Việt Nam từ chối không cho hai Dân biểu Đức thăm Anh Ba Sàm Nguyễn Hữu Vinh- Dân Luận, ngày 21/6/2017 Những ngày trung tuần tháng 6 vừa qua, hai dân biểu liên bang Đức là ông Martin Patzelt và ông Philipp Lengsfeld đã sang Việt Nam với tư cách thành viên của Ủy ban Nhân quyền và Cứu trợ Nhân đạo của Quốc hội Liên bang Đức. Chuyến đi này […]
Điều 19 Bộ luật hình sự – ‘Bất cập, thù nghịch và những mối lo an ninh’-Quốc hội Việt Nam chiều ngày 20 tháng 6 thông qua luật sửa đổi, bổ sung một số điều của Bộ luật hình sự 2015, trong đó có Điều 19 (không tố giác tội phạm) bị giới luật sư phản đối mạnh mẽ. “Sự thụt lùi của nền tư pháp” Điều 19 Luật sửa đổi, […]
The War on Southeast Asia’s Natural Environment-Southeast Asia’s infrastructure boom threatens to destroy the few remaining wilderness sanctuaries in the region. By Gregory McCann, The Diplomat, June 21, 2017 The first and only time I have ever heard a tiger roar in the wild was in 2013 in eastern Thailand. I’ll never forget it. We were camped out in a half-demolished ranger […]
Report: Vietnamese activists under constant threat of violence-DW, June 21, 2017 An alarming new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) details dozens of violent assaults on rights activists and bloggers in Vietnam. State security services are also implicated in contributing to violent repression. Nguyen Thi Thai Lai looks straight at the camera and composes herself. Beneath her glasses, her eyes fill with […]
Vietnamese penal code forces lawyers to denounce clients-HANOI, June 21 (Xinhua) — Under Vietnam’s amended Penal Code, attorneys are subject to denounce their clients if they commit felonies like infringing on national security, local media reported on Wednesday. The new regulation in the amended Penal Code, adopted by Vietnam’s top legislature on Tuesday, is necessary to protect national security and social order, […]
Vietnam’s Crackdown on Political Dissent Described as Boon for Business-Voice of America, June 21, 2017 TAIPEI — Economic analysts say many foreign investors are finding an up side to the suppression of dissent in Vietnam, taking comfort in the expectation of business stability as the country’s one-party government moves toward a landmark economic summit later in the year. Plain-clothed authorities beat rights campaigners and […]
Vietnam Uses Thugs as Surrogates to Keep Citizens in Line, Report Says-Human Rights Watch details beatings, intimidation Asia Sentinel, June 20, 2017 All over Vietnam, young toughs are being employed as a sort of police auxiliary who administer beatings to citizens that the national police aren’t yet ready to arrest, or perhaps would rather not arrest, according to a new report issued on June 19 by […]
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh-Opinions No. 27/2017 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its seventy-eighth session, 19-28 April 2017 Human Rights Council, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 30, 2017 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established in resolution 1991/42 of the Commission on Human Rights, which extended and clarified the Working Group’s mandate in […]
Vietnam Parliament Adopts Revised Penal Code, Controversial Articles Remain-by Defend the Defenders, June 20, 2017 Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly on June 20 adopted the revised Penal Code in which controversial articles on national security provision remain unchanged in content. The 2017 Penal Code which will replace the 1999 Penal Code from Jan 1, 2018 still impose heavy sentences to silence local […]
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