Vietnam Plans to Set up Court to Protect Children: Senior Lawmaker-By KTT | Apr 06, 2015 Vietnam expects to set up a court to deal with issues involving in families and adolescents this year in a bid to promote children protection, a deputy chairman of the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body. The court will cover the issues, such as divorce that involving in […]
Vietnam lawmakers suggest separating detention facilities from police-Tuoitrenews | Apr 06, 2015 Vietnamese lawmakers debated Thursday last week the separation of detention houses from the management of police at the province and district levels to prevent abuse, torture, and coerced confessions. The debate took place during a meeting of the justice committee under the law-making National Assembly to review two draft laws […]
Pastor Quang and His Son Brutally Attacked Again in Vietnam-Danutm | Apr 04, 2015 As I have written HERE, I have met Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang during my second visit to Saigon, Vietnam, in 2005. He reminded me a lot of Pastor Pavel Nicolescu, leand of ALRC (the Romanian Committee for the Defence of the Freedom of Religion and Conscience), whom I knew […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defender Barred from Attending Int’l Conference in Sweden, Passport Confiscated-Vu Quoc Ngu | April 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) On April 3, Mr. Ha, a member of the unsanctioned pro-democracy Brotherhood of Democracy, was held by Vietnam’s security forces in the airport when she planned to take a domestic flight to the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport where she will […]
A brief statement by genuine Vietnamese civil society organizations-Defend The Defenders | Apr 4, 2015 I- First of all, we recognize the important and indispensible role of ASEAN independent civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting prosperity, stability, and democratization for every ASEAN member nation and for all the people of ASEAN. We also regard dictatorial regimes and their “government-organized non-governmental organizations” (GONGOs) are […]
Tuyên bố của các tổ chức XHDS độc lập ở Việt Nam-Defend The Defenders | 4/4/2015 I- Trước hết, chúng tôi công nhận vai trò quan trọng và không thể thiếu của các tổ chức xã hội dân sự độc lập ASEAN đối với sự thịnh vượng, ổn định và tính dân chủ của mỗi quốc gia thành viên ASEAN, cũng như đối với toàn thể […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defender Kidnapped, Beaten on Her Way to Meet Foreign Lawmakers-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 04, 2015 Ha Nam province-based activist Tran Thi Nga, a member of the unsanctioned The Vietnam Women for Human Rights, was kidnapped and severely beaten by local security agents on March 31 when she tried to go to Hanoi where she was invited to meet foreign legislators who attended […]
HCM City-based Human Rights Activist not Allowed to Go Out During IPU-132-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 04, 2015 Ho Chi Minh City-based human rights activist Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh was barred from Vietnam’s security forces from going out during the time when the communist nation hosted the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) which was held in the capital city of Hanoi on March 28-April 1. Mr. […]
Vietnam May Grant Greater Rights for Crime Suspects-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 03, 2015 Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has made draft amendments to criminal justice procedures that give crime suspects more rights during interrogation, including the right to remain silent. The move came at a time when several cases of wrongful conviction have been drawing a great public concerns, state media […]
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