GENEVA, 20 February 2012 (AFP) – Authorities in Vietnam deliberately persecute and discriminate against religious minorities, a Vietnamese human rights campaigner told the UN on Monday. “The indigenous Montagnards and the Hmongs are among the ethnic groups who have borne the brunt of the Vietnamese governments discriminatory policies,” Vo Van …
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The Epoch Times – By Scott Johnson January 26, 2010 In Vietnam hundreds of monks undergo re-education to infiltrate overseas temples with the aim to destroy the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Vietnam has waged a brutal overt and covert war against its Buddhist population for decades. In 1981, they …
Read More »EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT The European Parliament, – having regard to the 15th ASEAN Summit Meeting of 23 to 25 October 2009; – having regard to the inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on 23 October 2009; – having regard to the EU Annual Report on Human …
Read More »Paris, 1st September 2008 (International Buddhist Information Bureau) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, Director of the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) and International Spokesman of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), warmly welcomed the “Vietnam Policy Focus” issued by the US International Commission on International Religious Freedom. This …
Read More »Hanoi, 30 Aug 2006 (dpa) – Newly freed Vietnamese internet dissident Pham Hong Son vowed hours after his release Wednesday that he would continue to call for free elections in communist-ruled Vietnam despite remaining under house arrest. “I will speak and exchange opinions freely and openly,” Son, 37, …
Read More »The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is deeply concerned by the grave violations of human rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and by Vietnam’s consistent non-compliance with United Nations human rights mechanisms. Vietnam hopes to become a full member of the international community, yet it refuses to comply with …
Read More »EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT The European Parliament, — having regard to the EU Annual Report on Human Rights 2005, — having regard to its earlier resolutions on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and, in particular, its resolution of 28 April 2005 on human rights in the world 2004, — having regard …
Read More »Members of the main political opposition groups in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam voiced criticism at the absence of EU sanctions, in response to the many failures to respect human rights in those countries, at a public hearing held by the European Parliament on 12 September in Brussels. The hearing on …
Read More »The European Parliament will hold a Hearing on Monday 12th September in Brussels to examine the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The hearing, organized by the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights commemorates the 30th anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War and the …
Read More »PARIS, 31 August 2005 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the release of four prisoners of conscience in an Amnesty on Vietnam’s National Day (2 September), i.e. Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, Roman Catholic priest Nguyen Thien Phung (aka Nguyen Viet Huan, member of the Congregation …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights