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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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Vietnam Independent Civil Society Network (VICSN) National Process for ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF) – TERMS OF REFERENCE – English Translation
[English translation provided by BPSOS] English Language Downloads PDF Word January 10th, 2016 INTRODUCTION& OBJECTIVES These Terms of Reference (ToR) are agreed upon by the signatories, a network of independent Vietnamese civil society organizations, and officially establish the Vietnamese National Process for the ASEAN Civil Society Conference and ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF), one that…
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Vietnam Committee on Human Rights: EU should press for substantive progress, not promises, at EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue in Hanoi
2015-12-14 | | Vietnam Committee on Human Rights PARIS, 14 December 2015 (Vietnam Committee) – The Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) called on the European Union today to press Vietnam to commit to urgent, measurable human rights progress at the fifth round of the enhanced EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to be held in…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Collective concern grows on Vietnam’s draft law on religion
VIETNAM – 26 November 2015 On 3 November 2015 a diverse collection of international, regional, and local organizations, both religious and secular, released a joint statement of concern regarding Vietnam’s draft law on religion prior to the law’s debate in the National Assembly. Since the joint statement’s initial release, additional organizations, including ASEAN Parliamentarians for…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Independent groups in Vietnam barred from travel continue to fight for space in key regional forum
Vietnam – 17 November 2015 A collection of independent civil society organizations (CSOs) issued a joint statement to the ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF), to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 17-19, raising concerns over an undemocratic process that excludes independent civil society organizations from Vietnam. “There is no…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vietnam’s Draft Law Threatens Religious Freedom
Rights organizations call for comprehensive revision of Vietnamese government’s draft law on religion Bangkok, November 3, 2015 Citing a series of inconsistencies with international law protecting the right to freedom of religion or belief, 27 organizations, including international NGOs and regional civil society organizations today issued a joint statement criticizing Vietnam’s draft law on religion…
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Vietnam’s Law on Belief and Religion – English Language Resources
USCIRF’s Vietnam Country Update – Nov 2019 UPDATE: On 3 November, 2015 a collection of religious organizations, civil society organizations and international NGOs released a joint statement of concern on Vietnam’s draft law on religion. [Click here for link to PDF] English Language Translations of the Draft Law on Religion Law on Religion – Draft…
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