Vietnam’s Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’ Published: April 28, 2016 by Vishal Arora – Last year, Reg Reimer, a professor at the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, gave a thorough overview of the proposed law, saying “it is almost inevitable the new law will disappoint proponent of universal human …
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See: World Watch Monitor (04/27/2016): Vietnam’s relationship with EU and US, and its impact on religious freedom (interview of Võ Trần Nhật) World Watch Monitor (04/28/2016): Vietnam’s Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’ – Vietnam’s relationship with West gives hope for religious freedom
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BRUSSELS, 27 April 2016 – For almost six months, the family and friends of imprisoned Vietnamese lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai have been waiting to hear what will happen to him. Dai was arrested on 16 December 2015, hours before a planned meeting with EU officials in Hanoi. Since …
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See: World Watch Monitor (04/27/2016): Vietnam’s new Religion Law aims to repress, control (interview of Võ Trần Nhật) World Watch Monitor (04/28/2016): Vietnam’s Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’ – Vietnam’s relationship with West gives hope for religious freedom
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The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights joined with 33 civil society organizations and human rights defenders in signing this joint letter to the Vietnamese leadership protesting the ill-treatment of Mrs. Trần Thị Hồng for seeking to meet US Ambassador At Large on International Religious Freedom: Joint Statement Alleged Torture of …
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Vice-President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Penelope Faulkner, speaks to CIVICUS about the current challenges faced by civil society in Vietnam and the role of international solidarity networks in supporting the creation of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders. 1) Over the past …
Read More »PARIS, 6 April 2016 (VCHR) – The amended Press Law and the new Law on Access to Information, adopted by overwhelming votes by the Vietnamese National Assembly (respectively 89.5% and 97.5%) on 5 and 6 April, add new tools to Vietnam’s arsenal of repressive legislation, just as the authorities are …
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PARIS, 3 April 2016 (VCHR) – Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) is disturbed by reports of Police brutality against Hoa Hao Buddhists in the southern province of An Giang as they gathered to commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the death of the prophet Huynh Phu So. The founder of …
Read More »PARIS, 31 March 2016 (FIDH & VCHR) : The imprisonment of two bloggers and four female activists within eight days under Vietnam’s draconian laws marks a troubling escalation of the government’s crackdown on peaceful dissent, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. “The …
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PARIS, 30 March 2016 (VCHR) – The Minister of Public Security has issued new regulations which limit the right to demonstrate in Vietnam and give Police broad powers to crack down on public gatherings outside Courts when trials are in session. Circular 13/2016/TT-BCA on “Regulations on the duties of …
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