Thailand has come under criticism from Human Rights Watch for its decision to deny visas to activists and ban a media event in Bangkok organised to criticise Vietnam. Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said yesterday Vo Van Ai and Penelope Faulkner, who had been scheduled to speak …
Read More »BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 (GMA News.TV) — The Thai government blocked a news conference planned Monday on Vietnamese human rights because it feared the disclosures might insult the neighboring country. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand was hosting the news conference in Bangkok by two international human rights …
Read More »The Foreign Ministry has banned two French activists from launching a report in Bangkok today on human rights abuses in Vietnam. The ministry pressed the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) to cancel the event scheduled for this morning, but it asked the government to reconsider its request, …
Read More »BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 – THAILAND has refused entry to two human rights campaigners due to speak at a Bangkok press conference on Monday about alleged abuses in neighbouring Vietnam, a journalists’ organisation said. The move forced the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a long-time critic of …
Read More »Thailand has refused entry to two human rights campaigners due to speak at a Bangkok press conference on Monday about alleged abuses in neighbouring Vietnam, a journalists’ organisation said. The move forced the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a long-time critic of the country’s communist regime, to …
Read More »BANGKOK, 13 September 2010 (Reuters) – Thailand, under pressure from neighbouring Vietnam, denied visas to two political activists seeking to speak at a Bangkok media event on Monday about human rights issues in Vietnam, a Paris-based group said. The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said the Thai …
Read More »BANGKOK – Thailand, 12 September 2010 (dpa) – Objecting to the use of Bangkok as the site for the launch of a report denouncing Vietnam’s human rights record, has denied entry to two of the report’s main authors, sources said Sunday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights …
Read More »To Members and Guests: Approximately one month ago, the FCCT accepted a booking from the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) for them to hold a press conference in the Clubhouse launching a new report, “From Rhetoric to Reality: …
Read More »Thailand objected to the use of Bangkok to launch a report denouncing Vietnam’s human rights record and has reportedly revoked the visa of the main author, sources said Sunday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights planned a press conference Monday …
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The Epoch Times – By Scott Johnson January 26, 2010 In Vietnam hundreds of monks undergo re-education to infiltrate overseas temples with the aim to destroy the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Vietnam has waged a brutal overt and covert war against its Buddhist population for decades. In 1981, they …
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