PARIS-BRUSSELS, 16 January 2015 (FIDH & VCHR) – The European Union (EU) must use upcoming talks with Vietnam to demand that Hanoi urgently address serious human rights violations, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The two organizations made the call ahead of the …
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Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, 1928-2020 (Photo IBIB) Venerable THÍCH QUẢNG ĐỘ, secular name Đặng Phúc Tuệ, was the Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and a leading advocate of religious freedom, human rights and democracy in Vietnam. Sixteen times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, …
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BANGKOK-PARIS-GENEVA, December 12, 2014: The conviction of three human rights defenders on trumped-up charges is the latest act of the government’s relentless repression of independent voices, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint program of FIDH and OMCT) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) …
Read More »Paris-Geneva, December 2, 2014 – Land rights defenders are increasingly the target of repressive measures, says the Observatory in a new report published today in The Philippines, Mexico, and South Africa, and which will be presented tomorrow in Geneva at the United Nations Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights. …
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PARIS, 25.11.2014 (IBIB) – The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) reports that a young UBCV monk, Venerable Thich Minh Nghia, was intercepted and harassed by a group of plain-clothed security police on 21 November 2014 in Hue. He had just come out of a printing house where he had …
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GENEVA, 11 November 2014 (VCHR) – In a new joint report released at the United Nations in Geneva today, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and the FIDH document serious violations of economic, social and cultural rights in Vietnam. The 36-page report, entitled “Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights …
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Alternative Report on the Implementation of the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: See VCHR’s statement (November 11, 2014): New Report denounces Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Vietnam
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Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Experts, On behalf of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, a member organization of the FIDH, I would like to comment on a number of Vietnam’s replies to the CESCR’s list of issues. On the implementation of the Covenant (Question 1), Vietnam cites a string …
Read More »PARIS, 10 October 2014 (FIDH & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights) – Vietnam must put an end to executions and undertake incremental and time-bound reforms towards abolishing the death penalty, FIDH and its member organization VCHR said today to mark the 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty. “Despite Vietnam’s …
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GENEVA, 16 September 2014 (VCHR) – Speaking at the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva jointly with Acting together for Human Rights (Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme), Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) denounced impediments to the …
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