GENERAL

  • Viet Nam: Halt crackdown on freedom of expression - 7 August 2012 – Viet Nam’s government must halt its ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today after mass arrests during a peaceful protest in the capital Ha Noi.
  • Acting Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - Geneva, 3 August 2012, Ravina Shamdasani: We are concerned by what appears to be increasingly limited space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam. Information that we have received indicates ongoing persecution of bloggers and people who use the Internet and other means to freely express their opinions.
  • Vietnam Postpones Trial of Bloggers for Third Time - Aug 3 2012 – 3:50pm: Freedom House condemns today’s decision to postpone the August 7 trial for three Vietnamese bloggers. This is the third time the court has delayed the trial, which stems from charges widely considered to be punishment for their criticism of the government. Freedom House calls for the Vietnamese government to drop all […]
  • U.S. Embassy’s Statement on Lieng Self-immolation - August 1, 2012 – We were deeply concerned and saddened to hear of Ms. Dang Thi Kim Lieng’s July 30 self-immolation reportedly related to circumstances surrounding the detention of her daughter Ta Phong Tan.
  • Viet Nam: Open Letter To Embassies About the Upcoming Trial of 3 Bloggers - 31 July 2012 Attn:  Heads of Missions: Embassies of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of […]
  • Imprisoned blogger’s mother self-immolates in Vietnam - New York, July 30, 2012–The mother of an imprisoned Vietnamese blogger died after setting herself on fire to protest her daughter’s detention on anti-state charges, her family has told international news outlets.
  • HARSHER CRACKDOWN ON DISSIDENTS PROMPTS ACT OF DESPAIR - RSF 30 July, 2012 – Dang Thi Kim Lieng, the mother of the jailed blogger Ta Phong Tan, died after setting fire to herself today outside the headquarters of the People’s Committee in Bac Lieu, Tan’s home province, in an act of despair about her dissident daughter’s trial next week in Ho Chi Minh City for criticizing […]
  • UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
  • Tuyên ngôn Nhân quyền Liên hợp quốc (10-12-1948) - Lời nói đầu Xét rằng việc thừa nhận phẩm giá bẩm sinh và những quyền bình đẳng bất khả chuyển nhượng của tất cả các phần tử trong đại gia đình nhân loại là nền tảng của tự do, công lý và hoà bình thế giới.
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