Brussels, 7 November 2018 Dear Ms. Malmström, FIDH and VCHR wish to express their concern over the draft EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement that was made public in late September 2018, which, to our view, fails to provide sufficient human rights safeguards, and as a consequence, puts the EU …
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Human rights advocates are expressing concern over an intensified crackdown on dissent in Vietnam. Some analysts suggest that the Communist regime is emboldened by perceptions that it is a strategically vital bulwark against China’s sharp power in the region. By making a rare second trip this year to …
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Download the Letter (PDF) here You have always been a dedicated supporter of the Vietnamese American community in Texas since the day my Law Firm has been opened. It has been 21 years and we went through thick and thin together. You have been a strong voice in …
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PARIS, 8 October (VCHR – IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau informs the international community with deep concern that Buddhist dissident and Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thích Quảng Độ boarded a train for the northen province of Thái Bình at 9:00am on …
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GENEVA, 18 September 2018 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme (AEDH) at the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva from 10–28 September, VCHR President Võ Văn Ái denounced …
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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY VNM 002 / 0918 / OBS 112 Arbitrary arrest / Release/ Obstacles to freedom of movement Vietnam September 9, 2018 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), …
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PARIS, 4 September 2018 (VCHR & FIDH) – The draft report prepared by the Vietnamese government for the country’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) suppresses grave human rights violations and deliberately misinforms the international community, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The …
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PARIS, 12 August 2018 (VCHR – IBIB) – Police and local authorities in Hue 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 new crackdown on the BYM raises …
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WASHINGTON D.C. 12 July 2018 – VCHR – Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) organized a Conference on “Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Rights: Vietnamese and Tibetan Buddhism under threat” on July 11, 2018. The Conference was hosted by …
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PARIS, 12 July 2018 (FIDH & VCHR) – UN member states must pressure the Vietnamese government to end its severe crackdown on dissent and make a genuine commitment to reforms ahead of Vietnam’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR), FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights