a href=”http://www.dpa.de” target=”_blank”> HANOI, 13 September 2010 (dpa) – Vietnam was behind Thailand’s decision to block two activists from travelling to Bangkok to present a report on human rights in Vietnam, the activists said Monday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human …
Read More »President of Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, Vo Van Ai (Photo AFP) BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 (VOA) – Thailand has refused two human rights advocates entry into the country to prevent them from holding a news conference about a report on conditions in Vietnam. Vo Van Ai and …
Read More »Thailand objected to the use of Bangkok to launch a report denouncing Vietnam’s human rights record and has reportedly revoked the visa of the main author, sources said Sunday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights planned a press conference Monday …
Read More »PARIS, 12 September 2010 (FIDH & VCHR) – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) announced today that it has been under pressure by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cancel a press conference on human rights in Vietnam, organized by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and …
Read More »BANGKOK – Thailand, 12 September 2010 (dpa) – Objecting to the use of Bangkok as the site for the launch of a report denouncing Vietnam’s human rights record, has denied entry to two of the report’s main authors, sources said Sunday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights …
Read More »To Members and Guests: Approximately one month ago, the FCCT accepted a booking from the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) for them to hold a press conference in the Clubhouse launching a new report, “From Rhetoric to Reality: …
Read More »See Full Report: PARIS-BANGKOK, 13th September, 2010 – Human rights violations in Vietnam have continued unabated during its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2010, according to a new report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR). …
Read More »PARIS, 31 August 2010 (IBIB) – The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has sent a letter to the Vietnamese leadership denouncing violent Police assaults on UBCV Buddhists gathering peacefully at the Giac Minh Pagoda in Da Nang to celebrate the traditional …
Read More »PARIS, 11 August 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH) expressed outrage over inequalities in Vietnam’s legal system regarding the sentence facing a policeman who beat a 21-year-old man to …
Read More »PARIS, 24 July 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter today to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet calling on him to lift the death sentence on Phan …
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