Conference on Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security – Washington DC, 12 September 2016
The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, with the co-sponsorship of the Center for Religious Freedom of the Hudson Institute, cordially invites you to the Conference: “Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security” Monday 12th September 2016 12.00 to 2.00pm at the Center for Religious Freedom, …
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PARIS, 2nd August 2016 (VCHR) – Australia must use upcoming talks with Vietnam to demand that Hanoi urgently address serious human rights violations, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The organization made the call ahead of the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to be held in Hanoi …
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At the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces violent repression of demonstrations in Vietnam
GENEVA, 22 June 2016 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the FIDH at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Võ Văn Ái regretted the “deafening silence” of Vietnam’s Vice-President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh concerning her government’s violent repression of peaceful demonstrations that have broken out all over …
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Read More »The EP Intergroup on FoRB & Religious Tolerance will launch its Annual Report on religious freedom in the world on 30th June 2016
VCHR Executive Secretary Võ Trần Nhật comments on the upcoming launch of the EP Intergroup on FoRB & Religious Tolerance’s Annual Report (30th June 2016)
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STRASBURG, 9 June 2016 (VCHR) – At its plenary session in Strasburg today, the 751-member European Parliament adopted an Urgent Resolution strongly condemning human rights violations in Vietnam, and the escalation of repression following the Communist Party’s XII Congress in January which brought a hard-line leadership to power in the …
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