Opinion: The ASEAN Way and Human Rights-Government views water down rights progress Posted on February 19, 2015 | Asia Sentinel In this contest, the national governmental discourse has significantly impacted the tone of democracy and human rights now etched onto key documents such as the ASEAN Charter, ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR) Terms of Reference (TOR) and ASEAN Human […]
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Vietnam Plays Up US Invitation to Communist Party Chief-Tra Mi -VOA | February 17, 2015 7:00 PM The news came after Trong received a similar invitation from China’s President Xi Jinping. In a statement, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed the invitation but said Kerry was only repeating a long-standing offer to host Trong for a visit. The spokesperson added, “There is no confirmed date […]
THREE BLOGGERS GET JAIL TERMS FOR “ABUSING DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS”-RSF| PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2015. The sentences, passed on 12 February, were clearly unjust and violated freedom of information and expression. Arrested while covering an anti-Chinese demonstration by South China Sea oil rig workers on 15 May, they were accused in connection with their Facebook posts (see here, here and here) about anti-Chinese […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Feb 9-15, 2015: Three Democracy Activists Jailed Totally 44 Months-Defender’s Weekly | Feb 17, 2015 ***********9/2/2015********** HRW Condemns Cambodia’s Returning Vietnamese Refugees to Their Home Country The Human Right Watch (HRW) on Feb 8 called on Cambodia’s government to abide by international commitment as not return Vietnamese political refugees to their home country since they would face discrimination in Vietnam. The HRW also […]
Vợ ông Ba Sàm: ‘Họ quyết tâm xử chồng tôi’-BBC | 14/2/2015 Trao đổi với BBC cuối tuần này, bà Lê Thị Minh Hà vợ của ông Ba Sàm nói: “Tôi đã làm đơn kiến nghị đình chỉ vụ án lần thứ hai tại Viện Kiểm sát Nhân dân Tối cao rồi, từ ngày 4/2, nhưng mà từ ngày 6/2 họ đã vẫn ký […]
Vietnam’s Capital City Grants Amnesty to 305 Inmates ahead of Tet Holiday, No Activist Included -Feb 14, 2015 |KTT (Defend the Defenders) Police in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have granted amnesty to 305 inmates without any activist on the occasion of the Lunar New Year or Tet festival, the largest holiday of the country. Local police proclaimed the amnesty on Feb 10, giving commuted sentences or release to the […]
Vietnam Releases on Bait Second Blogger, Still Holding Dozens Others-Feb 14, 2015 | Sao Khue (Defend the Defenders) Vietnam has released another prominent blogger on bait, the second within two days, but still holding over thirty other bloggers who exercise their right of freedom of expression enshrined in the country’s Constitution. Vietnamese-Japanese professor Hong Le Tho came home in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb […]
Vietnam Police Officer Accused of Ordering Fatal Attack on Traffic Violator-Feb 14, 2015 | Vu Quoc Ngu (Defend the Defenders) Police in Ho Chi Minh City are probing a local officer for allegedly ordering a brutal beating that left a man dead last year, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Lieutenant Pham Sy Hoai Nhu was accused of asking a group of men to attack Nguyen […]
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