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Montagnards: The People of the Mountain
The Montagnards of Vietnam are a people often forgotten by the world. They are composed of several minority ethnic groups that live in the mountainous Vietnamese region of the Central Highlands. Current estimates place their population at around 2.25 million people. They are a people living independent lives generally centered around their home villages and…
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NOW! NEWSLETTER 224 convicted, 20 in pre-trial detention 244 prisoners of conscience January 3, 2019
Latest Count: Vietnam Holds 244 Prisoners of Conscience Now! Campaign, Press Release, January 3, 2019 According to the Now! Campaign, an initiative involving 14 international and Vietnamese civil society organizations, the government of Vietnam is holding at least 244 in prisons or similar forms of detention compared to 165 cases in November 2017, when the campaign was launched. This makes…
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Dr. Nguyen Dan Que Wins Prestigious South Korean Human Rights Award
For Immediate Release Vietnamese Democracy Activist Wins Prestigious South Korean Human Rights Award Saigon, Vietnam – 4 May 2016 Vietnamese democracy activist, Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, is the 2016 co-recipient of the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. Dr. Nguyen Dan Que is the first Vietnamese winner of this prestigious Human Rights award, which has since…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Groups Praise Vietnam’s Religious Freedom Roundtable, Call for Governments’ Support
19 April 2016 Contact: bpsos@bpsos.org The recently established Vietnam Freedom of Religion or Belief Roundtable(VFRoB) has just received resounding support from a diverse collection of NGOs and faith-based organizations. In a joint letter, with nearly 50 endorsements as of 19 April 2016, signatories sent a congratulatory message to the roundtable, and, in light of the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Taiwan Conference Calls for Greater Religious Freedom in Asia
22 February 2016 – Taoyuan, Taiwan A collection of international organizations, religious leaders, parliamentarians, journalists, government officials, and civil society organizes gathered in Taoyuan, Taiwan to hold the Asia Pacific Religious Freedom Forum (APRFF) to strategize to defend and protect religious freedom in the region. The forum emphasized collaborations between its diverse stakeholders and culminated…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rights Groups Call on Obama to Get Tough on Vietnam
15 February 2016 – Washington D.C., USA As ASEAN’s leaders and top officials arrive in town, economic ties will likely be the focus of conversation, but so should Vietnam’s ongoing human rights violations. That is the position taken in a letter addressed to President Obama by a collection of human rights organizations and religious communities…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nguyen Van Dai’s Brotherhood for Democracy and other independent groups join engagement effort with ASEAN civil society
Vietnam – 9 Feb 2016 On 6 February Brotherhood for Democracy joined the Vietnamese Independent Civil Society Network (VICSN). In just a few weeks, the VICSN has doubled in size with several new groups joining the network and agreeing to establish a national process for Vietnam’s engagement in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN…
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VNWHR PRESS RELEASE: Vietnamese Women for Human Rights Establishes Overseas Representative Office
Posted in English on behalf of VNWHR Vietnamese Women for Human Rights Email: huynhthucvy@vnwhr.net Website: www. vnwhr.net Vietnam, 1 February 2016 – Vietnamese Women for Human Rights (VNWHR) formally establishes an overseas representative office, in order to meet their networking and outreach needs with other regional and international civil society organizations…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vietnamese Women for Human Rights becomes first FORUM-ASIA member from Vietnam
Vietnam – 28 January 2016 Vietnamese Women for Human Rights (VNWHR), an independent civil society organization from Vietnam, recently broke new ground by becoming the first organization from inside Vietnam to gain membership into one of the largest and most important human rights networks in Asia, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, (FORUM-ASIA).…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vietnamese independent groups challenge government control over ASEAN civic space
Vietnam – 27 January 2016 On June 10th the Vietnamese Independent Civil Society Network (VISCN), a collection of independent civil society organizations in Vietnam, formalized procedures to help independent groups in Vietnam engage with the ASEAN Civil Society Conference and ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF), the largest and most important regional civil society gathering in Southeast…
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