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  • Vietnamese dissident monk who was a Nobel Prize nominee dies at 93 -   AFP- JIJI, February 23, 2020 HANOI – Thich Quang Do, a dissident Buddhist monk who has effectively been under house arrest since 2003 and was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at age 93. Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, the vocal patriarch was born in 1928 in […]
  • Vietnam Advancing Ties With Russia to Hedge Against China, US -   FILE – Vietnamese Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich (2nd L) talks to his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu (2nd R) during their meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 23, 2018.   VOA News, February 21, 2020   The Southeast Asian country, challenged by three powers over the past century, now sees […]
  • Charges Filed in Vietnam in Truck Deaths Case - A Vietnamese woman in Nghe An province holds a photo of her son, believed to be among 39 migrant workers found dead in Britain, Oct. 28, 2019. RFA, February 21, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam’s coastal Ha Tinh province have filed charges against seven human traffickers accused of involvement in a smuggling ring that sent 39 […]
  • Vietnam’s Rights Record Deteriorating Despite Regular Dialogue With West: Experts - Environmental activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh is shown in court in Ben Tre province, Vietnam, June 6, 2019. RFA, February 19, 2020 Vietnam’s human rights situation continues to deteriorate despite regular dialogues between Hanoi and Western nations, a social analyst and a former political prisoner said Wednesday, as representatives of the European Union and the one-party […]
  • Khanh Hoa Court Upholds One-year Non-custodial Reform on Human Rights Lawyer Tran Vu Hai and His Wife forTax Evasion -   Defend the Defenders, February 22, 2020   On February 21, the People’s Court of Khanh Hoa province upheld the one year of non-custodial reform on human rights attorney Tran Vu Hai and his wife Ngo Tuyet Phuong on tax evasion charge under Article 161 of the 1999 Penal Code. After one week, the court […]
  • Ngư dân và nông dân dọc sông Mekong trước những thay đổi lịch sử - Dấu chân của một ngư dân trên lòng sông Mekong cạn nước, gần Sangkhom, Thái Lan. Ảnh: The New York Times. Luật Khoa tạp chí, ngày 19/2/2020   “Thay đổi dòng chảy của một con sông, bạn thay đổi dòng chảy của cả sự sống”. Đó là lời của nhà sư Phitakchai Jaruthammo ở ngôi […]
  • Eight Members of Hiến Pháp Group to Go to First-instance Hearing on March 10, 18 Months after Being Detained -     Defend the Defenders, February 22, 2020   Vietnam’s communist regime has re-scheduled the first-instance hearing on March 10 to try eight members of the unregistered group Hiến Pháp (Constitution) on the allegation “disruption of security” under Article 118 of the country’s Criminal Code” for their intention to participate in a peaceful demonstration, Defend […]
  • EU: Cần gây sức ép với Việt Nam về cải thiện nhân quyền - Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote.   Đối thoại nên tập trung vào các cam kết liên quan đến thỏa thuận thương mại mới đây Human Rights Watch, ngày 18/2/2020 (Bangkok) – Hôm nay, Tổ chức Theo dõi Nhân quyền phát biểu rằng Liên […]
  • EU: Press Vietnam on Human Rights Reforms - Expand Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote.   Upcoming Dialogue Should Focus on Commitments Made in Recent Trade Deals   Human Rights Watch, February 18, 2020  The European Union should press Vietnam to end its systemic repression of human rights and release political prisoners […]
  • FIDH và VCHR kêu gọi EU gây sức ép buộc Việt Nam cải thiện nhân quyền - Defend the Defenders, ngày 17/02/2020   Vào ngày 17/2, Liên đoàn Quốc tế Nhân quyền (FIDH) và tổ chức thành viên là Uỷ ban Bảo vệ Quyền làm người Việt Nam (VCHR) ra thông cáo kêu gọi Liên minh Châu Âu (EU) gây sức ép lên nhà cầm quyền cộng sản Việt Nam để buộc Hà Nội phải cải thiện […]