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Vietnam: New sentencing of land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong

The Observatory has been informed about the second conviction and prison sentence of imprisoned land rights defender Mr Trinh Ba Phuong. Mr Ba Phuong has campaigned against land grabbing and to highlight its impact on small-scale farmers across the country, along with his mother Ms Can Thi Theu and brother …
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Vietnam: United Nations body highlights gross violations of civil and political rights
VCHR & FIDH denounce gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body
New Report on Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam
Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Vietnam: Civil society organisations call on the President to take action on human rights

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At a Hearing in the US Congress during the visit of Vietnamese Premier Phan Van Khai : Vo Van Ai denounces “religions with socialist orientations” and calls for a National Referendum on Democracy in Vietnam

Testifying before the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of Que Me : Action for Democracy in Vietnam and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), gave evidence of the grave and systematic violations of human rights and …

dpa : Bush urged to tackle human rights with Vietnam’s leader

HANOI, 18 June 2005 (dpa) – Human rights groups were urging U.S. President George W. Bush to address human rights and religious freedom during Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s landmark visit to the United States. “President Bush needs to send a clear message to Hanoi that progress …

Vietnam Committee urges President Bush to press for human rights and religious freedom in meeting with Vietnamese Premier Phan Van Khai

As Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai embarks on his first official visit to the United States of America, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights has sent a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush calling on him to press for concrete progress …

Vietnam Committee urges Malaysia not to tear down Vietnamese Boat People Memorial

PARIS – Mr. Vo Van Ai, l’ President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights urged Malaysia today not to tear down a memorial set up by former Vietnamese Boat People on the island of Pulau Bidong. The Malaysian government gave orders to destroy the memorial after receiving complaints …

On the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War, Vo Van Ai calls on the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile to support a democratic process in Vietnam

SANTIAGO, CHILE – Addressing the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile from 28-30 April 2005, Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights and Que Me : Action for Democracy in Vietnam, called on democratic governments around the world “to support a process …

AFP : Accent on economics as Vietnam fetes 30th anniversary of war’s end

Agence France Presse HO CHI MINH CITY (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people marked the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a colourful commemoration that pushed aside communist ideology to focus on economic prosperity. The entire city centre was decked out with large, …