VCHR

Vietnam – EU: Release of rights and pro-democracy activists litmus test for human rights dialogue

PARIS-GENEVA-BANGKOK, January 10, 2012 (VCHR & OBSERVATORY) – The first full-fledged human rights dialogue of the European Union with Vietnam needs to be accompanied with the release of all human rights defenders currently imprisoned, in detention, or under house arrest, said the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the …

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Vietnam Committee applauds UN expert’s call to close down rehabilitation centres for drug users and sex workers in Vietnam

PARIS, 7 December 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – The Vietnam Committee for Human Rights applauds the call to close down so-called “rehabilitation centres” for injecting drug users and female sex workers by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Mr. Anand Grover following his visit to Vietnam from …

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Euro-MEPs should press visiting Vietnam delegation to free political prisoners and accept human rights control mechanisms in upcoming EU-Vietnam trade agreement

PARIS, 5 December 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam, wrote to the European Parliament to call on Vietnam to respect human rights and democratic freedoms during their meeting with a high-level delegation …

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Nobel Peace Laureate joins Appeal to end Death Penalty in Vietnam

PARIS, 11 October 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – International personalities and organizations have joined the appeal launched on the 9th World Day against the Death Penalty by Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights (VCHR) for an end to capital punishment in Vietnam  (1). …

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9th World Day against the Death Penalty:
Vietnam makes the Death Penalty “more humane”

PARIS, 10 October 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – As abolitionists around the world mark the 9th World Day against the Death Penalty on 10th October 2011 under this year’s theme, “the Inhumanity of the Death Penalty”, Paris-based Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights …

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At the 18th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council: Vietnam Committee denounces repression of peaceful anti-China protests and calls for repeal of anti-demonstration laws in Vietnam

GENEVA, 15 September 2011 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Mr. Vo Tran Nhat called on Vietnam to cease recent repression of peaceful demonstrations, release all …

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Vo Van Ai

Conversation with Vo Van Ai, President and Founder of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)

PARIS, 23 August 2011 (FIDH) – On June 24, 2011, Vo Van Ai, President and Founder of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a member organization of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was awarded the 9th Special Prize for Freedom by the Italian organisation Società Libera. The …

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At the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies: Global Civil society Leaders Urge Support for Democratization in Vietnam

VILNIUS, 1st July 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Governmental delegations from 100 democratic countries and over 120 civil society leaders and democracy activists from all over the world met together in Vilnius for the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies on 1st July 2011 to discuss strategies for strengthening …

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Violations of religious freedom in Vietnam denounced at a Hearing in the European Parliament

BRUSSELS, 27 May 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Speaking at a Hearing on Freedom of Religion or Belief at the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights in Brussels on Thursday, 26 May, Ms. Penelope Faulkner, Vice-President of Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights …

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