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Vietnam refuses to address serious human rights concerns at UN Universal Periodic Review

GENEVA, 27 September 2024 (VCHR) – Speaking today at the UN Human Rights Council’s 57th session in Geneva on behalf of FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), VCHR President Penelope Faulkner informed the UNthat“reprisals against human rights defenders, the existence of political prisoners, and the repression of …
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Radio Free Asia: Monk of Banned Buddhist Church Reaffirms Commitment to Democracy in Vietnam

The head of a banned Buddhist church in Vietnam on Thursday expressed gratitude to the international community for advocating for his release from house arrest and reaffirmed his commitment to democracy activism in the one party communist nation. Thich Quang Do, the 87-year-old leader of the Unified Buddhist …

Letter to U.S. President Barack Obama:
90 International personalities and CSOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of Vietnamese prisoner, Buddhist monk and dissident Thich Quang Do

PARIS-BERGEN, 17 November 2015 – As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Southeast Asia this week, ninety (90) international personalities and civil society organizations worldwide have signed a letter urging the President to press for the release of Vietnam’s most longstanding prisoner of conscience, Thich Quang Do, leader of the …

Thich Quang Do sends condolences to French President François Hollande following Paris terror attacks

PARIS, 16 November 2015 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church in Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a message of condolences to French President François Hollande following the series of massive, coordinated terrorist attacks that shook Paris on Friday 13th November 2015. Vietnam’s longest-detained …

Joint Statement of Concern on Vietnam’s Draft Law on Religion

We, the undersigned civil society organizations are concerned that Vietnam’s draft Law on Belief and Religion (1) is inconsistent with the right to freedom of religion or belief. We call upon the Government to comprehensively revise the draft Law to conform with Vietnam’s obligations under international human rights law in the …

U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report describes serious violations of freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam

PARIS, 27 October 2015 (VCHR) – Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomed the annual Report on International Religious Freedom issued by the U.S. State Department on the situation of religious freedom in the world. In the report, made public on 14 October, …

European Commission fails to address the human rights impacts of its trade agreement with Vietnam

PARIS, BRUSSELS, 7 October 2015 (FIDH & VCHR) – In their latest submission to the EU Ombudsman, dated 30 September 2015, FIDH and its member organisation, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), reiterated their call on the EU Commission (EC) to conduct a human rights impact assessment (HRIA) and …