PARIS-BANGKOK, 2 November 2012 (FIDH & VCHR) – The trial and harsh sentencing of two musicians on charges of “anti-State propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code is the latest example of Vietnam’s escalating assault on freedom of expression and its blatant violation of international human rights law, said …
Read More »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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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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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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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 …
Read More »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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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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Attn: Heads of Missions Embassies of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the …
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BANGKOK-PARIS-GENEVA, July 24, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH and OMCT joint programme) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) condemn the resolution passed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) overturning a previous decision to grant consultative status to the …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights