the Defenders, March 18, 2019 The Higher People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City has rejected appeals of five members of the to-be-established Vietnam National Coalition, upholding the lengthy sentences given by the People’s Court of HCM City in the trial on October 5 last year. In the appeal hearing on March 18, the […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report for March 11-17, 2019: Vietnam Undergoes ICCPR Review after 15 Years-Defend the Defenders | March 17, 2019 On March 11-12, the UN Human Rights Committee held a review of Vietnam’s implementation of the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in its headquarters in Geneva. During the two sessions which lasted three hours each, human rights experts asked dozens of questions about Vietnam’s human […]
Thailand urged to respect Vietnamese blogger’s refugee status-Reporters Without Borders, March 15, 2019 Following a Thai police raid two weeks ago on the home of Bach Hong Quyen, a Vietnamese blogger who fled his country and currently lives in Bangkok, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) fears that the Thai authorities could allow Vietnamese agents to abduct Quyen and urges them to respect his […]
Việt Nam điều trần trước Liên Hợp quốc về thực thi Công ước về Quyền Dân sự và Chính trị-Trụ sở Uỷ ban Nhân quyền LHQ ở Geneva Trong hai ngày 11-12/3, Chính phủ cộng sản Việt Nam ra điều trần trước trước Uỷ ban Nhân quyền Liên Hợp Quốc (LHQ) về việc thực thi Côngước về Quyền Dân sự và Chính trị (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights- ICCPR) sau 15 năm trì hoãn không lý do. Trong […]
Vận động nhân quyền cho Việt Nam: 2 nỗ lực song song ở Geneva và Đài Bắc-Mạch Sống, ngày 9 tháng 3, 2019 Tuần tới, BPSOS sẽ thực hiện 2 cuộc vận động quốc tế diễn ra cùng lúc ở Geneva và ở Đài Bắc. Phái đoàn đi Geneva do BPSOS phối hợp gồm trên 30 người đến từ Hoa Kỳ, Pháp, Anh, Đức, Hoà Lan, Na Uy, Thuỵ Sĩ và […]
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