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Vietnam: New sentencing of land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong

The Observatory has been informed about the second conviction and prison sentence of imprisoned land rights defender Mr Trinh Ba Phuong. Mr Ba Phuong has campaigned against land grabbing and to highlight its impact on small-scale farmers across the country, along with his mother Ms Can Thi Theu and brother …
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Vietnam: United Nations body highlights gross violations of civil and political rights
VCHR & FIDH denounce gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body
New Report on Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam
Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Vietnam: Civil society organisations call on the President to take action on human rights

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Buddhist Youth leader Le Cong Cau: Message to the United Nations Human Rights Council

PARIS, 11 February 2014 (Vietnam Committee) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is honoured to present exclusive audio messages by prominent dissident Thich Quang Do, leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), and Le Cong Cau, head of the UBCV-affiliated Buddhist Youth Movement. The messages were made …

UBCV leader Thich Quang Do: Message to the United Nations Human Rights Council

“Banned Civil Society Voices” at the United Nations on the eve of Vietnam’s UPR

GENEVA, 5 February 2014 (Vietnam Committee) – Civil society representatives, international human rights organizations and members of government delegations from the USA, Canada, the European Union, the UK, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Finland met at a Conference on “Banned Civil Society Voices” at the United …

Reuters : West denounces repression of bloggers, religions in Vietnam

GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Western countries on Wednesday denounced Vietnam’s jailing of bloggers and curbs on the Internet and called on its Communist government to respect basic freedoms of worship and expression. Britain’s diplomat Ruth Tumer told the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council that her country regretted …

Vo Van Ai sends Open Letter to the Vietnamese Government’s Delegation to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam

PARIS, 3 February 2014 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – In the run-up to the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam at the United Nation’s Human Rights Council on Wednesday 5 February, Open letters from very different personalities have called on the Vietnamese delegation to the UPR to candidly admit its widespread …

Vietnam must commit to measurable human rights progress at upcoming Universal Periodic Review

GENEVA, 3 February (Vietnam Committee) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights urges U.N. member states to press Vietnam to commit to concrete, measurable improvements when it examines the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam at the Human Rights Council on 5 February 2014. The UPR is a four-yearly …