Vietnam: No More “Empty Promises” at EU Rights Dialogue-HRW | Dec 13, 2015 (Brussels) – The European Union should press for concrete and measurable improvements on human rights at its upcoming bilateral dialogue with Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today. Essential reforms include ending politically motivated trials and convictions, the release of political prisoners, guarantees on freedom of association and labor rights, and […]
Vietnam Patriotic Music Compositor Viet Khang Freed, Phuong Uyen Also Released-by Vu Quoc Ngu, December 14, 2015 Vietnamese activists nationwide on December 14 welcomed two political dissidents as patriotic music compositor Viet Khang completed his four-year sentence while police in Ho Chi Minh City freed Nguyen Phuong Uyen, a young pro-democracy activists detained illegally by the city’s police. Viet Khang, or Vo Minh Tri, was […]
Hanoi Court Unfairly Sentences Leader of Unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam to 15 Months in Prison- by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 14, 2015 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on December 14 found Nguyen Viet Dung, the founder and leader of unsanctioned Republican Party of Vietnam, guilty of causing public disorders and sentenced him to 15 months in prison in the first hearing which failed to meet […]
VN contributes to UN human rights council-Vietnamnews | Dec 12, 2015 Viet Nam has been contributing to protecting and advancing the value of human rights in a direct, responsible and constructive manner through its membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2014-2016. Vu Anh Quang, head of the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Department of International Organisations, spoke to the Vietnam […]
Vietnam’s persistent policy aims for human rights and people-PANO | Dec 10, 2015 Over the past 70 years, Vietnam has obtained a number of important achievements in human rights. These achievements reflect the fact that that all matters relating to human rights and citizenship have been put into Vietnamese laws, and that the Government and local authorities have always taken human rights for […]
Vietnam ready for human rights dialogue-Vietnam Law | Dec 11, 2015 On the sidelines of the workshop on Vietnam’s 70-year human rights achievement, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily interviews Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Chief of the Standing Office of the Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights. How will recommendations Vietnam has accepted under the second-circle Univesal Periodic […]
Little change seen in Vietnam’s new draft law on religion-UCA News | Dec 11, 2015 What is religious freedom? This is the question posed in a video recently posted on Facebook, which includes interviews with members of the public as well as religious leaders, lawyers and activists. Remarkably, the video was made in Vietnam, a country that continues to restrict freedom ofexpression and freedom […]
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