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At the 12th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva: Vietnam scorns UN proposals for reform in Universal Periodic Review as dissidents await trial in Hanoi

GENEVA, 24 September 2009 (VCHR) – As the UN Human Rights Council met today to adopt the final report on the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam, Mr Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), denounced Vietnam’s rejection of a host of essential measures proposed by …

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AFP : Campaigners attack Vietnam over human rights

Agence France Presse GENEVA, 24 sept 2009 (AFP) – Human rights campaigners on Thursday said Vietnam had rejected UN recommendations to improve rights and criticised a “climate of fear” which they said was stifling freedom of expression. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human …

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