Human Rights Stories 2006

[12 - 31-2008] Human Rights Situation in December 2006

[12 - 21-2006] US Lawmakers Question Assessment of Freedom of Religion in Vietnam

[12 - 20-2006] UNPO’S Urgent Appeal on Persecution of Khmer Krom in Vietnam

[12 - 14-2006] US vows to keep up pressure on human rights in Vietnam

[11 - 25-2006] Bloc 8406 Protests against Vietnamese Communist Government Repressions before and after the APEC Summit in Viet Nam

[11 - 24-2006] Amnesty International Urges Sending Appeals to Free Lawyer Bui Thi Kim Thanh

[11 - 22-2006] Warsaw Conference Calls For Global Human Rights Solidarity

[11 - 22-2006] Journalist under house arrest following weeks of harassment, detentions and interrogations over Internet writings

[11 - 22-2006] Vietnamese Authorities Continue Crack Down on Human Right

[11 - 20-2006] VNHRN announces Vietnam Human Rights Award Winners for 2006

[11 - 20-2006] VNHRN raised concerns about the Removal of Vietnam from CPC List

[11 - 19-2006] Activists reportedly hushed for APEC

[11 - 18-2006] Vietnam dissidents report crackdown during APEC summit

[11 - 18-2006] Dr. Pham Hong Son Beaten at Public Security Station

[11 - 17-2006] Vietnam - APEC Summit call for support for dissidents press

[11 - 17-2006] Harper urges human rights progress in talk with Vietnam's PM

[11 - 16-2006] President Bush Urged to Discuss Human Rights Abuses in Vietnam with Vietnamese Leaders

[11 - 14-2006] APEC Summit Should Highlight Rights Abuses - New Documents Reveal Religious Repression

[11 - 14-2006] House defeats bill on Vietnam trade

[11 - 14-2006] Vietnamese Democracy Activists Under Lockdown on Eve of Bush Trip to Vietnam

[11 - 14-2006] CSW concerned over removal of Vietnam from US religious freedom blacklist

[11 - 13-2006] USCIRF disappointed about removal of Vietnam from U.S. Government's List of Religious Freedom Violators

[11 - 13-2006] US drops Vietnam from “countries of special concern” over religious freedom

[11 - 13-2006] Vietnam: Street Children at Risk Before APEC Summit

[11 - 12-2006] Marriage Agencies Violate Women’s Rights

[11 - 06-2006] USCIRF Letter to Secretary of State Rice Urges Maintaining "Country of Particular Concern" Status

[10 - 31-2006] Vietnam critical of human rights prize for Buddhist monk

[10 - 31-2006] Vietnam 'to axe detention decree'

[10 - 24-2006] More torture of Montagnard Christians reported

[10 - 22-2006] International Conference on Workers’ Rights in Vietnam Warsaw, October 28-30, 2006

[10 - 22-2006] Viet Nam: Internet repression creates climate of fear

[10 - 21-2006] Vietnam censorship concern grows

[10 - 20-2006] Independent Labour Union Created To Provide Real Protection for Vietnamese Workers

[10 - 19-2006] Russians acquitted in murder of Vietnamese student Tuan

[10 - 16-2006] Montagnard: Petition to President Bush Issued

[10 - 10-2006] Writers in Prison Committee seriously concerned over health of imprisoned writer Nguyen Vu Binh

[9 - 29-2006] GreenRice Gallery Presents: HUMANS FOR SALE, A Photo Documentary

[9 - 26-2006] Authorities confirm arrest of two cyber-dissidents

[9 - 20-2006] The Rafto Prize 2006 for Vietnamese human rights defender

[9 - 18-2006] Vietnamese dissident detained for visiting friend, wife says

[9 - 15-2006] U.S. Urged to Press Vietnam on Human Rights

[9 - 10-2006] UK Conservative Human Rights Commission calls on Vietnam to cease increasingly severe repression and begin process of transition to democracy

[9 - 04-2006] Vietnam detains Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen

[8 - 30-2006] Vietnam cyber-dissident to continue criticism

[8 - 30-2006] Smith calls for human rights in Vietnam

[8 - 29-2006] The Human Rights Situation in Vietnam - August 2006

[8 - 28-2006] Vietnam dissident 'to be freed'

[8 - 24-2006] UK and US companies sold mobile phone tapping equipment to Vietnam

[8 - 24-2006] The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Vietnamese President to stop repression against journalists

[8 - 22-2006] Please sign the petition calling for the release of Dr Pham Hong Son

[8 - 21-2006] Vietnam Steps up Repression of Religious Freedom

[8 - 19-2006] VNHRN Invites Nomination of Candidates and Support for the 2006 Vietnam Human Rights Award

[8 - 18-2006] US official holds talks on religious freedom in Vietnam

[8 - 16-2006] Vietnam releases Internet democrats

[8 - 11-2006] Vietnam's online censors target politics not porn, says study

[8 - 08-2006] Montagnard Degar Christian Dies from Torture During Interrogation about House Church Activities

[7 - 28-2006] Religious Liberty in Vietnam - Report Published by Aid to the Church in Need

[7 - 17-2006] Group 8406 to Condoleezza Rice: We now also have a dream…

[7 - 12-2006] Human Rights Watch sent Letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung regarding Vietnam's international human rights obligations

[7 - 11-2006] Open letter to President Bush and the US Congress urging more pressure on Vietnam for human rights

[7 - 03-2006] Montagnards still on trial in Vietnam

[6 - 30-2006] Hanoi government tightens reins on journalists

[6 - 29-2006] Reporters Without Borders asks new president to pardon two imprisoned cyber-dissidents

[6 - 16-2006] Vietnam tightens state censorship

[6 - 14-2006] Vietnam: Montagnards Face Religious, Political Persecution

[5 - 30-2006] Vietnam's labor strife worsens

[5 - 24-2006] Vietnamese Officials Resort to Force in Civil Dispute

[5 - 11-2006] VNHRN organized Forum on Labor Rights in Vietnam

[5 - 11-2006] Montagnard Degar Christian Siu Lul tortured to death in Vietnam prison

[5 - 10-2006] Vietnam: Fledgling Democracy Movement under Threat

[5 - 03-2006] Vietnam remains in the religious rights blacklist of the USCIRF

[4 - 22-2006] Urgent Letter to Mr. Bill Gates who is visiting Vietnam

[4 - 20-2006] VIETNAM: Government harasses two journalists

[4 - 20-2006] EU commissioner urged to request release of cyber-dissidents during Vietnam visit

[4 - 19-2006] Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking

[4 - 10-2006] VNHRN invites you to support The 2006 Declaration on Democracy and Freedom for Vietnam by 118 Democracy Fighters inside Vietnam

[4 - 10-2006] MP's rights trip angers Vietnamese

[4 - 08-2006] The 2006 Declaration on Democracy and Freedom for Vietnam by 118 Democracy Fighters inside Vietnam

[4 - 06-2006] The 2006 Appeal of 116 Democracy Advocates for Rights to Freedom of Political Association in Vietnam

[4 - 01-2006] Taiwanese man arrested for human trafficking in Vietnam

[3 - 30-2006] US asks Vietnam to free key prisoners before Bush visit

[3 - 29-2006] Vietnam Has Serious Human-Rights Deficiencies

[3 - 28-2006] Nine Vietnamese arrested in human-trafficking case

[3 - 24-2006] Vietnamese from All over the World Support Workers in Vietnam

[3 - 22-2006] Vietnamese intellectuals and Catholic clergymen appeal for workers’ rights

[3 - 16-2006] Police seize fourth Internet-user discussing democracy on Paltalk.com

[3 - 16-2006] UN votes to establish new human rights body

[3 - 15-2006] 8,000 workers strike in Vietnam shoe factory

[02-20-2006] Vietnam, U.S. resume human rights talks

[02-17-2006] Security Police release Venerable Thich Quang Do

[02-16-2006] Leading Vietnamese Monk Arrested

[02-06-2006] VNHRN asks your help to Stop Trafficking of Vietnamese Women and Children

[02-06-2006] Vietnam shaken by wildcat strikes

[01-29-2006] VNHRN Supports Vietnamese Workers’ Rights

[01-26-2006] VNHRN strongly protests Singapore's trafficking of Vietnamese women

[01-26-2006] Vietnam: Internet journalist freed; two others still jailed

[01-18-2006] Human Rights Watch World Report 2006: Abuses Go Unpunished in Asia
[01-02-2006] Vietnamese Churches Boldly Standing Up to Abuses