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  • Human human rights council: states must protect rights during protests - ARTICLE 19 | 31 Mar 2014 ARTICLE 19 welcomes the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) of a significant resolution calling on States to promote and protect human rights in the context of peaceful protests.  “This resolution is a timely response to widespread violations of fundamental human rights we have witnessed during protests in […]
  • Mar 10-Mar 16 Defenders’ Weekly: Increasing repression against prisoners of conscience - Defenders ‘ Weekly | Mar 10-Mar 16, 2014 summarized as follows: **********Mar 10, 2014********** FVPoC and VNWHR’s aids to victims of HR abuses FVPoC and VNWHR offered financial assistance to three families of the victims who were arrested illegally in Lap Vo, Dong Thap province. Each family including Bui Hang, Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh and […]
  • Tuần tin Người BVNQ 10/03 – 16/03: Gia tăng đàn áp các tù nhân lương tâm - Defenders’ Weekly | Tuần lễ 10/03 – 16/03 tóm lược như sau: **********Ngày 10/3/2014********** Hội CTNLT và Hội PNNQ trao quà chia sẻ cho 3 gia đình các nạn nhân trong vụ Công an bắt giữ người trái phép ở Lấp Vò – Đồng Tháp  Sáng 09 – 03 – 2014,  tại văn phòng Công Lý […]
  • Tạm dừng cấp phép thành lập cơ quan báo chí - Hương Thu,Vnexpress | 10/3/2014 Bộ Thông tin và Truyền thông sẽ tạm dừng cấp phép thành lập các cơ quan báo chí, đồng thời rà soát giảm bớt những báo hoạt động không đúng tôn chỉ mục đích. ‘Báo điện tử sẽ là loại hình truyền thông chủ lực’ Tại Hội nghị giao ban quản lý nhà […]
  • FVPOC protests the illegal detention of innocent residents in Thuan Nam -Ninh Thuan province and Duong Noi in capital city of Hanoi - FVPoC | 31/03/2014 Translation by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu [/rollinglinks](Defend The Defenders) Tell The World Vietnam should revoke all projects which involve land seizure and cause environment pollution. The communist government must immediately release all detained residents in the two localities. All state officials and police officers which violated law should be punished strictly. The Former Vietnamese […]
  • Visiting a special member – Prisoner of the Century Nguyen Huu Cau - FVPOC | 29 Mar 2014 Translated by [rollinglinks]Le Anh Hung[/rollinglinks] (Defend The Defenders) Tell The World Mr Nguyen Huu Cau tells us about the bizarre verdict imposed upon him which made him a prisoner for 32 years, even longer than Nelson Mandela under apartheid regime. He recalls his friends, those prisoners of conscience who lived with […]
  • Mar 3 – Mar 9 Defenders’ Weekly: Discovered a form of torture by police using chilli to rub on the lower part of the abdomen - Defenders ‘ Weekly | Mar 3 – Mar 9, 2014 summarized as follows : *********On Mar 4, 2014********* Journalist Truong Duy Nhat sentenced 2 years in jail Da Nang city People’s Court sentenced two years’ imprisonment for Truong Duy Nhat with the charge of Article 258 – abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests […]
  • Tuần tin Người BVNQ 3/3 – 9/3: Phanh phui một hình thức tra tấn của công an khi dùng ớt xát vào hạ bộ - Defenders’ Weekly | Tuần lễ 3/3-9/3 tóm lược như sau: ********* Ngày 4/3/2014********* Nhà báo Trương Duy Nhất bị kết án 2 năm tù giam Tòa án nhân dân Đà Nẵng đã tuyên án 2 năm tù giam cho nhà báo Trương Duy Nhất vì điều 258- lợi dụng các quyền tự do dân chủ […]
  • Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Consciences Warns Situation of Prisoners of Conscience - FVPoC | 29/3/2013 Translation by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks] (Defend The Defenders) Tell The World The Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Consciences (FVPOC) have strongly condemned the harassments of Communist Party of Vietnam and its government from the central level to the grassroot level against local residents. Vietnam’s election to the UN Human Rights Council, its signing of the […]
  • Religious Minorities in Vietnam Facing Government Scrutiny and Persecution - by Dennis Crowley – Juicyecumenism | March 28, 2014 Vietnam has been under total Communist rule since 1975, after the fall of South Vietnam. Christian relief group Barnabas Aid reports Christians make up just 9 percent of the population. According to Human Rights watchdog Open Doors, Christians are perceived as agents for western nations. Tribal leaders often help the […]