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Vietnam’s systematic attack on civil society breaches the free trade agreement with the EU, new complaint argues

JOINT PRESS RELEASE International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Global Witness The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its member organisation Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), and Global Witness lodged a complaint with the European …
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EU-Vietnam FTA: GUE, Greens, and civil society obtain partial but important victory for human rights

BRUSSELS-PARIS, 23 April 2014 (FIDH & VCHR) – The resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 17 April 2014 on the state of play of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is an important step towards strengthening human rights protection, FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said …

Buddhist Youth Leader Le Cong Cau writes to Hanoi leadership protesting arbitrary house arrest

PARIS, 22.04.2014 (IBIB) – Le Cong Cau, leader of the Buddhist Youth Movement (Gia đình Phật tử Việt Nam) and Secretary-general of the Executive Institute of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has written a letter to Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and …

The Vietnamese Buddhist leader whose temple is his prison – Francis Wade writes on Thich Quang Do in Vietnam

PARIS, 11 April 2014 (IBIB) – In March, Bangkok-based journalist Francis Wade made a trip to Vietnam to document the situation of religious freedom and other issues. During the trip, he visited the Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Thich Quang Do. We reprint below the article he …

Vietnam: Blogger Pham Viet Dao sentenced to 15 months in prison

PARIS, 19 March 2014 (FIDH & VCHR) – FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), strongly condemn the 15-month prison sentence imposed today on blogger Pham Viet Dao. A court in Hanoi sentenced him under Article 258 of the Criminal Code on charges of “abusing …

Vietnam: Free the over 200 imprisoned dissidents

PARIS, 6 March 2014 (FIDH & VCHR) – Vietnam must immediately and unconditionally release the over 200 political prisoners who are languishing in jails across the country, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), said today. In connection with this demand, FIDH and VCHR jointly …

VIETNAM: Another blogger jailed for denouncing human rights violations

PARIS-GENEVA, March 4, 2014. This morning, a court in Danang, central Vietnam, sentenced prominent blogger and human rights defender Truong Duy Nhat to two years in prison under Article 258(2) of the Criminal Code for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State”. The Observatory for the …