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VCHR joins tribute to Olivier Dupuis, champion of human rights, democracy and religious freedom

ROME, 19 September 2026 (VCHR): The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joined members of the Italian Parliament, former MEPs, friends and democracy activists from all over the world in Rome today to honour the memory of Olivier Dupuis, former Secretary-general of the Italian Transnational Radical Party (TRP), Member of …
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Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand
Vietnam: Briefing paper for the 14th EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue
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Vietnam: United Nations body highlights gross violations of civil and political rights

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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 …

AFP : Rights body condemns Vietnam for political, religious repression

Agence France Presse HANOI, March 9 (AFP) – The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) said Tuesday it had adopted two resolutions at its triennial congress condemning “grave and consistent human rights violations in Vietnam”. In an urgent resolution the FIDH expressed its “wholehearted support” for detained …