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Joint Statement of Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam
CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH TORTURE IN VIETNAM JOINT STATEMENT January 16, 2014 We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, join our collective voices and efforts in support of the Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam. The campaign advocates for humane treatment of detainees and prisoners in Vietnam and elimination of the practice of torture and other…
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Convicted Ex-Vietnamese Shipping Firm Boss Drops Bombshell in Court
RFA, Jan 08, 2014 The former head of a beleaguered Vietnamese state shipping company sentenced to death for corruption has dropped a bombshell at a court hearing, saying he paid bribes to top officials of the ruling Communist Party in a futile bid to avoid arrest and prosecution, according to state media Wednesday. Duong Tri…
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China Orders Foreign Fishing Vessels Out of Most of the South China Sea
New rules issued prior to near collision between U.S. warship and Chinese naval vessel BY: Bill Gertz January 7, 2014 5:00 am China has ordered foreign fishing vessels to obtain approval from regional authorities before fishing or surveying in two thirds of the South China Sea, setting up the potential for new confrontations between Beijing…
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Dangerous Waters
State Department calls new China fishing curbs in South China Sea ‘dangerous and provocative’ BY: Bill Gertz January 9, 2014 6:30 pm China’s imposition of new restrictions on foreign fishing in the South China Sea is a “dangerous and provocative” measure, the State Department said on Thursday. “The passing of these restrictions on other countries’…
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Viet Nam: Report documents how scores remain imprisoned for speaking out
7 November 2013 The Vietnamese authorities must end their alarming crackdown on dissent and immediately put in place measures to protect activists from further harassment and imprisonment simply for exercising their rights, Amnesty International said in a new report today. Silenced Voices: Prisoners of Conscience in Viet Nam examines how laws and decrees are used…
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ADIZ stirs fears for South China Sea
Asia Times Online By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA – China’s recent controversial announcement of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) covering disputed island features in the East China Sea has raised concerns in Southeast Asia that Beijing will soon invoke a similar measure for the hotly contested South China Sea. The ADIZ encompasses the contested…
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Deutsche Bank divests from Vietnamese land grabber HAGL following Global Witness’ expose
3rd December 2013 Deutsche Bank no longer holds any significant stock in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Global Witness has learned. The decision comes after the campaign group’s research revealed a wide range of environmental and human rights abuses in HAGL’s plantations in Cambodia and Laos. However the bank would not confirm…
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In Vietnam, weary apparatchiks launch quiet revolution
Martin Petty /Reuters11/28/2013 HANOI (Reuters) – The Vietnam of today wasn’t what Le Hieu Dang had hoped for when he joined the Communist Party 40 years ago to liberate and rebuild a country reeling from decades of war and French and U.S. occupation. The socialist system of the late revolutionary Ho Chi Minh has been…
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Vietnam: Amended Constitution a Missed Opportunity on Rights
For Immediate ReleaseNew UN Human Rights Council Member Not Living Up to Commitments (New York, December 3, 2013) – The amended constitution Vietnam adopted onNovember 28, 2013, failed to address popular aspirations for change and reform,Human Rights Watch said today. Vietnam’s donors and development partners shouldredouble their efforts to press the Vietnamese government for constitutionaland…
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