Vietnam Security Forces Detain, Block Local Activists to Prevent Them from Meeting with U.S. Diplomats-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 6, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) Security forces across Vietnam have detained or blocked private houses of many local political dissidents and human rights activists in a bid to prevent them from taking part in a meeting with U.S. diplomats, who are in the communist nation to attend the 19th session of […]
ASEAN police officials to promote human rights-based policing-Journal | May 05, 2015 TOP Southeast Asian police officials have vowed a much stronger push for the protection of human rights in the region after signing a joint communique in which they vowed to adhere to the principles of rule of law and justice and fully promote a human rights-based policing system as they jointly […]
Vicar fears threat to religious freedom in Vietnam-Premierchristianradio | May 05, 2015 Catholic bishops in Vietnam are worried that proposed legislation on “faith and religion” will “profoundly interfere” with religious matters in the country, according to Asia News. The government sent a draft law to Catholic leaders in the country for their comment. However Asia News has reported that some bishops see the […]
U.S. President Very Concerned about Human Rights Records in Vietnam: Dieu Cay-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) U.S. President Barack Obama is very concerned about human rights violations in Vietnam, said prominent political dissident and famous blogger Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay.) Mr. Hai made this conclusion at an interview with the Radio for Free Asia (RFA) immediately after the […]
Vietnam Procuracy Proposes Voice, Video Recording during Interrogation-By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has proposed compulsory recording voice and video during interrogation in a bid to enhance transparency in crime investigation, state media reported. The compulsory recording must be included in the draft law on criminal procedure in a bid to enhance overseeing police interrogation, […]
Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly April 27- May 03: U.S. President Obama Very Concerned about Vietnam’s Human Rights Situation-Defenders’ Weekly | May 03, 2015 ***********27/4/015************ Hanoi Suppresses Peaceful Green Demonstration, Detaining 20 Environmentalists Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on April 26 violently dispersed a peaceful green demonstration, detaining for several hours around 20 local environmentalists who protest a controversial plan by the city’s authorities to chop down 6,700 healthy aged […]
Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 27/4-3/5/2015: Tổng Thống Obama rất quan tâm nhân quyền VN-Defenders’ Weekly | 03-05-2015 ***********27/4/015************* Ít nhất 20 người bị bắt khi tuần hành “Vì một Hà Nội xanh” Ngày 26/4/2015 hơn 300 người tiếp tục tuần hành nhằm phản đối chặt hạ cây xanh diễn ra ở bờ hồ và tượng đài Lý Thái Tổ nhưng đã bị lực lượng an ninh ngăn chặn, […]
Hanoi consults bishops on a new law on faiths that violates religious freedom-Asia News | May 04, 2015 Hanoi (AsiaNews) – The Vietnamese government’s draft laws on “faith and religion” are in violation of “the right to freedom of religion”, go against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, show that the purpose of government is “to profoundly interfere […]
Before meeting with Nguyen Phu Trong, Obama holds talk with Dieu Cay-Dân Làm Báo | May 02, 2015 US President Barack Obama has held a talk with blogger Nguyen Van Hai (aka. Dieu Cay), who used to be considered “anti-state” and sentenced to almost 15 years of imprisonment by the communist government of Vietnam. The meeting is particularly significant when it takes place before Nguyen Phu […]
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