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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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At the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Vietnam Committee denounces double language, stifling of free expression and unfair trials in Vietnam

GENEVA, 16 March 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Speaking on behalf of the France-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme (Working Together for Human Rights), Mr. Vo Tran Nhat told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today that the double language and systematic …

On the occasion of International Women’s Day: UBCV leader Thich Quang Do calls on three prominent women to lead a joint initiative for human rights and democracy in Vietnam

PARIS, 8 March 2010 (IBIB) – The Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Quang Do has written to three prominent women, U.S. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Rafto Foundation Director Therese Jebsen (Norway) and French lawyer Nathalie Muller-Sarallier, calling on them to join together in an …

Democracy on Trial in Vietnam: Peaceful advocates receive up to 16 years jail for “subversion”

PARIS, 21 January 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly condemns the condemnation of four pro-democracy activists to 5-16 years in prison for so-called “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” at an unfair trial at the Ho …

Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do calls on Buddhists to aid earthquake victims in Haiti

PARIS, 16 January 2010 (IBIB) – The Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thich Quang Do has launched an appeal to Vietnamese Buddhists worldwide to support relief efforts for victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The appeal was sent from the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in …

Vietnam Committee condemns sentence of pro-democracy activist Tran Anh Kim as a “parody of justice”

PARIS, 28 December 2009 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), condemned the sentence of Vietnamese pro-democracy activist Tran Anh Kim to five and a half years in prison and 3 years probationary house arrest at a perfunctory trial of less …

Risk of death sentence in Vietnam : FIDH and VCHR demand the release of Nguyen Tien Trung

PARIS, 21th December 2009 (FIDH & VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) express their deepest concern over the possible death sentence of Nguyen Tien Trung, and condemn his arrest and the charges brought against him. A pro-democracy activist …