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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 : UN refugee agency hopeful in talks with Vietnam over dissident

Agence France Presse GENEVA, April 2 (AFP) – The UN refugee agency said Friday it was holding talks with Vietnamese authorities about a jailed Buddhist dissident and was hopeful that it could secure his resettlement. Pham Van Tuong, 50, who has refugee status, reportedly disappeared in Cambodia until …

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UN granted permission to see Buddhist dissident in Vietnam

Agence France Presse HANOI, March 29 (AFP) – The United Nations in Vietnam said Monday it was to gain access to a Buddhist dissident jailed for undermining national security despite being granted refugee status, and could help him to leave the country. Vu Anh Son, of the UN’s …

AP : U.N. official: Dissident monk could be allowed to resettle outside Vietnam

A former Buddhist monk who spent 20 months in a Vietnamese jail after getting U.N. refugee status for religious persecution could be allowed to resettle outside Vietnam, a U.N. official said Monday. Vu Anh Son, Hanoi chief of mission for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said …

dpa : British official raises human rights concerns during Vietnam visit

HANOI, March 18, 2004 (dpa) – A British junior minister raised concerns over human rights and the use of the death penalty Thursday during a three-day visit to Vietnam. The kidnapping and forced repatriation of a United Nations-registered refugee from Cambodia to Vietnam was raised as a matter …

AFP : Vietnamese Buddhist dissident jailed for 20 months

Agence France Presse HANOI, March 13, 2004 (AFP) – A dissident Buddhist monk has been sentenced to 20 months in jail in Vietnam for undermining internal security, amid a crackdown on the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. Thich Tri Luc, whose secular name is Pham Van Tuong, …

VCP Secretary-general Nong Duc Manh visits European Commission in Brussels :
Vietnam Committee and prominent Euro MPs urge Romano Prodi to demand the release of Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Pham Quê Duong

Whilst the Vietnamese Communist Party Secretary-general Nong Duc Manh made an extremely “discrete” visit to Brussels today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights sent a letter to EC President Romano Prodi calling on him to raise Vietnam’s serious human rights violations during their …