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VCHR joins tribute to Olivier Dupuis, champion of human rights, democracy and religious freedom

ROME, 19 September 2026 (VCHR): The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joined members of the Italian Parliament, former MEPs, friends and democracy activists from all over the world in Rome today to honour the memory of Olivier Dupuis, former Secretary-general of the Italian Transnational Radical Party (TRP), Member of …
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Three international NGOs protest legal harassment of Buddhist Youth leader Le Cong Cau

Attn: President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Communist Party Secretary-General Nguyen Phu Trong Paris-Geneva, March 22, 2013 Re: Concerns over risks of prosecution of Buddhist Youth leader and human rights defender Le Cong Cau in Vietnam Excellencies, The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) the International …

Buddhist Youth leader Le Cong Cau risks prosecution for writing articles criticizing the Communist Party in Vietnam

PARIS, 19 March 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) is deeply concerned for the security of prominent Buddhist youth leader and writer Le Cong Cau who has been threatened with prosecution by Security Police after his articles criticizing the Communist Partys policies on Buddhism and …

Restrictive legislation, internment of cyberdissidents in psychiatric hospitals and repression of freedom of expression in Vietnam exposed at the UN Human Rights Council

GENEVA, 8 March 2013 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Speaking at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva jointly with the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) denounced systematic and organized violations of Internet freedom …

Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do issues a Declaration on Pluralism and Democracy in Vietnam

PARIS, 6 March 2013 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau received today a Declaration by the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) on political pluralism and multi-party democracy in Vietnam. The Declaration, written on 5 March 2013, was …

Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom in Vietnam

PARIS, 13 February 2013 (VCHR) – In a new joint report released today, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, call on the Vietnamese government to end its escalating assault on freedom of expression and its criminalization of bloggers and netizens. The 42-page report, entitled “Bloggers …

22 Members of a nonviolent group condemned to harsh prison terms for “subversion” in Vietnam

PARIS, 4 February 2013 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is profoundly shocked by the extremely harsh sentences handed down on members of a nonviolent group by the People’s Court in Phu Yen today. The group’s leader Phan Van Thu, 65, was condemned to life imprisonment and the …