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  • Vietnam singer Mai Khoi adds a youthful tone to aged politics - The Vietnamese singer and activist Mai Khoi is an outspoken advocate for human rights and freedom of expression in Vietnam. After her performance at the Global Media Forum she spoke with DW about her political activism. DW, June 22, 2017 Vietnam is a young and dynamic country. Out of Vietnam’s total population of around 90 […]
  • NGOs Demand Halt to Pak Beng Dam in Laos - RFA, June 22, 2017 A group of NGOs on Thursday reiterated demands that the Lao government delay construction of the controversial Pak Beng dam on the Mekong River’s mainstream, days after an intergovernmental body called on Vientiane to address the project’s potential transboundary impacts. On June 19, the Mekong River Commission (MRC)—an intergovernmental body made […]
  • The Trump administration fails to call out Vietnam on its dismal human rights record - President Trump shakes hands with Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam’s prime minister. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Bloomberg) Washington Post, June 22, 2017 PRESIDENT TRUMP met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last month to discuss trade and security issues. In their public statements about the visit, one topic got short shrift: human rights. This was a glaring lapse. […]
  • What’s Behind Vietnam’s Rising Violence? - By David Hutt, The Diplomat, June 22, 2017 A recent report by Human Rights Watch, “No Country for Human Rights Activists: Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam”, documents the rise of physical violence committed against activists, mainly by plain-clothed “thugs,” some of whom may be police or soldiers, and most of whom target […]
  • Urgent Action: Death Threat for Human Rights Lawyer and Family - Amnesty International, June 22, 2017 Human rights lawyer Lê Quốc Quân has received warnings from Việt Nam’s Ministry of Public Security officials that he and his family could be killed if he meets with visiting foreign dignitaries. They are under surveillance and at risk of being assaulted, injured or killed. Lê Quốc Quân was followed […]
  • Người dân Huế phản đối việc san ủi lăng vợ vua Tự Đức làm bãi đậu xe - SBTN | 21.06.2017 Nhiều người ở phường Thủy Xuân, thành phố Huế, đang phản đối sự việc một công ty kinh doanh bãi đậu xe vừa cho san ủi khu đất mà họ cho là lăng của một trong những bà vợ của vua Tự Đức. Trung tâm bảo tồn di tích cố đô Huế […]
  • HRW: Luật mới đe dọa quyền bào chữa của luật sư - RFA | 22.06.2017 Tổ chức theo dõi nhân quyền Human Rights Watch vào ngày 22 tháng 6 ra thông cáo kêu gọi nhà cầm quyền Hà Nội hủy bỏ điều 19 khoản 3 trong Luật Hình sự sửa đổi mà Quốc hội Việt Nam thông qua vào ngày 20 tháng 6 vừa qua. Theo điều […]
  • Human Rights Watch Slams Vietnam’s Newly-adopted Penal Code - by Defend the Defenders, June 22, 2017 The New York-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Vietnam’s newly-adopted Penal Code, saying the revised law contains a number of articles limiting basic human rights. In its press release on June 21, HRW said Vietnam should immediately repeal a provision in its revised penal code that […]
  • Việt Nam: Điều luật mới đe dọa quyền được bào chữa - Luật Hình sự sửa đổi buộc luật sư tố cáo thân chủ, trừng phạt tự do ngôn luận Human Rights Watch, ngày 21/6/2017 (New York) – Hôm nay, Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền phát biểu rằng Việt Nam cần ngay lập tức hủy bỏ một điều khoản trong bộ luật hình sự sửa đổi […]
  • Vietnam: New Law Threatens Right to a Defense - Revised Penal Code Requires Lawyers Report on Clients, Penalizes Free Speech Human Rights Watch, June 21, 2017 (New York) – Vietnam should immediately repeal a provision in its revised penal code that would hold lawyers criminally responsible for not reporting clients to the authorities for a number of crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The revised code […]