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VCHR & FIDH denounce gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body

GENEVA, 7 July 2025 (VCHR): As the UN Human Rights Committee meets to examine the fourth periodic report of Vietnam on implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) at its 144th Session in Geneva, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and FIDH (International Federation for …
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US Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski visits detained Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do

PARIS, 6 August 2015 (IBIB) – Mr. Tom Malinowski, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, visited prominent dissident and Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Thich Quang Do at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City where the UBCV Patriarch …

Vietnam: UN committee review unmasks grave violations of women’s rights

PARIS, 29 July 2015 (FIDH & VCHR) – UN committee experts expressed serious concern over persisting gender inequality and the widespread abuse of women’s rights in Vietnam at the conclusion of their review of the country’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in …

Vietnam Committee Report to the UN reveals grave violations of women’s rights in Vietnam

GENEVA, 9 July 2015 (VCHR) – As the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) reviews the case of Vietnam at its 61st Session in Geneva, Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) expressed grave concerns about persisting gender discrimination and violations …

Security Police prevent Buddhist youth leader Le Cong Cau from meeting German Human Rights Commissioner in Saigon

PARIS, 9 June 2015 (VCHR) – The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) reports that Le Cong Cau, leader of the Buddhist youth movement and UBCV Secretary-general was intercepted by Police in Hue on Monday and prevented from travelling to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Le Cong Cau was going …

UBCV leader Thich Quang Do issues Vesak Message calling on Buddhists to engage for freedom and justice in Vietnam

PARIS, 1st June 2015 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has issued his annual Message on the occasion of the Vesak (Birth of Buddha) which is celebrated today, 1st June 2015. In his Message, sent from the Thanh …

Vietnam: Visiting UN Secretary-General must press government on human rights

PARIS, 21 May 2015 (FIDH & VCHR) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must press the Vietnamese government to address serious human rights violations during his upcoming visit to the country, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. Ban Ki-moon will visit Vietnam from …