Gia đình tù nhân lương tâm Đặng Xuân Diệu kêu cứu-Thanh Phương, RFI | 13/6/2014 Gia đình của thanh niên Công giáo Đặng Xuân Diệu kêu cứu về tình trạng của tù nhân lương tâm này, hiện đã tuyệt thực, nhịn đói 50 ngày. Đặng Xuân Diệu là một trong số 14 thanh niên Công giáo và Tin lành bị đưa ra xét xử trong […]
Vietnam hears blogger’s appeal in secret, affirms prison term-VNRN | June 13, 2014 The closed appeal affirmed the 15-month sentence against blogger Pham Viet Dao, 62, a former Vietnamese Communist Party member and government official. He had been convicted under Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal code for allegedly “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the State.” A week before, his wife and children […]
Campaign to combat child labour launches at the opening of 2014 Football World Cup-UN | Ha Noi, 11 June 2014 As billions of people prepare for the opening of the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in Brazil on 12 June, the International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN’s agency for the world of work, will launch its 2014 Red Card to Child Labour Campaign. With 168 million children […]
COMMUNIQUE OF THE FREE VIET LABOR FEDERATION-Viet Labor | June 12, 2014 June 9, 2014 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) proclaims itself to be a state built on a worker-peasant coalition but in reality it has betrayed the interests of these two largest groups in the population of Vietnam. This can be witnessed in the millions of victims of land […]
Vietnam’s human rights effort nearly zero-VRNs | June 13, 2014 – Saigon Since the latest Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, from the beginning of this year up to now, the effort on Human Rights in Vietnam is nearly zero. On June 9th, Binh Duong Police attacked the Mennonite Protestant Church’s theology training establishment. The pastor Nguyen Manh Hung said: […]
Panel Discussion on the safety of journalists (Human Rights Council decision 24/116)-Oral statement delivered by Ms. Gayathry Venkiteswaranon behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 11 June 2014 Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA makes this statement in solidarity with the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). We welcome this initiative at the international level to discuss the important issue of the safety of journalists and hope that this […]
Declaration of Vietnam Civil Society Organizations regarding the founding of Vietnam Independent Trade Union-Defend the Defenders | June 11, 2014 Translated by [rollinglinks]Nguyen Khoa Thai Anh[/rollinglinks] Independent trade unions must be established by the workers themselves, truly look out for the interest of the workers, centered on the workers and protect the essential rights of every worker in each plant and industry. Independent trade unions cannot exist in […]
DTD’s Vietnam News: Vietnam Protests China’s Deployment of Oilrig, Warships at ARF Meetings-Defend the Defenders | June 10, 2014 Vietnam has slammed China for its deployment of $1 billion drilling platform and an escort flotilla of ships, including warships in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the Senior Officials’ Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (SOM ARF) which opened in Myanmar on June 9. Speaking at the meeting with […]
DTD’s Vietnam News: European Scholars Reject China’s U-shaped Claim in East Sea-Defend the Defenders | June 9, 2014 About thirty European scholars attending a recent workshop in Norway refuted China’s groundless claim of the “nine-dash line” or “U-shaped line” in the East Sea, saying that that map cannot be used for sovereignty negotiations. Meeting at the seminar held by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) […]
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