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International Women’s Day: the Women Vietnam wants the world to forget

PARIS, 8 March 2024 (VCHR) – As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8th March and Vietnam bids for a second term on the UN Human Rights Council, the voices of women calling for change in Vietnam are systematically and arbitrarily suppressed. The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) …
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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
VCHR and FIDH submit joint human rights report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam

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Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh lãnh án tù 10 năm tại phiên xử hôm nay, 29-6-2017 tại Toà án Nhân dân tỉnh Khánh Hoà

VIETNAM: Prominent Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh sentenced to 10 years in prison

PARIS-GENEVA, June 29, 2017 (The Observatory & VCHR) – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) condemn today’s conviction and prison sentence against prominent blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh aka Mother Mushroom and call for her …

At the UN, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces persecution of UBCV Buddhists and calls on UN Experts to visit Vietnam

GENEVA, 16 June 2017 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Mr. Võ Văn Ái, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) denounced grave and consistent persecution of “non-recognised religions” in Vietnam, …

Vietnam: Lengthy jail sentences for two dissidents upheld as crackdown continues

PARIS, 29 May 2017 (FIDH & VCHR) – Vietnam must end the ongoing crackdown on dissidents, repeal its repressive laws, and immediately release all political prisoners, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. FIDH and VCHR’s call followed the latest case of imprisonment of …

Reports (VCHR & IBIB)

02/18/2016 (VCHR) : VCHR – Freedom of Religion or Belief in Vietnam: State Management of Religions 11/24/2015 (VCHR & IBIB) : UBCV, The Movement for Religious Freedom in Vietnam (2015) This post is also available in: French Vietnamese

Police threaten and harass UBCV Buddhists and Youth leaders during Vesak celebrations in Hue

PARIS 12th May 2017 (VCHR) – Members of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and its affiliated Buddhist Youth Movement (Gia định Phật tử Việt Nam) were subjected to threats, harassments and Police interrogations as they organized celebrations of Vesak Day (Birth of Buddha) in the ancient capital of …

UBCV leader Thích Quảng Độ issues Vesak Day Message

PARIS, 10th May 2017 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, the Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has issued his annual Message on the Anniversary of the Vesak (Birth of Buddha). The most important event in the Buddhist calendar, Vesak is celebrated by …