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  • Vietnam Remains Concerned Country for Freedom of Religion: UN Rapporteur - By KTT | Mar 16, 2015 Vietnam has remained among concerned countries for freedom of religion regarding violence given to religious followers, United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief said in a report. Violence committed in the name of religion could take different shapes and religious believers are prevented from free practices, […]
  • Trung Quốc nói biển Đông là ‘sân nhà’, VN chưa lên tiếng - VOA | Cập nhật 15/03/2015 Ông Vương nói rằng Bắc Kinh “không giống với các quốc gia khác là thực hiện việc xây dựng trong nhà của người khác,” đồng thời tuyên bố “không chấp nhận chỉ trích từ bất kỳ ai vì chúng tôi chỉ xây dựng các cơ sở trong sân nhà của […]
  • Hanoi-based Activist Attacked by Plain Clothes Agents after Participating in Gac Ma Commemoration - Defend the Defenders, Mar 14, 2015 Vu Quoc Ngu, a human rights activist in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi, has been beaten by local plainclothes agents while returned from a meeting to pay a tribute to the fallen soldiers killed by China in Gac Ma (Johnson South Reef) in the city’s center. Mr. Ngu was […]
  • Vietnam: Christian Human Rights Lawyer’s Home Attacked at End of House Arrest - CSW | Mar 12, 2015 Vietnamese human rights lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai has reported that his home in Hanoi was attacked by “thugs” on 5 and 6 March. Lawyer Dai is reportedly unable to leave his home because he fears he will be attacked by “thugs” and security officers. On 5 March, unidentified […]
  • Vietnam engages with UNHRC’s rapporteurs on religious, cultural rights - QDND | Mar 13, 2015 Vietnamese representatives actively participated in dialogues with United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s Special Rapporteurs on freedom of religion, belief and cultural rights on March 10-11 in Geneva, Switzerland. Heiner Beilefeldt, UNHRC’s Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, recognised Vietnam’s achievements in observing the freedoms, including the expansion of […]
  • EPRID welcomes FoRB clauses in European Parliament’s 2013 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World - Queme, EPRID | Mar 13, 2015 BRUSSELS, March 13, 2015 (EPRID) – The European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID) welcomes the European Parliament’s inclusion of a section on freedom of religion or belief, for the third consecutive year, in its Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy, which was adopted yesterday. EPRID engaged […]
  • UN Human Rights Envoy Wants Quick Solution to Montagnard Situation in Cambodia - RFA | Mar 12, 2015 A United Nations human rights expert has called for a speedy solution to the situation of the Montagnards from Vietnam still hiding in the forests of northeastern Cambodia, after crossing the border to escape alleged persecution. “The condition of all the Montagnards while in the forests was a concern from […]
  • Four Montagnards Sent Back to Vietnam by Cambodia Are Missing - RFA | Mar 11, 2015 At least four of the three dozen Montagnards who were deported to Vietnam last month by Cambodian authorities after they were discovered hiding in the forest have disappeared from their villages in Vietnam, according to other members of the group. “Four people are missing,” one member of the group of […]
  • VIETNAM: UN EXPERT’S REPORT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - Assistnews | Mar 11, 2015 In his report presented to the UN Human Rights Council today (Tuesday, March 10, 2015) the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief “identifies positive developments but also a number of serious problems” concerning religious freedom in Vietnam, including legal and administrative restrictions and a “generally dismissive, negative […]
  • Freedom of Religion or Belief in South East Asia - GOV | Mar 12, 2015 A case study from the 2014 Human Rights and Democracy Report Whilst South East Asia remains a highly diverse and mostly tolerant region, there were some worrying signs of increased discrimination against religious minorities in 2014. Malaysia also saw growing concerns over religious freedom in 2014, including moves to stop […]