Human Rights Stories 2015

 

[12 -29 -2015] US Ambassador to Vietnam dismayed about detentions of dissidents

[12 -24 -2015] Vietnamese groups and individuals call for release of lawyer Nguyen van Dai

[12 -21 -2015] U.S. 'Deeply concerned' by arrest of Vietnam rights activist

[12 -18 -2015] Vietnamese Activists, EU slam arrest of dissident lawyer and blogger

[12 -18 -2015] Statement by the EEAS Spokesperson on the arrest of Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

[12 -17 -2015] VNHRN requests EEAS Delegation to VN to condemn Nguyen Van Dai's arrest

[12 -16 -2015] EU and Vietnam hold Human Rights Dialogue

[12 -16 -2015] Viet Nam: Arrest of human rights lawyer highlights spurious commitment to human rights

[12 -16 -2015] Vietnam detains dissident lawyer for ‘Anti-State Propaganda’

[12 -14 -2015] Vietnamese jailed for wearing uniform of former southern army

[12 -13 -2015] Vietnam: No more “Empty Promises” at EU Rights Dialogue

[12 -12 -2015] Diplomats show concern over death penalty case

[12 -12 -2015] VHRN 2015 Human Rights Award Ceremony and 12TH General Congress

[12 -11 -2015] Viet Nam: UN rights office alarmed at series of attacks against human rights defenders

[12 -07 -2015] Vietnamese lawyer beaten by masked men following human rights class

[12 -02 -2015] For Vietnamese religious leaders, new law is "a step backward” in terms of religious freedom

[11 -27 -2015] Vietnam abolishes death penalty for 7 crimes

[11 -24 -2015] Vietnam beating case highlights TPP labor rights issue

[11 -24 -2015] 17 Montagnards prepare for return to Vietnam

[11 -20 -2015] Vietnam PM urges pure and clean Internet

[11 -20 -2015] TPP signatories must press Vietnam to drop proposed ‘draconian’ laws: Rights group

[11 -19 -2015] Vietnam: Widespread ‘national security’ arrests

[11 -16 -2015] President Obama urged to press for immediate and unconditional release of Thich Quang Do

[11 -14 -2015] 2015 Vietnam Human Rights Award goes to three prominent human rights activists in Vietnam

[11 -09 -2015] Vietnamese authorities detain and beat two human rights activists

[11 -05 -2015] Vietnamese authorities crack down on rare protests targeting Xi Visit

[11 -05 -2015] Pacific trade pact tackles Malaysia trafficking, Vietnam labor

[11 -04 -2015] Proposed Vietnam religion law draws ire

[11 -03 -2015] Masked men beat Vietnam lawyers advising family of death in custody victim

[10 -28 -2015] Fears mount in Vietnam as religion law nears debate

[10 -27 -2015] Ho Chi Minh City, Buddhists and Protestants defend Catholic school from demolition

[10 -26 -2015] Vietnam postpones execution of man who says he was tortured into confession

[10 -25 -2015] Viet Nam: Halt imminent execution of Lê Van Mạnh and order investigation into allegations of torture

[10 -22 -2015] Vietnam detains democracy activist for ‘reactionary’ Ties

[10 -19 -2015] Vietnam puts pressure on family who allege police brutality in son’s death

[10 -16 -2015] Viet Nam: Bishop appeals in an open letter to end harassment against Catholic

[10 -15 -2015] Vietnam slams US's religious freedom report as not objective

[10 -15 -2015] US criticises Vietnam on religious freedom

[10 -13 -2015] Vietnamese authorities harass independent Buddhist Church

[10 -10 -2015] Prominent Vietnamese dissident refuses to live in exile in U.S.

[10 -10 -2015] Prominent dissident faces threat of long prison term

[10 -08 -2015] Montagnards flee persecution in Vietnam for unsure future in Cambodia

[10 -08 -2015] European Commission continues to refuse to address the HR impacts of its trade agreement with VN

[10 -07 -2015] Hanoi boy dies after being tortured by Hanoi Police

[10 -01 -2015] Cambodia Turns away Montagnard asylum-seekers from Vietnam

[10 -01 -2015] Joint statement on harassment and threat to Luong Tam TV

[9 -29 -2015] Vietnamese land-rights petitioner receives 18-month prison term

[9 -29 -2015] Vietnam police detain six over web videos

[9 -25 -2015] Authorities in Vietnam crack down on new independent broadcast service

[9 -25 -2015] Vietnamese authorities detain pro-democracy activist

[9 -20 -2015] Vietnam Human Rights Network welcomes news about the release of blogger Ta Phong Tan 

[9 -20 -2015] Famous blogger released – leaves for United States

[9 -15 -2015] Vietnam's Montagnard Christians headed back into the Lion's den

[9 -11 -2015] Hong Kong-Vietnam human trafficking ring busted, 18 arrested

[9 -04 -2015] Failure to release political prisoners condemned

[9 -02 -2015] Vietnamese activist is detained and questioned on return to Hanoi

[9 -02 -2015] Viet Nam: All prisoners of conscience must be immediately and unconditionally released

[9 -01 -2015] Vietnamese Farmer, Released From Prison, Gets Hero’s Welcome

[8 -28 -2015] Hanoi frees two Catholic activists, four years in jail for "anti-government activities"

[8 -28 -2015] No political prisoners freed in amnesty

[8 -28 -2015] Vietnam to free 18200 prisoners in amnesty but no activists

[8 -26 -2015] Letter of Ven. Thich Khong Tanh to U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom

[8 -24 -2015] Recently freed Vietnamese blogger re-launches website, dismisses ‘quiet life’

[8 -21 -2015] Hanoi ignores Caodaists and Catholics who criticise new religious bill for violating human rights

[8 -19 -2015] Vietnam moves closer to passing controversial religion bill

[8 -16 -2015] Vietnam proposes prominent blogger Ta Phong Tan to exile in U.S., proposal rejected

[8 -13 -2015] Assaulted reporter prosecuted for “inciting public disorder”

[8 -12 -2015] Australia: Vietnam dialogue should press for rights progress

[8 -11 -2015] Ho Chi Minh City, Mennonite pastor released from prison after five years

[8 -10 -2015] In hurrying trade deal with Vietnam, the EU is bypassing its human rights obligations

[8 -09 -2015] US to put more focus on human rights – Malinowski

[8 -08 -2015] Teenager prosecuted for opposing land eviction

[8 -07 -2015] John Kerry must "raise the crucial issue of freedom of information" in Vietnam

[8 -07 -2015] Cyber-security workshop held successfully, despite police harassment

[8 -05 -2015] Two Christians arrested for "anti-government activities" released after 4 years in prison

[7 -30 -2015] Vietnamese man who died in detention ‘was in terrible condition’

[7 -29 -2015] Vietnam: UN committee review unmasks grave violations of women’s rights

[7 -27 -2015] Blogger “beaten and arrested” at Nha Trang vigil

[7 -25 -2015] Joyous return for defiant farmer

[7 -22 -2015] Over a million Vietnamese victimized by forced evictions and violence

[7 -20 -2015] Ta Phong Tan's sister calls for release of ailing and jailed Vietnamese blogger

[7 -20 -2015] Six Montagnards Seek Refugee Status in Cambodian Capital

[7 -18 -2015] Hoa Hao leader and freedom campaigner dies at 95

[7 -12 -2015] Woman crushed by bulldozer during land eviction

[7 -08 -2015] Obama, Vietnam party boss hold 'candid' rights talks

[7 -05 -2015] Open call for nominations for the 2015 Vietnam Human Rights Award

[6 -30 -2015] Vietnam releases imprisoned writer ahead of Party chief’s US visit

[6 -27 -2015] Panel discussion on Vietnam's abusive treatment of ethnic Montagnards banned by NCPO

[6 -27 -2015] High-profile Vietnamese dissident lawyer released

[6 -26 -2015] Vietnam CSOs’ Joint Statement on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

[6 -26 -2015] Cambodia addresses human rights group’s appeal for asylum for Montagnards

[6 -26 -2015] Vietnam: End “evil way” persecution of Montagnard Christians

[6 -26 -2015] Thailand blocks human rights group's launch of Vietnam report

[6 -25 -2015] Vietnamese land-grab victims say plainclothes police beat them

[6 -21 -2015] Before Revolutionary Press Day, police assault a journalist

[6 -15 -2015] Statement on the trial of the “Bia Son” group

[6 -11 -2015] Vietnamese labor leaders urge Congress to reject Obama's trade agenda

[6 -11 -2015] Sanchez, a no on trade, points to Vietnam rights violations

[6 -09 -2015] Vietnamese Police Detain Six Petitioners Seeking Justice in Land Disputes

[6 -08 -2015] Jailed Vietnamese activist on hunger strike to protest treatment in prison

[6 -07 -2015] Activists sign Charter 2015, vowing to defend each other

[6 -03 -2015] Cambodia refuses asylum to Montagnard refugees from Vietnam

[6 -03 -2015] Bishop of Kontum calls for patience and dialogue to stem attacks on religious freedom

[6 -02 -2015] Two men imprisoned unjustly for opposing police brutality

[6 -02 -2015] Hanoi protesters denounce police arbitrary detention

[6 -02 -2015] Vietnamese activist ‘savagely’ beaten by plainclothes officers

[6 -01 -2015] Korean companies accused of exploiting workers in Vietnam

[6 -01 -2015] Vietnam: Don't tie US weapons sales to human rights issues

[5 -30 -2015] ‘Recognizing the right to silence is a plot against the people,” National Assembly deputy says

[5 -26 -2015] Popular Vietnamese blogger released from jail after two years

[5 -23 -2015] 3,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam

[5 -21 -2015] Vietnam: Visiting UN Secretary-General must press government on human rights

[5 -19 -2015] Plainclothes police beat anti-China activist in Vietnam’s second city

[5 -18 -2015] Authorities detain Vietnamese blogger in Hanoi airport

[5 -16 -2015] US asks Vietnam to release political prisoners ahead of TPP

[5 -15 -2015] US: Trans-Pacific trade pact best leverage to improve human rights in Vietnam

[5 -14 -2015] 20 writers defect from state-owned writing association

[5 -14 -2015] Vietnam urged to drop charges against former news editor

[5 -13 -2015] Vietnamese editor faces anti-state charges for reporting on corruption

[5 -12 -2015] Social activist beaten as US Rights Envoy visits Vietnam

[5 -12 -2015] EU-Vietnam: Human rights and sustainable development

[5 -11 -2015] Prisoner of conscience freed from Vietnamese Jail

[5 -11 -2015] Thugs attack Vietnamese anti-China activist on Hanoi street

[5 -11 -2015] U.S. rights envoy says Vietnam still lagging, cites trade pact risk

[5 -09 -2015] VNHRN released its Report on Human Rights in Vietnam 2014

[5 -07 -2015] Catholics in Vietnam fear new laws on religion

[5 -07 -2015] Vietnam must improve rights record for closer economic ties: US lawmaker

[5 -06 -2015] Vietnamese civil society groups discuss human rights with U.S. delegation

[5 -06 -2015] More Vietnamese women saved from sex trade in Kuala Lumpur

[5 -05 -2015] UN agency concerned over more Montagnard asylum seekers

[5 -05 -2015] 2015 U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

[5 -05 -2015] House Dems urge human rights protections in trade

[5 -04 -2015] Hanoi consults bishops on a new law on faiths that violates religious freedom

[5 -01 -2015] US legislators introduce bill to pressure Vietnam over human rights record

[4 -30 -2015] Bipartisan panel calls for Vietnam's return to religious freedoms blacklist

[4 -27 -2015] Police press criminal charges against Nguyen Viet Dung, search his home

[4 -24 -2015] Vietnamese civil groups raise freedom of religion, expression at ASEAN Forum

[4 -22 -2015] Vietnamese blogger attacked by brick-wielding ‘security personnel’

[4 -14 -2015] Vietnamese police burned by acid as they evict family

[4 -14 -2015] EU-Vietnam trade agreement: EU Ombudsperson upholds FIDH complaint against the European Commission

[4 -07 -2015] UN investigating possible refugee deaths

[3 -31 -2015] Vietnam factory workers in rare strike to protest new insurance law

[3 -25 -2015] Thugs attack prominent Vietnamese leader of Mennonite Church

[3 -25 -2015] Trio of Vietnamese political prisoners stage hunger strike over missing cellmate

[3 -24 -2015] Vietnam wants full lifting of US arms embargo

[3 -22 -2015] Vietnamese police attacking a Buddhist monk!

[3 -21 -2015] 226 Vietnamese die in police detaining facilities in 2011-2014: Police general

[3 -16 -2015] Vietnamese photojournalist continues hunger strike after four years behind bars

[3 -16 -2015] Unidentified assailants attack Vietnamese human rights lawyer at end of house arrest

[3 -12 -2015] VN former political prisoner honored with Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize

[3 -12 -2015] UN Human Rights Envoy Wants Quick Solution to Montagnard Situation in Cambodia

[3 -11 -2015] UN expert’s report raises concerns about legal and administrative restrictions on religious freedom

[3 -06 -2015] Vietnam party chief to make U.S. trip, still at odds over human rights

[3 -04 -2015] "I was under a lot of pressure and had to quit"

[3 -03 -2015] Cambodia deports 36 Vietnamese Montagnards, fleeing persecution

[2 -16 -2015] Anti-corruption chief editor removed for “abusing rights”

[2 -13 -2015] Cambodia Deports Persecuted Christians

[2 -12 -2015] Vietnam Sentences 3 to Prison for Anti-State Activities

[2 -11 -2015] Vietnam Releases Another Activist Blogger

[2 -10 -2015] Vietnam Targets Newspaper after Reports of Alleged Official Graft

[2 -10 -2015] Vietnam allows partly paralyzed, jailed blogger to go home

[2 -06 -2015] Hanoi activists launch viral campaign

[2 -03 -2015] Vietnamese Shop Owner Self-Immolates to Protest Market Demolition

[2 -02 -2015] Rights Group: Cambodian Police Detain 5 More Montagnard Refugees

[2 -02 -2015] Activists, religious dignitaries call for an end to Vietnam's death penalty

[1 -29 -2015] Vietnam: Tight Control of Critics, Democracy Advocates in 2014

[1 -26 -2015] Cambodia Deports 7 Montagnard Asylum Seekers to Vietnam, Others Still Hiding

[1 -25 -2015] Vietnam: Plainclothes Agents Target Rights Campaigners

[1 -23 -2015] China sends illegal brides back to Vietnam

[1 -19 -2015] EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue

[1 -16 -2015] Vietnam: Sustained EU pressure needed on human rights at upcoming dialogue

[1 -06 -2015] ‘Woman of Courage’ and Christian prisoner go on hunger strike

 

 

 

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