Vietnam Holds Large-scale Anti-protest Drill amid Rising Social Dissatisfaction-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 17, 2015 Vietnam’s authorities deployed 1,300 commandos, soldiers and police officers to hold a drill aimed at confronting terrorists and protestors, and rescuing hostages in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on Dec 14 amid rising social dissatisfaction. During the two-hour exercise, led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff […]
EU Raises Concerns about Increasing Human Rights Violations in Vietnam-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 17, 2015 The European Union (EU) has raised its concerns about human rights violations in Vietnam as well as restrictions of the country’s laws regarding basic human rights during the 5th round of EU-Vietnam Dialogue on Human Rights held in Hanoi on Dec 15. During the one-day event co-chaired by […]
Viet Nam: Arrest of human rights lawyer highlights spurious commitment to human rights-Amnesty International | Dec 16, 2015 Authorities in Viet Nam must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài, who has been detained on charges of “spreading propaganda against the state” shortly after the EU-Viet Nam Human Rights dialogue was held in the capital Ha Noi, Amnesty International said today. According to a […]
VIET NAM: IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST NGUYỄN VIỆT DŨNG-Amnesty International | Dec 16, 2015 Amnesty International calls on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release Nguyễn Việt Dũng, who is a prisoner of conscience. Nguyễn Việt Dũng was convicted of ‘causing public disorder’ solely for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly under Article 245 on 14 December 2015 […]
Vietnam Releases Musician Jailed For Politically Sensitive Songs-RFA | Dec 15, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam have freed prominent musician Vo Minh Tri from prison after serving his full four-year sentence for writing politically sensitive songs, which he said he has “no regrets” about composing amid a territorial dispute between his country and China over the South China Sea. Tri, a 37-year-old drummer […]
Pastor arrested, rights protesters beaten in Vietnam-UCA News | Dec 15, 2015 At least one person was reported beaten Dec. 14 while protesting outside the Hanoi trial of rights defender Nguyen Viet Dung, while a Protestant minister who is a prominent dissident was arrested in a separate incident in Thanh Hoa province. “Police blocked the road leading to the court [and] activists […]
Exile the price of freedom for Vietnamese blogger Ta Phong Tan-CPJ | Dec 15, 2015 Nearly two months after her early release from a decade-long prison sentence, Vietnamese blogger Ta Phong Tan is settling into life in exile in the U.S. Hers was the latest in a series of U.S. State Department-negotiated releases of political prisoners held on anti-state charges on condition they promptly leave […]
Nhạc sĩ Việt Khang: 4 năm tù giam là trải nghiệm quý giá đối với tôi-IJAVN | 16-12-2015 Việt Khang tên khai sinh là Võ Minh Trí (sinh năm 1978, Mỹ Tho – Tiền Giang), có vợ và một đứa con trai. Là một nhạc sĩ, năm 2011 vì cảm xúc trước hàng ngàn người dân Việt Nam từ Nam ra Bắc xuống đường biểu tình chống nhà cầm quyền […]
Hanoi Mulls over Suppressing Sect Related to Late President, Falun Gong-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Dec 16, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are striving to crack down on Hoang Thien Long, a sect related to late President Ho Chi Minh and Falun Gong, a China-sourced spiritual practice that combines meditation and qigong exercises, state media has reported. Speaking at a meeting on Dec […]
Assaults on Human Rights Defenders on the Rise in Vietnam- Civil Rights Defenders- Dec 16, 2015 The second half of 2015 saw an alarming rise in the number of violent attacks and threats against human rights defenders, petitioners, and their family members in Vietnam. Civil Rights Defenders calls on the Vietnamese authorities to end these attacks and to bring perpetrators to justice in line […]
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