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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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The Nation : Rights activists banned from talking here

The Foreign Ministry has banned two French activists from launching a report in Bangkok today on human rights abuses in Vietnam. The ministry pressed the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) to cancel the event scheduled for this morning, but it asked the government to reconsider its request, …

The Straits Times : Thailand denies activists entry

BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 – THAILAND has refused entry to two human rights campaigners due to speak at a Bangkok press conference on Monday about alleged abuses in neighbouring Vietnam, a journalists’ organisation said. The move forced the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a long-time critic of …

The West Australian : Thailand bars entry to Vietnam activists

Thailand has refused entry to two human rights campaigners due to speak at a Bangkok press conference on Monday about alleged abuses in neighbouring Vietnam, a journalists’ organisation said. The move forced the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a long-time critic of the country’s communist regime, to …

The West Australian : Thailand denies visas to Vietnam rights activists

BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 (Reuters) – Thailand, under pressure from neighbouring Vietnam, denied visas to two political activists seeking to speak at a Bangkok media event on Monday about human rights issues in Vietnam, a Paris-based group said. The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said the Thai …

DPA : Vietnam pressured Thailand to block visas, activists say

a href=”http://www.dpa.de” target=”_blank”> HANOI, 13 September 2010 (dpa) – Vietnam was behind Thailand’s decision to block two activists from travelling to Bangkok to present a report on human rights in Vietnam, the activists said Monday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human …

VOA : Thailand Halts News Conference on Vietnam’s Human Rights Record

President of Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, Vo Van Ai (Photo AFP) BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 (VOA) – Thailand has refused two human rights advocates entry into the country to prevent them from holding a news conference about a report on conditions in Vietnam. Vo Van Ai and …