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Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam spend International Human Rights Day behind bars

PARIS, 10 December 2023 (VCHR) – As the world marks the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) recalls that thousands of human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, …
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VCHR and FIDH submit joint human rights report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam
Vietnam: Repression of peaceful demonstrations revealed
Vietnam: Environmental lawyer Đăng Đình Bách must be released
EU Delegation raises serious human rights concerns during visit to Vietnam

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Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam spend International Human Rights Day behind bars

PARIS, 10 December 2023 (VCHR) – As the world marks the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) recalls that thousands of human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, …

VCHR and FIDH submit joint human rights report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam

PARIS, 11 October 2023 (VCHR) – On October 11, 2023, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) made a joint submission with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) to the UN Human Rights Council for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam, which is scheduled to take place …

Vietnam: Repression of peaceful demonstrations revealed

In a new report released today, FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) document the systematic repression of the right to freedom of assembly in Vietnam. PARIS, 20 June 2023 (FIDH & VCHR) – The 58-page report, titled “A History of Violence – Repression of the right to …

Vietnam: Environmental lawyer Đăng Đình Bách must be released

PARIS, 24 May 2023 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joins 86 human rights organisations to call for the release of environmental lawyer Đăng Đình Bách, who has been arbitrarily sentenced to 5 years in prison on trumped-up charges of tax evasion on account of his legitimate …

EU Delegation raises serious human rights concerns during visit to Vietnam

PARIS 7 April 2023 (VCHR) – A delegation of Members of the European Parliament visiting Vietnam from 4 – 6 April 2023 expressed serious concerns about violations of social and political rights including freedom of expression and association, Internet freedom, freedom of religion or belief and repression of human rights …

R.I.P. Vo Van Ai – Vietnam’s tireless rights defender

DemDigest – January 31, 2023 – Vo Van Ai, a tireless militant in defense of religious freedom and human rights in Vietnam, died on January 26, in Paris, of complications from heart surgery. He was 88 years old, Le Monde reports. Ai was founder and president of Quê Me: Action …