Vietnamese penal code forces lawyers to denounce clients-HANOI, June 21 (Xinhua) — Under Vietnam’s amended Penal Code, attorneys are subject to denounce their clients if they commit felonies like infringing on national security, local media reported on Wednesday. The new regulation in the amended Penal Code, adopted by Vietnam’s top legislature on Tuesday, is necessary to protect national security and social order, […]
Vietnam’s Crackdown on Political Dissent Described as Boon for Business-Voice of America, June 21, 2017 TAIPEI — Economic analysts say many foreign investors are finding an up side to the suppression of dissent in Vietnam, taking comfort in the expectation of business stability as the country’s one-party government moves toward a landmark economic summit later in the year. Plain-clothed authorities beat rights campaigners and […]
Vietnam Uses Thugs as Surrogates to Keep Citizens in Line, Report Says-Human Rights Watch details beatings, intimidation Asia Sentinel, June 20, 2017 All over Vietnam, young toughs are being employed as a sort of police auxiliary who administer beatings to citizens that the national police aren’t yet ready to arrest, or perhaps would rather not arrest, according to a new report issued on June 19 by […]
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh-Opinions No. 27/2017 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its seventy-eighth session, 19-28 April 2017 Human Rights Council, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 30, 2017 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established in resolution 1991/42 of the Commission on Human Rights, which extended and clarified the Working Group’s mandate in […]
Vietnam Parliament Adopts Revised Penal Code, Controversial Articles Remain-by Defend the Defenders, June 20, 2017 Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly on June 20 adopted the revised Penal Code in which controversial articles on national security provision remain unchanged in content. The 2017 Penal Code which will replace the 1999 Penal Code from Jan 1, 2018 still impose heavy sentences to silence local […]
Vietnam Rejects HRW’s Report on Beating Local Activists-by Defend the Defenders, June 21, 2017 Vietnam’s government has rejected the recent report released by the New York-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on ongoing physical attacks against local political dissidents, human rights defenders and social activists as well as independent blogger, saying the country acted in accordance with international human rights treaties. The […]
Quốc hội thông qua điều 19 BLHS: Luật sư tố cáo thân chủ-Đài Á châu Tự do, ngày 20/6/2017 Quốc hội Việt Nam chiều ngày 20 tháng 6 thông qua luật sửa đổi, bổ sung một số điều của Bộ luật hình sự 2015, trong đó có Điều 19 bị giới luật sư phản đối mạnh mẽ. Cụ thể đối với Điều 19, Bộ Luật sửa đổi […]
Vietnam rights report highlights beatings, intimidation-Reuters, June 20, 2017 HANOI — Vietnamese human rights bloggers and activists are being beaten and intimidated, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday, as it urged the Communist government to end attacks and hold those responsible accountable. The New York-based rights group described 36 incidents in which unknown men in civilian […]
Outspoken blogger stripped of Vietnamese citizenship-Reporters Without Borders June 19, 2017 – Pham Minh Hoang, an outspoken blogger, free speech advocate and university academic with French and Vietnamese dual nationality, is facing imminent deportation from the country of his birth because the Vietnamese authorities have stripped him of his Vietnamese nationality. Hoang, 62, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City, […]
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