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VCHR and FIDH expose grave violations of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam

PARIS, 5 January 2024 (VCHR) – In a Joint Report to the UN Human Rights Committee today, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) documented serious abuses of human rights in Vietnam and questioned the Vietnamese authorities on what measures they would …

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Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam spend International Human Rights Day behind bars

PARIS, 10 December 2023 (VCHR) – As the world marks the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) recalls that thousands of human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, …

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VCHR and FIDH submit joint human rights report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam

PARIS, 11 October 2023 (VCHR) – On October 11, 2023, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) made a joint submission with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) to the UN Human Rights Council for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam, which is scheduled to take place …

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Vietnam: Environmental lawyer Đăng Đình Bách must be released

PARIS, 24 May 2023 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joins 86 human rights organisations to call for the release of environmental lawyer Đăng Đình Bách, who has been arbitrarily sentenced to 5 years in prison on trumped-up charges of tax evasion on account of his legitimate …

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EU Delegation raises serious human rights concerns during visit to Vietnam

PARIS 7 April 2023 (VCHR) – A delegation of Members of the European Parliament visiting Vietnam from 4 – 6 April 2023 expressed serious concerns about violations of social and political rights including freedom of expression and association, Internet freedom, freedom of religion or belief and repression of human rights …

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Vietnamese writer and human rights defender Thi Vũ Võ Văn Ái has passed away

PARIS, 27 January 2023 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Quê Mẹ: Action for Democracy in Vietnam are deeply grieved to announce that Võ Văn Ái, founder and President of our two organizations passed away in Paris on Thursday 26 January 2023 after a long struggle …

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Vietnam given failing grades by UN human rights body

PARIS, 18 November 2022 (VCHR & FIDH) – FIDH and VCHR welcome the assessment by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR), which gave Vietnam’s government poor grades concerning the implementation of the committee’s recommendations on the death penalty, freedom of expression, and human rights defenders. On 11 November …

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Opening Ceremony of the FIDH Centenary Celebrations at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, 23 October 2022 (Photo Baptiste Cottereau / FIDH)

At its centenary commemoration in Paris FIDH condemns grave human rights violations in Vietnam

PARIS, 7 November 2022 (VCHR) – Human rights defenders from all over the world gathered in Paris for the 41st Congress of the FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights). The Congress, which brought together over 450 human rights defenders from FIDH leagues in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the …

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Joint letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres visiting Vietnam

October 20, 2022 New York, NY 10017 Mr. António Guterres Secretary-General United Nations UN Headquarters, S-3800 New York, NY 10017 Re: October visit to Vietnam Dear Secretary-General, We are writing ahead of your visit to Vietnam later this week. You have emphasized the importance of combatting climate change, but this …

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