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Vietnam Worse Than Syria in Jailing Reporters
With 18 journalists behind bars, Vietnam ranks fifth in the world for imprisoning members of the press. By Luke Hunt for The Diplomat January 21, 2014 Vietnam has made the top 10 list of countries that jail reporters for simply doing their job. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Vietnam came in at…
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Mother of jailed Vietnam activist warns on trade pact
Updated: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:48:05 GMT | By Agence France-Presse The mother of a jailed Vietnamese labor activist appealed Thursday for the United States to use a Pacific trade pact as pressure to end what rights groups call widespread violations. Tran Thi Ngoc Minh, mother of jailed Vietnamese activist Do Thi Minh Hanh,…
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Vietnam: Campaign calls for abolition of torture
CSWThursday, January 16, 2014 5:51 pm Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has welcomed the launch today of a report by the Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam. The campaign advocates for humane treatment of detainees and prisoners in Vietnam and the elimination of the practice of torture and other abuses in Vietnamese prisons, jails, police stations,…
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Statement of Vietnam’s Clergies Concerning Ordinance on Religion and Belief
Statement of Vietnam’s Clergies Concerning the Ordinance on Religion and Belief of 2004 and the 2012 Decree on Directives and Measures for Implementing the Ordinance on Religion and Belief Respectfully submitted to: – Officials in Vietnam’s government (Executive Branch and National Assembly) – Members of the clergies and religious orders, and adherents of the various…
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Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan did not receive fair trial
2 October 2013 Bangkok, Thailand — The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said the conviction today of Le Quoc Quan, a lawyer and human rights defender in Vietnam, violated international standards governing the right to a fair trial. Judge Le Thi Hop of the People’s Court of Hanoi convicted and sentenced Le Quoc Quan to…
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Viet Nam: Lawyer latest victim of government’s crackdown on dissent
2 October 2013 Viet Nam must immediately release a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who was jailed on politically motivated charges today, Amnesty International said. A court in Viet Nam’s capital Ha Noi today sentenced Le Quoc Quan, one of the country’s best known dissidents, to 30 months in prison on trumped up tax…
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Vietnam’s Trade of Underaged Species
October 1, 2013, 10:19 am 2 Comments By LIEN HOANG HO CHI MINH CITY — “It’s basic police work,” said Michael Brosowski describing his activities with the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, a nongovernmental agency that rescues children working in sweatshops in Vietnam. When it learns about a case of child labor, workers for the agency…
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Bishop of Vinh concerned by regime attacks, appeals for international support
09/18/2013 10:04 VIETNAM Bishop of Vinh concerned by regime attacks, appeals for international support In an interview with AsiaNews , Msgr . Paul Nguyen Thai Hop speaks of “a dangerous and worrying situation” for the Christians of the diocese, who are under the scrutiny of the Vietnamese authorities. He calls for the respect of human…
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Protest against arbitrary detention of Catholics in Vietnam
Press Release: On the brutal attack of the Vietnamese government against parishioners of My Yen, Nghe An in the diocese of Vinh The Federation of Vietnamese Catholic Mass Media 9/8/2013 ——————————————————————————– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Sydney -September 07, 2013 – The Federation of Vietnamese Catholic Mass Media protests before the international community and sternly condemns the…
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