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Vietnam: Party Congress cements repressive rule, rewards rights-abusive leaders

PARIS, 1 February 2021 (FIDH & VCHR) – The meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) cements authoritarian rule and ushers in five more years of repression and human rights abuses, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The CPV’s 13th National Congress, …

Vietnam denounced before UN Human Rights Council for stifling civil society and enforcing the “rule by law” to suppress human rights

GENEVA, 14 March 2018 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, VCHR President Võ Văn Ái denounced the escalation of repression against human rights defenders, bloggers, …

“Shrinking Spaces”: New VCHR Report denounces concerted assault on fundamental freedoms in Vietnam

Download the report (PDF) here PARIS, 28th February 2018 (VCHR) – In a new report entitled “Shrinking Spaces: Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam during the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review”, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) documents one of the worst crack-downs in …

Massachusetts High School Students speak out for Thich Quang Do

PARIS, 29th January 2018 (VCHR) – The Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, prominent dissident and Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) received an unexpected gift today at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City where he is under house arrest – a …

Vietnam: Annus horribilis ends with more arrests and imprisonment

PARIS, 5 January 2018 (FIDH & VCHR): Vietnam’s unprecedented repression of dissent during 2017 calls for the international community’s renewed engagement with Hanoi on human rights, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. “The fact that the EU and the US are …

European Parliament condemns the deterioration of civil and political rights in Vietnam

PARIS, 15th December 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the unanimous adoption by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday 14th December of a “Resolution on Freedom of Expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa”. The Resolution was tabled jointly by …

Vietnam: Appeal Court upholds sentence on Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh amidst a growing climate of fear

PARIS, 30th November 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly protests the condemnation on appeal of prominent blogger and human rights defender Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh (aka Mẹ Nấm – Mother Mushroom) to ten years in prison by a court in Nha Trang today. The …

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Vietnam denounced before UN Human Rights Council for stifling civil society and enforcing the “rule by law” to suppress human rights

“Shrinking Spaces”: New VCHR Report denounces concerted assault on fundamental freedoms in Vietnam

Massachusetts High School Students speak out for Thich Quang Do

Vietnam: Annus horribilis ends with more arrests and imprisonment

European Parliament condemns the deterioration of civil and political rights in Vietnam

Vietnam: Appeal Court upholds sentence on Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh amidst a growing climate of fear

VCHR Reports

Open Letter: EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement contravenes the EU’s human rights obligations

VCHR & FIDH Joint Submission for the adoption of the List of Issues for the United Nations Human Right Committee

Shrinking Spaces: Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam during the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review

VCHR: The Death Penalty in Vietnam 2016

VCHR – Freedom of Religion or Belief in Vietnam: State Management of Religions

UBCV, The Movement for Religious Freedom in Vietnam (2015)

VCHR & FIDH : Violations of the Rights of Women in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

VCHR & FIDH : Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Vietnam

Banned Civil Society Voices (2014)

FIDH & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights : Vietnam and Free trade Agreement negotiations: NGOs urge the EU to carry out a human rights impact assessment

Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom in Vietnam (FIDH & VCHR)

Arbitrary Detention In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Testimony by VCHR President Võ Văn Ái, Washington DC, May 15, 2012)

Videos

Message from the Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ to the Conference “Vietnamese and Tibetan Buddhism under threat” (11 July 2018)

40,000 Buddhists demonstrate in Hue (24/05/1993)

Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its importance for Regional and Global Security (Washington DC, 12 September 2016)

World Watch Monitor: Vietnam’s new Religion Law aims to repress, control

World Watch Monitor: Vietnam’s relationship with EU and US, and its impact on religious freedom

VCHR’s Oral Statement before the UN Human Rights Council (20 June 2014) (in French)

MEP Schaake speaks at IBIB Conference on violations of Internet freedom in Vietnam (Houston, Texas, 6 June 2013)

Ms. Marietje Schaake, MEP: Video message to the IXth UBCV Congress

Thich Quang Do – Forbidden Faith in Vietnam (Oslo Freedom Forum, 28 April 2010)

Vo Van Ai – The Impact of Indifference (Oslo Freedom Forum, 20 May 2009)

Message from Very Venerable Thich Quang Do to the UN Commission on Human Rights