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EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement contravenes the EU’s human rights obligations - FIDH and its member organisation the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights publish a joint letter to Commissioner Malmström expressing their concern over the draft EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement. Open letter Brussels, 7 November 2018 Dear Ms. Malmström, FIDH and VCHR wish to express their concern over the draft EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement that was made public […]
Vietnam’s Lady Gaga is pressuring Facebook to stop complying with censorship laws - Quartz, November 10, 2018 Mai Khoi never intended on becoming an activist. “I had a lot of fans, songs, and money,” said the Vietnamese pop star who’s been likened to Lady Gaga and Pussy Riot (paywall). “Life was easy and comfortable, but it wasn’t enough for me.” At the Oslo Freedom Forum in Taipei, Khoi opened […]
CPJ to honor courageous journalists at the 2018 International Press Freedom Awards - Committee to Protect Journalists, November 6, 2018 New York, November 6, 2018–Amid a challenging time for press freedom around the world, CPJ will honor four exceptional journalists for their courage at the 2018 International Press Freedom Awards on November 20, 2018, in New York City. Each of the four journalists have faced grave threats for […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report for November 5-11, 2018: Dak Lak to Try Well-known HRD Huynh Thuc Vy on November 22 - Defend the Defenders| November 11, 2018 Authorities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have decided to hold a hearing on November 22 to try local human rights defender and dissident blogger Huynh Thuc Vy on allegation of “Affronting the national flag or national emblem” under Article 276 of the country’s 1999 […]
Tuần tin Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền, tuần thứ 45 từ ngày 05/11 đến 11/11/2018: Phiên toà xử nhà hoạt động Huỳnh Thục Vy về cáo buộc “Xúc phạm Quốc kỳ” được ấn định vào ngày 22/11 - Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền| ngày 11/11/2018 Chính quyền tỉnh Đak Lak sẽ tổ chức phiên toà xét xử nhà hoạt động Huỳnh Thục Vy về cáo buộc “Xúc phạm Quốc kỳ” theo Điều 276 của Bộ luật Hình sự (BLHS) 1999 vào ngày 22/11. Phiên toà mở sẽ được tiến hành bởi […]
Vietnamese Police Torch Farm Equipment of Dissident Religious Figure - Cao Dai leader Hua Phi inspects fire damage to his farm equipment in a November 2018 photo. RFA, November 9, 2018 Police in Vietnam’s Central Highlands set fire to the store room of a Cao Dai priest’s coffee plantation this week, angered that he had escaped their surveillance in order to meet with U.S. diplomats […]
Đồng Nai y án sơ thẩm 15 người biểu tình chống dự luật Đặc khu - 15 người biểu tình ở Biên Hòa tại phiên tòa phúc thẩm hôm 9/11/2018 RFA, ngày 09/11/2018 Mười lăm người biểu tình chống dự luật đặc khu ở Đồng Nai hôm nay 9 tháng 11 bị tòa phúc thẩm bác kháng cáo đối với án tù mà tòa sơ thẩm tuyên đối với họ hôm […]
Dong Nai Court Upholds Jail Sentences of 15 Mid-June Protesters - Defend the Defenders, November 9, 2018 On November 9, the People’s Court of Dong Nai province rejected the appeals of 15 individuals who had been sentenced by a lower court four months ago to between eight and 18 months in prison for their participation in a peaceful demonstration against two bills on Special Economic […]
Sentenced Democracy Campaigner Nguyen Van Tuc Sent to Prison Far from His Family - Defend the Defenders, November 9, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities have sent democracy campaigner and human rights defender Nguyen Van Tuc to Prison camp No. 6 in the central province of Nghe An, two months after rejecting his appeal. His wife Bui Thi Re informed Defend the Defenders that on November 8 she went to visit […]
Trial against HRD Huynh Thuc Vy on Allegation of Disrespecting National Flag Set on Nov 22 - Defend the Defenders, November 8, 2018 The People’s Court of Buon Ho town in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has decided to carry out a trial against local human rights defender Huynh Thuc Vy on charge of “Affronting the national flag or national emblem” under Article 276 of the country’s 1999 Penal […]