Press Release

Protest singers Viet Khang and Tran Vu Anh Binh condemned to harsh prison sentences at an unfair trial in Vietnam

  Viet Khang   PARIS, 30 October 2012 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights strongly condemns the harsh sentences imposed on two Vietnamese singers and songwriters at an unfair trial at the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court today. Vo Minh Tri, known as Viet Khang and …

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US Consulate official visits UBCV monk Thich Thanh Quang in Danang

PARIS, 30 October 2012 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Thanh Quang, head of the Quang Nam-Danang Provincial Committee of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) received a visit from Ms. Kathleen Peoples, Political Outreach Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City at the Giac Minh Pagoda …

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UBCV Deputy leader Thich Vien Dinh protest harsh sentence against peaceful bloggers Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai and Ta Phong Tan

PARIS, 29 September 2012 (IBIB) – Venerable Thich Vien Dinh, head of Viện Hóa Đạo, the Executive Institute of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and Deputy leader of the UBCV, has asked the International Buddhist Information Bureau to forward to the international community the following letter protesting the …

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Tổng thống Pháp Francois Hollande tại điện Elysee ở Paris vào ngày 24 tháng 3 năm 2016 (AFP photo)

Open Letter to French President François Hollande on the imprisonment of bloggers Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai and Ta Phong Tan

PARIS, 26 September 2012 (VCHR) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam sent an Open Letter to French President François Hollande today calling for his urgent intervention for the release of Dieu Cay, Ta Phong Tan …

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Bloggers Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai and Ta Phong Tan condemned to harsh prison sentences by a Kangaroo court in Vietnam

PARIS, 24 September 2012 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights is outraged by the inhumane sentences imposed on three peaceful bloggers at a closed trial at the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) which lasted only a few hours and grossly violated all standards of …

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Từ trái qua phải Tạ Phong Tần, Điếu Cày Nguyễn Văn Hải, Phan Thanh Hải – Hình của Dân Làm Báo

International Community demands acquittal of bloggers Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai and Ta Phong Tan

PARIS, 23 September 2012 (VCHR) – International outcry against the detention of bloggers Nguyen Van Hai (better known by his blog name Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (blog AnhBaSaigon) and Ta Phong Tan (Truth and Justice) is intensifying before the trial of the three bloggers which opens at 8.00am on …

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VIET NAM: Trial against three pro-democracy bloggers to open on September 24

BANGKOK-PARIS-GENEVA, September 21, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), together with the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), are deeply concerned at the judicial action against three pro-democracy …

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Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces multiple forms of repression against civil society in Vietnam

GENEVA, 14 September 2012 (VCHR) – Speaking today on behalf of Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme and the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Mr. Vo Van Ai (VCHR President) informed the United Nations Human Rights Council of the multiple forms of repression implemented by the Vietnamese …

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US Ambassador David Shear visits detained Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do – Police in Danang beat UBCV monks and followers

PARIS, 20.8.2012 (IBIB) – The U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. David B. Shear paid a visit to Patriarch Thich Quang Do, leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City, along with Mr. Nicholas J.C. Snyder, Head of the …

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Viet Nam: Pro-democracy bloggers face harsh penalties in upcoming trial

Bangkok-Paris-Geneva, August 1, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint FIDH and OMCT programme, together with the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), call on the Vietnamese authorities to drop all charges against three pro-democracy bloggers and release them immediately and unconditionally. Mr. Nguyen Van …

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