Proposed Vietnam religion law draws ire-Ucanews | Nov 04, 2015 A group of 27 civil society organizations have called on Vietnam to edit a controversial draft law on religion, saying it is wide open to abuse. Lawmakers in Vietnam are expected to pass a new law on religion that religious leaders and rights monitors have long warned will likely worsen […]
Police look into assault on two lawyers in Hanoi-Tuoitrenews | Nov 04, 2015 Police are investigating a case in which two lawyers were assaulted in Chuong My District, Hanoi on Tuesday afternoon, following their visit to the house of an inmate beaten to death in prison. Prior to the incident, the two victims, Tran Nhu Nam and Le Van Luan, were meeting Do […]
Masked Men Beat Vietnam Lawyers Advising Family of Death in Custody Victim-RFA | Nov 03, 2015 Two lawyers advising the family of a young man who died in police custody on his case were brutally attacked by a group of thugs wearing masks in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi Tuesday, leaving them bloody and bruised, according to one of the victims. Lawyers Tran Thu Nam and Le Van […]
Joint Statement of Concern on Vietnam’s Draft Law on Religion-Civil society organizations | Nov 04, 2015 We, the undersigned civil society organizations are concerned that Vietnam’s draft Law on Belief and Religion1 is inconsistent with the right to freedom of religion or belief. We call upon the Government to comprehensively revise the draft Law to conform with Vietnam’s obligations under international human rights law […]
Authorities in Vietnam’s Nghe An Continue Harassing Local Political Dissident-By Vu Quoc Ngu, November 4, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An have constantly been harassing a local political dissident, terroring his family by throwing bricks and stones to his house, the victim has complained. Mr. Tran Duc Thach, 63-year old writer and poet, said the lives of his family’s members are […]
Vietnam Police Brutally Beat School Boy, Providing No First Aid for Victim-by Vu Quoc Ngu, November 4, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh have barbarically beaten a local school boy, providing no the first aid for the victim but leaving him with severe injuries to go home to seek medical emergency, state media has reported. Nguyen Duc Phu, 16, from Huong Hoa commune, […]
Vietnamese Activists, NGOs Protest Visit by China’s President-RFA | Nov 02, 2015 Eight Vietnamese nongovernmental organizations and 1,700 activists who live inside and outside the country have added their names to an online petition, urging Chinese President Xi Jinping not to visit Hanoi this week to protest China’s aggressive policy in the South China Sea. Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vietnam’s Draft Law Threatens Religious Freedom-DVOV | Nov 03, 2015 Rights organizations call for comprehensive revision of Vietnamese government’s draft law on religion Citing a series of inconsistencies with international law protecting the right to freedom of religion or belief, 27 organizations, including international NGOs and regional civil society organizations today issued a joint statement criticizing Vietnam’s draft law on […]
Vietnam urged to redraft oppressive religious freedom laws-Christiantoday | Nov 03, 2015 Religious freedom in Vietnam is under threat from a new law on belief and religion, according to a joint statement from a number of faith groups. 27 organisations have signed a statement urging the Vietnamese government to revise the draft law which currently places “severe limitations” on religious freedom, according […]
Hanoi Human Rights Lawyers Beaten by Thugs When Visiting Family of Boy Murdered in Detention-By Vu Quoc Ngu, November 03, 2015 Thugs and security agents in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have brutally assaulted human rights lawyers Tran Thu Nam and Le Van Luan and robbed a cell phone of the latter when the duo visited the family of Do Dang Du, the boy beaten to death during detention, […]
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