A Signature for Vietnam Human Rights 2015-WFHRVN (Nhanquyen2015.net) ,Danlambao | Apr 09, 2015 The upcoming date of April 30th, 2015 will mark the fortieth commemoration of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s exertion of their power over the entirety of Vietnam. Throughout their time in power, the communist government of Vietnam has never shown their interest or implement the rules of respecting the basic […]
Vietnam Lawmakers Okay to Remove Seven Crimes from Capital Punishment-By KTT | Apr 08, 2015 Vietnam’s lawmakers have okayed to drop seven crimes from the list of death penalties in a bid to promote the humanity in the communist-ruled country in Southeast Asia, state media reported. The majority of members of the Justice Committee under the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, agreed […]
Vietnam Ongoing harassment of lawyer Nguyen Van Dai-Advocatenvooradvocaten | Apr 07, 2015 L4L is very concerned about the ongoing harassment of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai. Dai was under house arrest in Hanoi since 2011, serving a four-year sentence that was due to end on 5 March 2015. He has been the victim of several acts of intimidation in the months leading […]
Vietnam Human Right Defenders’ Weekly March 30-April 5: Human Rights Activists Being Harassed Continuously-Defender’s Weekly | Apr 05, 2015 ***********30/3/2015********** Demonstration “Cứu lấy cây xanh/Protect trees” in Hanoi On Mar 29, thousands of people in Hanoi gathered in the city’s center to demand the local authorities to clarify the city’s plan to chop down 6,700 aged trees in the city’s main streets. Earlier, the city’s People Committee ordered […]
Vietnam Plans to Set up Court to Protect Children: Senior Lawmaker-By KTT | Apr 06, 2015 Vietnam expects to set up a court to deal with issues involving in families and adolescents this year in a bid to promote children protection, a deputy chairman of the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body. The court will cover the issues, such as divorce that involving in […]
Vietnam lawmakers suggest separating detention facilities from police-Tuoitrenews | Apr 06, 2015 Vietnamese lawmakers debated Thursday last week the separation of detention houses from the management of police at the province and district levels to prevent abuse, torture, and coerced confessions. The debate took place during a meeting of the justice committee under the law-making National Assembly to review two draft laws […]
Pastor Quang and His Son Brutally Attacked Again in Vietnam-Danutm | Apr 04, 2015 As I have written HERE, I have met Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang during my second visit to Saigon, Vietnam, in 2005. He reminded me a lot of Pastor Pavel Nicolescu, leand of ALRC (the Romanian Committee for the Defence of the Freedom of Religion and Conscience), whom I knew […]
Vietnam Human Rights Defender Barred from Attending Int’l Conference in Sweden, Passport Confiscated-Vu Quoc Ngu | April 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) On April 3, Mr. Ha, a member of the unsanctioned pro-democracy Brotherhood of Democracy, was held by Vietnam’s security forces in the airport when she planned to take a domestic flight to the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport where she will […]
A brief statement by genuine Vietnamese civil society organizations-Defend The Defenders | Apr 4, 2015 I- First of all, we recognize the important and indispensible role of ASEAN independent civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting prosperity, stability, and democratization for every ASEAN member nation and for all the people of ASEAN. We also regard dictatorial regimes and their “government-organized non-governmental organizations” (GONGOs) are […]
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