June 2 – June 8, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly: Civil Societies meet to discuss on the rights of freedom of assembly-Defend the Defenders | June 10, 2014 Defenders’ Weekly ********** 02/06/2014********** Canadian Parliament held hearing on human rights violations in Vietnam On May 29, the Vietnamese Canadian Federation was invited by the International Human Rights Subcommittee of the Parliament of Canada’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development to attend a hearing for human rights […]
Understanding Internet Freedom: Vietnam’s Digital Activists-Viet Tan, SecondMuse | June 5, 2014 Six digital activists from Vietnam were invited to the U.S in April and May by Viet Tan, Access, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Radio Free Asia and Reporters Without Borders. During their 3 weeks stay in the U.S. the activists participated in a series of educational and human rights activities […]
UN: Viet Nam needs inclusive national efforts to ratify Convention against Torture-UNDP Vietnam | 6 June 2014 Ha Noi – “Ratifying and implementing the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment or Punishment will require a strong interaction between different institutions, including the Police, other public security agencies, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the Supreme People’s Courts, and central and provincial government authorities,” said UN […]
Họp mặt XHDS tháng 6: bàn luận về quyền thành lập hội ôn hòa-PNNQVN | 6/6/2014 Tham gia họp mặt có đại điện các tôn giáo của truyền thông Dòng Chúa Cứu Thế, giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống Nhất, Phật giáo Hòa Hảo, Tin Lành, Cao Đài cùng các tổ chức XHDS độc lập như Hội CTNLT, Hội PNNQVN, Hội bầu bí tương thân, Bạch Đằng […]
HRW: WORLD REPORT 2014 – Vietnam-HRW | June 4, 2014 World Report 2014 is Human Rights Watch’s 24th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events through November 2013. Reflecting on the “Rights Struggles of 2013,” Executive Director Kenneth Roth highlights the […]
BLOGGING FOR FREEDOM IN VIETNAM-THE NEW YORKER | June 3, 2014 While working on my book about Internet dissent in the Communist and post-Communist world, I interviewed bloggers in China, Cuba, and Russia who, like Quan, wanted to tell stories that did not appear in the state-controlled media. Quan, whose blogging career started in a small shop that repaired […]
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