Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly June 1-7, 2015: Plainclothes Policemen Attack Anti-China Activist Pham Thanh Nghien-Defenders’ Weekly | Jun 07, 2015 *********1/6/2015********* Vietnam Inter-religion Council Issues Press Release: Pastor Nguyen Manh Hung Attends Hearing at Canadian Parliament’s Central Block to Call for Vietnam’s Religious Freedom On June 1, Pastor Nguyen Manh Hung and activist Truong Minh Tam met Canadian Legislators Judy Sgro and Irwin Cotler. The two Vietnamese also met […]
Vietnam Supreme Court to Compensate $330,000 for Wrongfully Imprisoned Man-By Vu Quoc Ngu | June 8, 2015 Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court will apologize and compensate as much as VND7.4 billion ($333,000) for Nguyen Thanh Chan for wrong imprisonment imposed on him over twelve years ago, said Chief of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh in Hanoi on June 6. Speaking at Friday meeting […]
71 Legal Miscarriage Cases Recorded in Oct 2011-Sept 2014: Senior Legislator-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 05, 2015 Legal miscarriage is still a problematic issue in Vietnam, with 71 cases of legal miscarriage recorded in the period between Oct 1, 2011 and Sept 30, 2014, said Nguyen Van Hien, chairman of the Committee for Justice under Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly. There are also a […]
Vietnam deputies deny expansion of investigative rights to commune-level police-Tuoitrenews | Jun 04, 2015 Lawmakers rejected on Tuesday an expansion of investigative rights to more state agencies, including commune-level police and units of the fishery surveillance, tax and stock committees. At the law-making National Assembly’s discussion session about the draft law on the organization of criminal investigation agencies and the bill on detention, deputies […]
Vietnam Imprisons Two Relatives of Schoolboy Who Brutally Killed by Police-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 04, 2015 The People’s Court in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa on June 2 sentenced two relatives of Tu Ngoc Thach, a school boy killed by local police in late 2013, to 15 months in jail each on charge of disturbing social order, state media reported Tuesday. According […]
Hanoi Resident Said to Self-immolate in Police Station, Investigation Stopped-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 04, 2015 The Hanoi police said they will stop investigation into the death of Mrs. Nguyen Hong Luong in a local police station, saying her death was caused by respiratory and circulatory failures as she immolated herself, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Wednesday. Three-star Colonel Nguyen Van Tinh, deputy […]
Vietnam intends to abolish the death penalty people on corruption offenses represent unfair-Inews163 | Jun 03, 2015 Recently, Vietnam thirteenth Congress is being held the ninth meeting considered the “Criminal Law (Amendment),” the draft, the draft proposes the abolition of the death penaltysentencing of some crimes, which in addition to robbery, outside of undermining national security vital public facilities, insubordination, collaborators, war crimes, drug trafficking and other […]
Bishop of Kontum calls for patience and dialogue to stem attacks on religious freedom-Asia News | Jun 03, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City – “In our life, difficulties are a constant daily, everywhere and at all times. There are difficulties that affect individuals, families and the community as a whole. […] But when you face a number of problems, you need to show patience, become promoters of dialogue […]
Police assault Pham Thanh Nghien and members of the NVB-Dan lam bao | Jun 04-2015 At midday of June 2, 2015, several members of the Network of Vietnamese Bloggers, including Nguyễn Tiến Nam from Yên Bái, Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh (a.k.a. Mẹ Nấm, Mother Mushroom) from Nha Trang, and Dương Lâm from Sài Gòn came together to discuss on the Southeast Asian Sea dispute […]
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