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  • Vietnam Jails 4 Cops for Torturing Leading to Suspect Death - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 16, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) Four Vietnamese police officers in the central province of Phu Yen have been imprisoned for torturing bringing about the death of a local resident, state media reported. The provincial People’s Court on April 15 sentenced Nguyen Than Thao Thanh, who claimed that he did […]
  • Tin mới nhất về 5 bạn trẻ mang biểu tượng Quân lực VNCH bị bắt giữ - Cộng tác viên Dân Luận Tác giả gửi trực tiếp Dân Luận Hôm nay, công an đưa giấy mời cho Phạm Minh Đáp rồi đòi em đi luôn. Phạm Minh Đáp vừa là nhà sáng lập, thủ lĩnh đồng thời là thầy đứng lớp dạy tiếng anh miễn phí cho hàng trăm sinh viên nghèo […]
  • Blogger Hopes for Day When Rights Awards Are Not Needed in Vietnam - RFA | Apr 14, 2015 Q: What was your feeling when you received this award? A: Actually, first, I was surprised. After that I felt very honored to receive this award on behalf of all members in the Vietnam blogger network. This is not for an individual effort but for all bloggers in Vietnam, who […]
  • Former policemen jailed for brutality - Vietnamnews | Apr 15, 2015 The People’s Court of central Phu Yen Province yesterday sentenced five former police officers to a total of 16 years’ in jail for brutality. Nguyen Than Thao Thanh was given eight years for beating a prisoner, Ngo Thanh Kieu, to death during an interrogation. The other four, Nguyen Minh Quyen, […]
  • 5 Phút Gọi Điện Của TNLT Đặng Xuân Diệu Từ Trại Giam Xuyên Mộc - Trương Minh Tam Cập nhật 13/04/2015 2- Trong đợt tuyệt thực nói trên, các anh em đã làm đơn tập thể gửi Viện Kiểm sát nhân dân tỉnh Vũng Tàu yêu cầu giám sát tình hình trại giam, nhưng đến thời điểm này vẫn anh em trong trại vẫn chưa nhận được bất cứ hồi âm […]
  • Hanoi Police Arrest Five Activists Who Claim to Establish Republican Party Recently - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 14, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) The Police Department in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have detained five activists who claim to be members of the newly-established Republican Party, according to the local media. Accordingly, the police in Hoan Kiem district on Sunday summoned five young people belonging to the […]
  • Four Vietnamese Die during Police Detention So Far This Year - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 14, 2015 Four Vietnamese have been found dead in police stations in four localities, including the capital city of Hanoi, so far this year, state media reported. Phan Duc Dat, 32, from Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong became the last detainee died during […]
  • EU Ombudsman considers Commission’s refusal to conduct a human rights impact assessment in the context of trade agreements as case of maladministration - Queme, FIDH & VCHR | Apr 14, 2015 PARIS-BRUSSELS, 14 April 2015 (FIDH & VCHR) – In her draft recommendationadopted on March 26, 2015, the EU Ombudsman found that “the Commission’s failure to carry out a specific human rights impact assessment in relation to Vietnam, constitutes maladministration.” She recommended that “the Commission should now carry out […]
  • Seminar studies Europe’s experiences in ensuring ethnics’ rights - Vietnamplus | Apr 14, 2015 Experiences of the Europe in ensuring rights of ethnic minorities were shared at a seminar in Buon Ma Thuot city of the Central Highlands Dak Lak province on April 13. The event was jointly held by the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs and the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, and […]
  • Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly April 6-12: Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh Awarded with Civil Rights Defender of the Year Prize - Defenders’ Weekly | Apr 12, 2015 *******6/4/2015******** U.S. Trade Unions Object to Fast Negotiations on TPP U.S. Trade Unions and a number of other civil organizations in the country have protested the fast negotiations of Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, saying it has some points not favorable for the U.S. Celeste Drake, a trade and globalization specialist […]