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Vietnam fails to address serious human rights concerns at its 4th Universal Periodic Review at the UN

GENEVA, 11 May 2024 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the 320 recommendations made by 133 UN member states to improve human rights in Vietnam at the 4th Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva on 7 May 2024. …
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International Women’s Day: the Women Vietnam wants the world to forget
Happy New Year of the Dragon 2024
VCHR and FIDH expose grave violations of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam
Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam spend International Human Rights Day behind bars

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AP : Vietnamese Buddhist monk under house arrest demands to freed

A Buddhist monk and leader of a banned church who has been under house arrest for over a year has written to the Vietnamese government demanding his release, a Paris-based Buddhist support group said Thursday. Thich Quang Do, the deputy head of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, …

AFP : Prominent Buddhist dissident slams Vietnam for arbitrary detention

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 28 (AFP) – One of Vietnam’s most prominent religious dissidents has called on the communist regime to lift the “verbal” house arrest order against himself and the elderly head of his outlawed Buddhist church. In a letter sent Monday to the country’s leadership, …

Fifth ASEM Summit in Hanoi : 109 Euro MPs call for the immediate release of Buddhist dissidents Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do

In an Open Letter to the Presidency of the European Union, 109 prominent Members of the European Parliament from all political parties have urged the EU to place human rights, in particular human rights in Vietnam, “at the centre of discussions at the ASEM Summit in Hanoi”, and called for …

AP : European lawmakers call on EU leaders to raise human rights at ASEM summit

European Parliament members have urged EU leaders to push discussion of human rights issues at an Asia-Europe summit meeting set to open in Hanoi on Friday. In an open letter to European Commission President Romano Prodi released Thursday, 109 members of the European Parliament also urged EU leaders …

AFP : European parliamentarians demand release of Vietnamese Buddhist monks

Agence France Presse HANOI, Oct 7 (AFP) – European parliamentarians called Thursday for the immediate and unconditional release of leaders of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam and condemned the lack of democracy in the communist nation. In an open letter to the presidency of the European Union …

Reuters : US adds Hanoi to list of nations abusing religion freedom

By Christina Toh-Pantin HANOI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Unsanctioned religious groups in Vietnam on Thursday welcomed Washington’s designation of Hanoi as an abuser of rights to worship, while U.S. businesses and non-governmental organisations expressed dismay. The State Department’s annual report tracking religious freedoms worldwide included the communist country …