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  • Nhà văn Võ Thị Hảo: Cần hành động để ngăn chặn một vụ “Nhân văn giai phẩm“ mới - Dân Luận | Cập nhật 08/05/2015 Hôm 05.05.2015 nhà văn Võ Thị Hảo đã tuyên bố từ bỏ hội Nhà văn Việt Nam, cùng ngày tổ chức này đã gạch tên 9 nhà văn khác đang sống tại TP Hồ Chí Minh trong một phiên họp bầu đại biểu đi dự đại hội toàn quốc. […]
  • Vietnam Must Improve Rights Record For Closer Economic Ties: US Lawmaker - RFA | May 07, 2015 Hanoi must improve its human rights record if it expects to build closer economic ties with Washington, a U.S. lawmaker visiting Vietnam said Thursday, ahead of an annual round of talks between the two nations. Democratic Congressman Alan Lowenthal of California, who represents the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam, said […]
  • Vietnam, US hold annual human rights dialogue - Vietnamplus | May 08, 2015 The 19th session of the Vietnam-US Human Rights Dialogue took place in Hanoi on May 7, focusing on a number of relevant issues such as building the State of the rule of law, judicial reform, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, labour rights, and disability rights. Vu Anh Quang, Director […]
  • Catholics in Vietnam fear new laws on religion - Christian Examiner | May 07, 2015 HANOI, Vietnam (Christian Examiner) – Communist officials in Vietnam are for the first time seeking the input of the country’s Catholic leaders on proposed legislation addressing faith and religion, but many bishops there believe the effort at transparency is only an attempt to “appear democratic,” AsiaNews reported May 4. […]
  • Vietnamese Civil Society Groups Discuss Human Rights With U.S. Delegation - RFA | May 06, 2015 A U.S. human rights delegation met with representatives from Vietnam’s civil society on Wednesday to discuss issues related to human rights and democracy and gauge their support for a U.S.-led regional trade pact. Blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy (who blogs for Radio Free Asia), one of the attendees, told RFA’s Vietnamese Service […]
  • U.S. Congressional Delegation visits dissident Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do in Vietnam - Vietnam Committee on Human Rights | May 07, 2015 PARIS, 7 May 2015 (VCHR) – On Monday 4th May, a delegation of members of the U.S. Congress visited Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) […]
  • President Obama Urged to Take Actions for Release of Vietnamese Land Right Activist -   By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 7, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) Vietnam-origin Senator Janet Nguyen from California has asked U.S. President Barack Obama to take actions to pressure on Vietnam, demanding the communist government to release land rights activist Bui Thi Minh Hang. Ms. Hang, who actively participated in anti-China demonstrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi […]
  • Two Vietnamese Activists Barred from Foreign Trips by Hanoi Police -   By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 07, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) Two Vietnamese activists Le Anh Hung (facebook account Le Anh Hung) and Nguyen Thi Thuy (facebook account Maria Thuy Nguyen) have been suspended from travelling abroad by local security forces, according to social media. Mr. Hung said in his facebook page that the […]
  • 2015 U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue - State | May 05, 2015 Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 5, 2015 The 19th session of the U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue will be held on May 7 in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski will lead the U.S. delegation. Ministry […]
  • Vietnam among World’s Five Worst Enemies of Freedom: German Bild - By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 05, 2015 Vietnam has been listed by Germany’s Bild news agency as one of the world’s five worst enemies of freedom due to its violations of free expression and free press. On the occasion of the International Press Freedom Day [May 3], the German newspaper ranked the world’s freedom […]