New Report denounces Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Vietnam-Nov 11, 2014 | Vietnam Committee on Human Rights | VCHR GENEVA, 11 November 2014 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – In a new joint report released at the United Nations in Geneva today, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and the FIDH document serious violations of economic, social and cultural rights in Vietnam. The 36-page report, entitled […]
RESOLUTION on VIETNAM-PEN International | Nov 11, 2014 Draft submitted by Suisse Romand PEN, seconded by Swiss German PEN and Swiss Italian and Reto-Romansch Centres. Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 80th World Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 29th September to 2nd October 2014 Freedom of expression in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam remains […]
Identifying The Vietnam Authorities’ Advocacy Using Violence Against Human Rights Defenders-FVPoC | Nov 11, 2014 U.S. Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski on a press conference in Hanoi on Oct 27, the last day of his visit to the communist nation, said “…it would not be progress if a dozen people were released and then a dozen more people were arrested, so what we stressed above all […]
Chào Mừng Các Hội Viên Mới Gia Nhập Vào Hội Cựu Tù Nhân Lương Tâm-CTNLT | 10/11/2014 CTNLT Nhà Văn Nguyễn Xuân Nghĩa là một trong những gương mặt tiên phong của phong trào dân chỉ Việt Nam. Ông cũng là thành viên ban điều hành khối 8406, là một nhà văn có nhiều tác phẩm và bài viết tiêu biểu. Ông bị bắt vào năm 2008 vì đã […]
Điếu Cày sẽ lật lại vụ án “CLB nhà báo tự do”?-Thảo Vy * Tác giả gửi bài cho VNTB Ngày 27-10, VOA có bài phỏng vấn blogger Điếu Cày Nguyễn Văn Hải. (http://www.voatiengviet.com/content/blogger-dieu-cay-tuyen-bo-se-kien-vietnam-ra-toa-quoc-te/2498421.html) Trả lời VOA, ông Hải nói: “Việc đưa chúng tôi vào trại giam là hoàn toàn trái pháp luật, và quả thực nó trái pháp luật đối với ngay chính pháp luật […]
Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Nov 3-9, 2014: Independent Journalist Truong Minh Duc Brutally Beaten by Mobs-Defend the Defenders | 11/11/2014 Defenders’ Weekly ********3/11/2014********* Two Political Prisoners Released Prisoner of conscience Tran Huu Duc on Nov 2 completed his 39-month imprisonment he was sentenced in 2011 for conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of the Criminal Code. After coming home in Nam Loc commune in Nam Dan district in Nghe An province […]
Vietnam Urged to Criminalize Torture to Halt Corporal Treatment-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 10, 2014 Defend the Defenders All acts of torture should be criminalized by labeling it as a crime with punishments similar to those stipulated for crimes in Chapter XXIV of the Penal Code, which range from 10 years in prison to the death penalty, said Dr. Dao Thi Le Thu […]
French Senior Diplomat Assaulted by Mobs in Vietnam Southern Hub-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Nov 10, 2014 Defend the Defenders Mr. Battalan was beaten when he came to a private house of Pham Minh Hoang, a Franco-Vietnamese blogger in the city after the blogger asked for help. Five days ago, a group of gangsters accompanied by plain-clothes security agents moved into a house close to […]
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