PARIS 4 September 2016 (VCHR) – Three France-based human rights organizations, the FIDH, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the French League for Human Rights (LDH) have sent an Open Letter to French President François Hollande on the eve of his visit to Vietnam (5th – 7th …
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JOHANNESBURG, 27 August 2016 (VCHR) – At the 39th Congress of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) in Johannesburg, South Africa from 23 – 27 August 2016, 400 human rights defenders representing 178 member leagues of the FIDH from 117 countries around the world adopted a “Resolution on …
Read More »PARIS, 2nd August 2016 (VCHR) – Australia must use upcoming talks with Vietnam to demand that Hanoi urgently address serious human rights violations, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The organization made the call ahead of the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to be held in Hanoi …
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PARIS, 13 July 2016 (VCHR) – On behalf of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Venerable Thich Thanh Quang, head of the UBCV Executive Office, has sent a letter to the Vietnamese government and Communist Party calling on them to bring Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Corporation to court …
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GENEVA, 22 June 2016 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the FIDH at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Võ Văn Ái regretted the “deafening silence” of Vietnam’s Vice-President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh concerning her government’s violent repression of peaceful demonstrations that have broken out all over …
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Report compiled for the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty Oslo, June 21-23 2016: See: Capital Punishment in Vietnam condemned at the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo (VCHR, 21 June 2016)
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OSLO, 21 June 2016 (VCHR) – Joining over 1,300 participants from 80 countries including 20 ministers, 200 parliamentarians, academics, lawyers and members of civil society at the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty in Oslo, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) expressed its opposition to the use of …
Read More »VCHR Executive Secretary Võ Trần Nhật comments on the upcoming launch of the EP Intergroup on FoRB & Religious Tolerance’s Annual Report (30th June 2016)
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The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Vietnam, – having regard to the statement of 18 December 2015 by the Spokesperson of the European External Action Service on the arrest of lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài, – having regard to the statement of the EU Heads of …
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STRASBURG, 9 June 2016 (VCHR) – At its plenary session in Strasburg today, the 751-member European Parliament adopted an Urgent Resolution strongly condemning human rights violations in Vietnam, and the escalation of repression following the Communist Party’s XII Congress in January which brought a hard-line leadership to power in the …
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