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Vietnam’s systematic attack on civil society breaches the free trade agreement with the EU, new complaint argues

JOINT PRESS RELEASE International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Global Witness The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its member organisation Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), and Global Witness lodged a complaint with the European …
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AFP : Vietnam-religion-rights – Patriarch of outlawed Vietnamese Buddhist church gravely ill

Agence France Presse HANOI, Nov 19 (AFP) – Thich Huyen Quang, the elderly head of an outlawed Vietnamese Buddhist church who has been under house arrest for over a year, is gravely ill in hospital, the church’s Paris-based information arm said Friday. The 87-year-old patriarch of the Unified …

The Christian Post : Vietnam Committee on Human Rights Condemns Sentencing of Mennonite Pastor

The recent sentencing of an evangelical Mennonite Pastor and five believers has drawn protest from human rights groups and the Christian community The recent sentencing of an evangelical Mennonite Pastor and five believers has drawn protest from human rights groups and the Christian community. The Rev. Nguyen Hong Quang, the …

Vietnam Committee on Human Rights condemns unfair prison sentence on Reverend Nguyen Hong Quang

The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights strongly condemns the unfair prison sentence handed down on several members of the banned Vietnamese Evangelical Mennonite Church simply for the peaceful exercise of their religious beliefs. At an unfair trial at the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Friday 12 November, which …

AP : Mennonite pastor, five followers sentenced to jail in Vietnam

Associated Press A pastor and five followers from a banned Mennonite church in Ho Chi Minh City were sentenced up to three years in prison Friday for obstructing justice, a court official said. The Rev. Nguyen Hong Quang was given three years on charges of “obstructing people carrying …

Vietnamese Buddhists condemn travel ban on Youth leaders and pledge support for the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam

Representatives of the Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Movement (Gia Dinh Phat Tu Viet Nam) from the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia gathering in Bodhgaya, India, for the Festival of the World Movement of Vietnamese Buddhist Youth from 7-9 November 2004, issued two Resolutions protesting the Vietnamese government’s ban on 21 Buddhist …

AFP : Members of Buddhist youth dissident group in Vietnam banned from traveling

Agence France Presse HANOI, Nov 4 (AFP) – A group belonging to the banned Vietnamese Buddhist Youth movement has been banned from leaving the country to attend a Buddhist festival abroad, official sources said Thursday. The International Buddhist Information Bureau, an arm of the banned Unified Buddhist Church …