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VCHR participates in US Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON D.C., 15 July 2019 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) is joining government representatives and over 1,000 civil society activists, religious leaders, policymakers and academics at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom hosted by the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. from 16-18 July 2019.This …

VCHR denounces Vietnam’s use of “national security” provisions to deprive citizens of their fundamental rights

PARIS, 25th October 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly protests Vietnam’s systematic crackdown on the fundamental rights of citizens to freedom of expression, association, religion or belief and the right to participate in public affairs on the pretext of protecting “national security”. Today’s sentencing …

VCHR and EPRID organise a Conference on “Religion, Business and Human Rights” at the European Parliament

On Wednesday 6 September 2017, Quê Me: Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID), in collaboration with the office of Ramon Tremosa i Balcells MEP, organised a Conference on “Religion, Business and Human Rights” at the European Parliament. Speakers …

News on Religious Freedom in Vietnam

2017 07/31/2017 (RFA): Vietnam Arrests Four Democracy Activists For ‘Attempted Subversion’ 07/31/2017 (USCIRF): VIETNAM: Religious Prisoner of Conscience Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh Released 02/08/2017 (USCIRF) : VIETNAM: USCIRF Assesses State Department’s CPC Removal 06/30/2017 (Leicester Post) : Leicester Post: Vietnamese blogger Mother Mushroom jailed for criticising government 07/06/2017 (CSW): Call …

Four human rights defenders arrested for subversion in an escalating crackdown on dissent in Vietnam

PARIS, 31st July 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly condemns the arrests of four prominent human rights activists on Sunday 30th July, in an escalating crackdown on freedom of expression, assembly and religion in Vietnam. Phạm Văn Trội, Pastor Nguyễn Trung Tôn, Trương Minh Đức …

News (VCHR & IBIB)

2017 01/30/2017 (IBIB): In Lunar New Year Message, Thích Quảng Độ calls for Fearlessness to win freedom for Buddhism in Vietnam 02/24/2017 (VCHR) :EU Delegation raises serious human rights concerns during visit to Vietnam 02/28/2017 (VCHR) : Amnesty International group in US sends 70 letters to EP delegation to Vietnam …

Entrée du Camp d’été du Mouvement Bouddhiste de la Jeunesse

Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement’s Summer Camp in Huế

PARIS, 21st July 2017 (VCHR – IBIB) – Police and local authorities in Huế harassed, intimidated and intercepted members of the Buddhist Youth Movement (BYM – Gia Đình Phật tử Việt Nam) as they organized the movement’s annual Summer Camp in Huế. This incident takes place as Vietnam prepares …

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VCHR participates in US Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

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VCHR denounces Vietnam’s use of “national security” provisions to deprive citizens of their fundamental rights

VCHR and EPRID organise a Conference on “Religion, Business and Human Rights” at the European Parliament

News on Religious Freedom in Vietnam

Four human rights defenders arrested for subversion in an escalating crackdown on dissent in Vietnam

News (VCHR & IBIB)

Crackdown on Buddhist Youth Movement’s Summer Camp in Huế

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

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)

VCHR : Violations of the Rights of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

FIDH & VCHR : “From “Vision” to Facts: Human Rights in Vietnam under its Chairmanship of ASEAN”

Videos

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)