PARIS, 6 January 2021 (VCHR) – Vietnam has begun the New Year by sentencing three independent journalists to draconian prison terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Court that lasted only a few hours. Phạm Chí Dũng is condemned to 15 years in prison for “making, storing, …
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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY VNM 003 / 1119 / OBS 097 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment/ Obstacle to freedom of expression Vietnam November 22, 2019 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention …
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GENEVA, 28 January 2019 (VCHR) – Vietnam failed to address serious human rights concerns raised by UN member states at its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva and provided misleading information to the international community, said the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) today. At Vietnam’s third UPR on …
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