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VCHR urges EU to increase efforts to protect Freedom of Religion or Belief

PARIS, 24 June 2019 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), member of the European Platform against Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID) today joins EPRID to commemorate EU Day on Freedom of Religion or Belief (24 June). The organisations urge the EU and its member states to take more …

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President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen (centre) with participants of the TIRFF

VCHR highlights serious violations of freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam at the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum (TIRFF)

PARIS, 8 June 2019 (VCHR) – Mr. Võ Trần Nhật, Executive Secretary of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) described the alarming situation of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Vietnam at the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum (TIRFF) held in the city of Hsinchu, near Taipei, from …

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Joint NGO letter calls for release of Nguyen Bac Truyen

RE: Civil society organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển Dear High Representative/Vice President Mogherini,CC: Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, First-Vice President Frans Timmermans We are writing to express our deep concern about the arrest and sentencing of legal expert and human rights defender Nguyễn …

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UN Human Rights Committee highlights gross violations of civil and political rights in Vietnam

PARIS, 29 March 2019 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the “Concluding Observations” published today by the UN Human Rights Committee on Vietnam’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The report reveals grave and systematic violations of civil and political rights …

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Nguyen Khanh Ngoc (L), Vietnamese government delegate, addresses the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, March 11, 2019. UN Photo

[RFA] NGO Hits Back at Vietnam’s Denials of Rights Abuses

Nguyen Khanh Ngoc (L), Vietnamese government delegate, addresses the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, March 11, 2019. UN Photo RFA, 13/3/2019 – Assertions by Vietnam that it protects civil freedoms and human rights in the one-party communist state were sharply rebutted on Monday by a monitoring group at a …

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VCHR denounces gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body

GENEVA, 11 March 2019 (VCHR): As the UN Human Rights Committee meets at its 125th Session in Geneva to examine the periodic report of Vietnam on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), one of the UN’s most important human rights instruments, the Vietnam Committee …

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EU–Vietnam 8th Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels: Interview with Maya Kocijancic & Umberto Gambini

On Monday 4th March 2019, the European Union and Vietnam held their annual human rights dialogue in Brussels. This is the 8th time the EU and Vietnam have held these high-level dialogues, which take place alternatively in Brussels and Hanoi. On this occasion, Radio Free Asia spoke with Maya Kocijancic, …

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Vietnam: Human rights dialogue held amid heightened crackdown

PARIS, 4 March 2019 (FIDH & VCHR) – The European Union (EU) must urge the Vietnamese government to end its ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent, repeal its repressive laws, and immediately release all political prisoners, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The two …

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Vietnam fails to address serious human rights concerns at its Universal Periodic Review at the UN

  GENEVA, 28 January 2019 (VCHR) –  Vietnam failed to address serious human rights concerns raised by UN member states at its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva and provided misleading information to the international community, said the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) today. At Vietnam’s third UPR on …

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Đại diện VCHR ông Võ Trần Nhật thuyết trình tại Quốc hội Đan Mạch ở thủ đô Copenhague, hình của Dansk Missionråd

VCHR proposes strategies for advancing Freedom of Religion of Belief in Vietnam at the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen

  PARIS, 13th December 2018 (VCHR) – On 6th December 2018, Võ Trần Nhật, Executive Secretary of Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) addressed a gathering of Members of Parliament, diplomats and human rights defenders at the Danish Parliament (Folketing) in Copenhagen to discuss the hardships faced by civil society …

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