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On 36th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War
Vietnam must reform its Legal System says report on “Crime and Punishment in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”

April 30, 2011 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

JAKARTA, 30 April 2011 (VCHR) – In a report made public at the Conference on the Rule of law for human rights in the ASEAN region held by the Human Rights Resource Centre for ASEAN (HRRCA) in Jakarta, Indonesia, today, Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of Quê Me: Action for …

Open Letter on the conviction of Cu Huy Ha Vu (The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights)

April 8, 2011 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 8 April 2011 (VCHR) – In an Open Letter, the FIDH, OMCT and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights calls for immediate and unconditional release of Cu Huy Ha Vu: OPEN LETTER to HE Nguyen Minh Triet President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam HE Nguyen Tan Dung …

UN expert’s report on minorities confirms the huge gap between human rights rhetoric and reality in Vietnam

March 17, 2011 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 17 March 2011 (FIDH & VCHR) – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), regret that Viet Nam has failed to cooperate in good faith with the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms. Gay McDougall, in …

VIETNAM: Deadly attack against a journalist

February 3, 2011 VCHR 0

GENEVA-PARIS, February 3, 2011. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights & Quê Me : Action for Democracy in Vietnam, condemn the murder …

The Thai authorities prevent a press conference on human rights in Vietnam
Debating Vietnam’s human rights record under its ASEAN Chairmanship is more than ever impossible

September 12, 2010 News, Press Release, VCHR 0

PARIS, 12 September 2010 (FIDH & VCHR) – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) announced today that it has been under pressure by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cancel a press conference on human rights in Vietnam, organized by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and …

VIETNAM: “From “Vision” to Facts: HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM under its Chairmanship of ASEAN”

September 10, 2010 VCHR 0

See Full Report: PARIS-BANGKOK, 13th September, 2010 – Human rights violations in Vietnam have continued unabated during its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2010, according to a new report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR). …

Policeman faces maximum 7 year sentence for beating a youth to death: Vietnam Committee denounces a climate of impunity in Vietnam

August 11, 2010 VCHR 0

PARIS, 11 August 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH) expressed outrage over inequalities in Vietnam’s legal system regarding the sentence facing a policeman who beat a 21-year-old man to …

Vo Van Ai calls on President Nguyen Minh Triet to lift the death sentence on student Phan Minh Man

July 24, 2010 VCHR 0

PARIS, 24 July 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter today to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet calling on him to lift the death sentence on Phan …

Vietnam’s Human Rights Journal should be a forum for debate, not a propaganda tool for the Communist Party

July 16, 2010 VCHR 0

PARIS, 16 July 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, an affiliate of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed Vietnam’s publication of the first issue of a monthly human rights magazine, but expressed concern that the journal is …

Oslo Freedom Forum Screens Rare Interview with Imprisoned Monk for Vietnam Human Rights Day on Capitol Hill

May 11, 2010 VCHR 0

Oslo Freedom Forum Screens Rare Interview with Imprisoned Monk for Vietnam Human Rights Day on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, DC (May 11, 2010) – The Oslo Freedom Forum will present its recently-filmed interview with The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do at a congressional ceremony on Capitol Hill this afternoon. Thich Quang …