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  • Festival for Vietnam LGBT Community to Take Place in Hanoi - By KTT | Jul 28, 2015 The fourth Vietnam LGBT Pride or Viet Pride, the festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) community in the Southeast Asian country will be held in Hanoi from July 30 to August 2. The event, which is supported by the Dutch Embassy, the American Consulate, the U.S. Embassy […]
  • Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly July 20-26, 2015: Vietnamese Worldwide Conduct Hunger Strike to Demand for Better Human Rights and Release of All Prisoners of Conscience - Defenders’ Weekly | 26-07-2015 *************20/7/2015************ U.S. Always Prioritizes Human Rights: Newly-released Activist The U.S. is always prioritizing human rights and democracy, considering these things as its basic values, said Hanoi-based lawyer Le Quoc Quan, who completed his 30-month imprisonment on June 26. Speaking in his interview given to BBC on July 19 about recent diplomatic […]
  • Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 20/7-26/7/2015: Khắp nơi tham gia tổng tuyệt thực cho các tù nhân lương tâm - Defenders’ Weekly | 26-07-2015   *************20/7/2015************  ‘Nước Mỹ không đời nào từ bỏ nhân quyền’ Hoa Kỳ sẽ không bao giờ cắt bỏ những giá trị vốn đại diện cho cường quốc này đó là tự do, dân chủ và nhân quyền. Bình luận với BBC từ Hà Nội ngày 19/7/2015 về các động thái […]
  • Attacked and arrested during hungerstrike in Nha Trang - Revolt Media | Jul 26, 2015 Several dissidents were attacked and arrested during todays international hungerstrike in support of Vietnams prisoners of conscience. The hungerstrike was part of the We Are One movement, and was arranged in several countries. It is a unique effort to bring attention to the prisoners of conscience in Vietnam, as […]
  • UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON DEMOCRACY - IPU | Cairo, 16 September 1997 Declaration adopted without a vote* by the Inter-Parliamentary Council at its 161st session (Cairo, 16 September 1997) The Inter-Parliamentary Council, Reaffirming the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s commitment to peace and development and convinced that the strengthening of the democratisation process and representative institutions will greatly contribute to attaining this goal, Reaffirming also […]
  • Sure, TPP Is ‘Win-Win’… Unless You Care About Human Rights - The Diplomat | May 12, 2015 To hear the Obama Administration tell it, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a win-win and cure-all. It will create jobs in the U.S., improve labor and environmental protections, improve business transparency internationally, and help consummate a relationship with Asia that has until now been mostly an overture, the […]
  • Vietnam police tightens control of local activists before international hunger strike - Revolt Media | Jul 24, 2015 Vietnam’s security forces in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been tightening their control few days ahead of a planned hunger strike of many local activists. Hundreds of human rights activists and political dissidents, mostly in the two biggest cities, are planning to hold a fast as part […]
  • Khắp nơi tham gia ngày Tổng Tuyệt Thực cho tù nhân lương tâm - SBTN | 24-07-2015 Vào lúc 8 giờ sáng ngày 25 tháng 7 năm 2015, tại nhà thờ Dòng Chúa Cứu Thế ở số 38, đường Kỳ Đồng, Sài Gòn có hơn 50 người đã có mặt tham gia tuyệt thực để hưởng ứng ngày Tổng Tuyệt Thực Toàn Cầu nhằm đòi tự do cho các […]
  • Tuyên bố của Khối 8406 sau chuyến Mỹ du của ông Nguyễn Phú Trọng - Khối 8406 | 25-07-2015 Tuyên bố sau chuyến Mỹ du của Tổng bí thư đảng CS.           Kính thưa – Toàn thể Đồng bào VN trong và ngoài nước – Các tổ chức trong Phong trào Dân chủ Việt Nam Trước tình thế Trung Cộng (TC) ngày càng hung hăng trên Thái Bình Dương những năm gần […]
  • Saigon-based Human Rights Activist Detained by Hanoi Police, Interrogated for Massive Hunger Strike - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 25, 2015 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on July 25 detained Pham Le Vuong Cac, a Saigon-based human rights activist who is currently visiting Hanoi, and questioned him about a massive hunger strike which occurs in Hanoi and other big Vietnamese cities. At 7.00 am, a group of ten security agents stumped […]