Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights
Vietnam Committee & FIDH : Parallel NGO Report by Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and the FIDH, submitted in advance of the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite Vietnam’s accession to core human rights treaties and its adoption of extensive new legislation, serious gaps remain between international norms and Vietnamese laws and practices. Vietnam continues to adopt laws that restrict the exercise of human rights and imprisons peaceful critics under vague “national security” provisions in …
Read More »Urgent Plea to the government of Vietnam asking for the safe return of our husbands
Vietnam, October 30, 2008 To: – The Socialist Republic of Vietnam – Vietnam Chief of Police, Le Hong Anh – Vietnam Chief of Police, Bureau of Investigation, Tran Van Thanh – Representatives of the European Union – The United States House of Representatives – The various international Human Rights organizations …
Read More »European Parliament : European Parliament resolution on the new EU- Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and human rights
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Vietnam, – having regard to the 1995 Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, – having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by Vietnam in 1982, – …
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Letter of Thich Quang Do to Venerable Won Hak
(concerning Buddhist movement against discrimination in South Korea)
Most Venerable Won Hak, On behalf of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, I am writing to express the solidarity of Vietnamese Buddhists with the Buddhists of the Republic of Korea in the peaceful movement against religious discrimination. I firmly believe that religious tolerance is essential to ensure harmonious coexistence …
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Political Stability vs Democratic Freedom ? Economic Crisis and Political Repression in Vietnam
Document of the VCHR for the Hearing on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam of the Sub-commission on Human Rights, European Parliament (Brussels, 25 August 2008)
VCHR Report “Political Stability vs Democratic Freedom ? Economic Crisis and Political Repression in Vietnam, document of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights for the Hearing on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam of the Sub-commission on Human Rights, European Parliament, Brussels, 25 August 2008” (2008-082513_Political_Stability_vs_Democratic_Freedom.pdf)Download
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Presentation by Vo Van Ai (Hearing on Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam, European Parliament, Brussels, 25 August 2008)
Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank the European Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights for inviting me to speak on the human rights situation in Vietnam, It is an especially timely opportunity, for this a crucial moment for our country’s future. Vietnam is undergoing a serious …
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IBIB: Obituary of UBCV Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang
“I have lived without a home, will die without a grave,I walk without a path and am imprisonedwithout a crime”(Thich Huyen Quang) The 4th Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), who passed away on 5th July at the Nguyen Thieu Monastery in Binh …
Read More »Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam : Letter to President George W. Bush
Paris, 23rd June 2006 Dear Mr. President, Today, the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung embarks on a 4-day official visit to the United States, accompanied by a large trade delegation, and you will receive him for talks at the White House tomorrow. The White House’s statement notes that you …
Read More »World Movement for Democracy : Defending Civil Society
Executive Summary Civil Society is facing serious threats today across the globe. An offensive against the spread of democracy has spread and intensified. This ongoing backlash against democracy has been characterized by a pronounced shift from outright repression of democracy, human rights and civil society activists and groups to more …
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