US religious activists welcomed in Hanoi-Vietnamnet | Aug 30, 2015 The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held a discussion in Hanoi on August 28 with visiting Professor Mary Ann Glendon, Commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). At the session, Glendon expressed her pleasure to visit Vietnam at a time when the two countries are getting closer […]
Hanoi frees two Catholic activists, four years in jail for “anti-government activities”-Asia News | Aug 28, 2015 Hanoi (AsiaNews) – Two young activists Vietnamese Catholics have left prison in recent days, after serving their entire four-year sentence in prison for attempts to “overthrow the communist government” in power in Hanoi. In spite of the sentence imposed under the controversial article 79 of the Penal Code, they […]
Vietnam to free 18200 prisoners in amnesty but no activists-News24s | Aug 28, 2015 HANOI — Vietnam on the subject of Friday said it will certainly free much more compared to 18,200 prisoners to mark its independence day celebrations, however political activists will certainly be excluded from the country’s second-biggest-ever amnesty. The detainees will certainly be released in batches beginning from Monday ahead of […]
A new draft law spooks foreign not-for-profit groups working in China-Economist | Aug 22, 2015 RECENTLY the Communist Party has put forward a raft of proposals aimed at preventing perceived challenges to its monopoly of power. On July 1st a national-security law was passed that authorised “all measures necessary” to protect the country from hostile elements. Now a draft of China’s first law for regulating […]
CASES OF MISSING JOURNALISTS IN TEN COUNTRIES REFERRED TO UN-RSF | Aug 28, 2015 In an initiative two days before International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (30 August), Reporters Without Borders has referred the cases of missing journalists in ten countries to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. In a […]
Hanoi Police Deport Son of Arrested Land Petitioner Prior to Grand Parade-By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 30, 2015 Hanoi police on August 29 deported Duong Van Tuyen, who is seeking justice for his mother, several days prior to a grand parade on the occasion of the National Day [September 2]. Tuyen, son of Vu Thi Hai who is under arrest on charge of causing public disorders, […]
Vietnam Activists Brutally Beaten by Policemen, Thugs after Visiting Fresh-released Political Prisoner-by Vu Quoc Ngu, August 28, 2015 Many Vietnamese activists were brutally attacked by policemen and thugs in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on August 28 after they visited a fresh-released political prisoner. Among assaulted activists are Ms. Tran Thi Nga, a member of the unsanctioned Vietnam Women for Human Rights, Mr. Truong […]
Catholic Youth Activists Released After 4-Year Sentences in Vietnam-RFA | Aug 27, 2015 Two Catholic youth activists released from prison this week after serving four years on charges of attempting to overthrow Vietnam’s communist government said Thursday they refused to accept their convictions and vowed to continue their activism. Tran Minh Nhat was arrested on August 27, 2011 and sentenced 4 years in jail and […]
Cao Dai Church promotes dignitaries’ solidarity-Vietnamplus | Aug 27, 2015 The Ante Creation (Cao Dai Tien Thien) Church has adopted a Charter and religious practice programme between 2015 and 2020 to promote compassion and solidarity among Cao Dai dignitaries and followers. The adoption was made at the Church’s fifth congress, which opened in southern Ben Tre province on August 27 […]
Submission to DFAT: Australia-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue 2015 – Civil Society consultation-Amnesty | Aug 4, 2015 Amnesty International has prepared this submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs in advance of the Civil Society consultation ahead of the Australia-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue 2015. The paper provides an overview of human rights issues in Viet Nam during 2014-15, including information about individual cases of concern. It […]
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