OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RAISES CONCERN ABOUT NGUYEN VAN DAI CASE-HAUT-COMMISSARIAT AUX DROITS DE L’HOMME • OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PALAIS DES NATIONS • 1211 GENEVA 10, SWITZERLAND www.ohchr.org • TEL: +41 22 917 9359 / +41 22 917 9407 • FAX: +41 22 917 9008 • E-MAIL: registry@ohchr.org Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the […]
URGENT ACTION: JAILED VIETNAMESE ACTIVIST DENIED PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT-Amnesty International, September 15, 2016 Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy’s health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted. Trần Thị Thúy is serving an eight-year sentence after being convicted […]
Vietnam: Drop Charges and Free Land Rights Activist-Engage Those Protesting Confiscations Instead of Jailing Them Human Rights Watch, September 17, 2016 (New York) – Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges and unconditionally release a prominent land rights activist facing trial for peacefully exercising her rights, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 20, 2016, a court in Hanoi will begin the trial […]
Amnesty International Calls on Vietnam to Release 82 Prisoners of Conscience-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 16, 2016 On September 9, Amnesty International sent a letter to Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Minister of Public Security To Lam to call on the communist nation to release 82 prisoners of conscience. The list includes bloggers, labor and land rights activists, political […]
Vietnamese Authorities Demolish Buddhist Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City-RFA, Sept 12, 2016 Government authorities in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have destroyed a Buddhist pagoda from which they recently evicted monks, and have moved all of the temple’s contents to another location, the head of the religious institution said Monday. On Sept. 8, authorities forcibly removed all monks from Lien Tri Pagoda, which […]
Vietnam Court Cuts Sentences for 3 Police Officers Torturing Suspect to Death-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 12, 2016 Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court based in the central city of Danang on September 12 reduced sentences for six police officers who were proven to torture Ngo Thanh Kieu, a suspect in a criminal case, to death during interrogation in a police station in 2012. The court reduced the […]
Vietnam to Try Land Right Activist amid Increasing Political Crackdown-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 8, 2016 Vietnam’s communist government will try Hanoi-based land rights activist Can Thi Theu on charge of “causing public disorders” under Clause 1, Article 245 of the country’s Penal Code on September 20, said her lawyer Ha Huy Son. If found guilty, Mrs. Theu will face imprisonment of up to […]
HCMC Authorities Seize Lien Tri Pagoda, Evicting Monks despite Strong Protest-By Vu Quoc Ngu, September 08, 2016 Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam, on September 8 seized Lien Tri Pagoda, evicting all monks despite their strong objection, social networks reported Thursday. In the early morning of Thursday, the local authorities deployed hundreds of police officers and militia to An […]
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