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Vietnam refuses to address serious human rights concerns at UN Universal Periodic Review

GENEVA, 27 September 2024 (VCHR) – Speaking today at the UN Human Rights Council’s 57th session in Geneva on behalf of FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), VCHR President Penelope Faulkner informed the UNthat“reprisals against human rights defenders, the existence of political prisoners, and the repression of …
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Therese Jebsen of Rafto Foundation is arrested whilst visiting Thich Quang Do in Saigon

Therese Jebsen(Photo Rafto Foundation) PARIS, 15 March 2007 (IBIB) – At 9.00 (Vietnam time) this morning, Thursday 15th March, Ms Therese Jebsen of the Norwegian Rafto Foundation was arrested as she came to visit Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the …

AFP : Vietnam police arrest Norwegians at dissident monk’s monastery

HANOI, March 15, 2007 (AFP) – Vietnamese police on Thursday arrested three Norwegians as they tried to visit a dissident Buddhist monk being held under house arrest, diplomats and activists said. Therese Jebsen of the Rafto Foundation and two compatriots were arrested at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in the …

Reuters : Vietnam police arrest 3 Norwegians on visit to monk

HANOI, March 15, 2007 (Reuters) – Three Norwegians were briefly detained by Vietnamese police as they arrived at the monastery of an activist Buddhist monk in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, the Norway embassy said. The arrests were not immediately confirmed by authorities in communist-run Vietnam, who last month …

Vietnam crackdown on pro-democracy activists : Lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan arrested in Hanoi

PARIS, 6th March 2007 (Vietnam Committee) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is informed that Security forces raided the home of Nguyen Van Dai, a Hanoi-based lawyer and pro-democracy activist this morning and placed him under arrest. His current whereabouts is not yet confirmed, but Hanoi sources believe he …

Statement by Vo Van Ai, UBCV International Spokesman, on the visit of Thich Nhat Hanh and the International Delegation of Plum Village to Vietnam

PARIS, 20 February 2007 (IBIB) – I feel shocked that Thich Nhat Hanh and over a hundred members of the International Delegation of Plum Village are allowed to travel freely to Vietnam, organize public events and preach openly throughout the country, whilst at the same time, leaders of the Unified …

Vietnam’s Boom Found Backfiring on Women

A month after a booming Vietnam joined the WTO, a U.N. committee flags violations of women’s rights, especially in rural areas. Democracy activists plan to broadcast the findings in underground media and lobby Vietnam’s trade partners. (WOMENSENEWS)–Vietnam, which joined the World Trade Organization in January and boasts a booming economy, …