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Dissident blogger Phan Kim Khanh is shown in an undated photo. (Facebook)

[RFA] Vietnamese Blogger Phan Kim Khanh Given Six-Year Prison Term

    Radio Free Asia – 2017-10-25 Vietnamese democracy advocate and blogger Phan Kim Khanh was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison by a court in northeastern Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen province on charges of spreading “propaganda against the state” in a trial rights groups described as “unfair.” Khanh, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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The Observatory: Vietnam: Conviction and sentencing of labour and land rights defender Ms. Tran Thi Nga

New information VNM 001 / 0117 / OBS 011.1 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Vietnam July 27, 2017 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in …

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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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Ms. Tran Thi Nga on the day of her arrest (21 January 2017)

VIET NAM: Immediately release labour and land rights defender Tran Thi Nga

  GENEVA-PARIS, July 21, 2017 (The Observatory & VCHR) – Vietnamese authorities must drop all charges against labour and land rights defender Tran Thi Nga and immediately release her, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) urged …

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Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh. Source Writers Write

Leicester Post: Vietnamese blogger Mother Mushroom jailed for criticising government

Leicester Post – Posted on Friday, June 30, 2017 by Orlando Rodriquez Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh. Source Writers Write A VIETNAMESE court on Thursday sentenced a prominent blogger and rights activist to 10 years in prison for criticising government policies and defaming the Communist regime on Facebook and …

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At G20 Summit: VCHR calls on Vietnamese Prime Minister to release prisoners of conscience Thích Quảng Độ, Nguyễn Văn Đài and Đỗ Thị Hồng

PARIS, 6th July 2017 (VCHR) – As Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc arrives in Hamburg for the 12th meeting of the G20 Summit from 7-8 July, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and over 40 personalities and civil society organizations from all over the world call on Vietnam …

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