VCHR Archives - Page 12 of 33

At the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Vietnam Committee on Human Rights denounces violent repression of demonstrations in Vietnam

June 22, 2016 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

GENEVA, 22 June 2016 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the FIDH at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Võ Văn Ái regretted the “deafening silence” of Vietnam’s Vice-President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh concerning her government’s violent repression of peaceful demonstrations that have broken out all over …

Capital Punishment in Vietnam condemned at the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo

June 21, 2016 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

OSLO, 21 June 2016 (VCHR) – Joining over 1,300 participants from 80 countries including 20 ministers, 200 parliamentarians, academics, lawyers and members of civil society at the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty in Oslo, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) expressed its opposition to the use of …

The EP Intergroup on FoRB & Religious Tolerance will launch its Annual Report on religious freedom in the world on 30th June 2016

June 17, 2016 VCHR 0

VCHR Executive Secretary Võ Trần Nhật comments on the upcoming launch of the EP Intergroup on FoRB & Religious Tolerance’s Annual Report (30th June 2016)

European Parliament strongly condemns abuses of freedom of expression, assembly and religion in Vietnam

June 9, 2016 News, VCHR 0

STRASBURG, 9 June 2016 (VCHR) – At its plenary session in Strasburg today, the 751-member European Parliament adopted an Urgent Resolution strongly condemning human rights violations in Vietnam, and the escalation of repression following the Communist Party’s XII Congress in January which brought a hard-line leadership to power in the …

Prominent US Congress members urge President Obama to press for release of Buddhist dissident Thích Quảng Độ during Vietnam visit

May 20, 2016 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 20 May 2016 (VCHR) – Eight prominent members of the US Congress have written a letter to US President Barack Obama calling on him to press for the release of Buddhist dissident Thích Quảng Độ in his upcoming visit to Vietnam. President Obama is scheduled to arrive in …

Police prevent UBCV Deputy Thích Thanh Quang and Youth leader Lê Công Cầu from meeting Australian diplomats in Saigon

May 13, 2016 VCHR 0

PARIS, 13 May 2016 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly protests the unlawful activities of Police in Hue and Danang who prevented the Deputy leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Thích Thanh Quang and UBCV Youth leader Lê Công Cầu from travelling to …

UBCV Patriarch Thích Quảng Độ calls on President Obama to speak out for human rights during visit to Vietnam

May 9, 2016 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 9 May 2016 (VCHR) – From the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), the Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Thích Quảng Độ has sent a letter to US President Barack Obama urging him to press Vietnam’s leaders on human rights when he …

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom places Vietnam on blacklist for violations of freedom of religion or belief

May 2, 2016 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 2 May 2016 (VCHR) – For the sixteenth consecutive year, since 2001, Vietnam is on a blacklist of countries singled out by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations” of freedom of religion or belief. USCIRF recommends that Vietnam be designated …

Protestant activist ill-treated in Vietnam

April 26, 2016 News, Others, Press Release, Resources, VCHR 0

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 …

Vietnam: New Law on Access to Information and amended Press Law restrict freedom of expression and the right to know

April 6, 2016 VCHR 0

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 …