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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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). …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »JAKARTA, 18 April 2010 (QUE ME) – Under the theme of “Solidarity Across Cultures: Working Together for Democracy”, 633 democracy activists and practitioners from 110 countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australia gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for the 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy from 11 …
Read More »YEREVAN, Armenia, 10 April 2010 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Members of 164 leagues from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, meeting in Yerevan, Armenia from 6 to 10 April 2010 for the 37th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) adopted an Urgent Resolution condemning human rights abuses in …
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