Human Rights Stories 2008

 

 

[12 -30 -2008] Vietnam's Bloggers Face Government Crackdown

[12 -14 -2008] The Presentation of the Vietnam Human Rights Award 2008

[12 -03 -2008] No sign that jailed blogger Dieu Cay will get fair appeal

[11 -03 -2008] Amnesty International Submitted Vietnam’s Human Rights Record to UN Universal Periodic Review

[10 -29 -2008] VNHRN Announces The Results of The Vietnam Human Rights Award 2008

[10 -23 -2008] Europe asks Hanoi to end "systematic violation" of human rights

[10 -20 -2008] The Writers in Prison Committee outraged by sentences handed down to 2 journalists in Vietnam

[10 -15 -2008] Graft-busting Reporter Jailed for Two Years

[10 -14 -2008] Protesters Greet Vietnamese Prime Minister in Australia

[10 -04 -2008] Vietnam: End Crackdown on Catholics

[10 -01 -2008] Sen. Barbara Boxer Introduced Bill S. 3678 To Promote Human Rights in Vietnam

[09 -25 -2008] U.S. Representatives send protest letter to Vietnamese president

[09 -24 -2008] US Government Should Re-Designate Vietnam among Worst Religious Freedom Violators

[09 -23 -2008] PEN: Apparent crackdown on dissent in Vietnam 

[09 -19 -2008] Reporter Detained, Beaten by Vietnamese Police While Covering Prayer Vigil

[09 -19 -2008] Vietnamese Catholics protest government land clearing

[09 -14 -2008] Statement by VNHRN on new round of crackdown against dissidents in Vietnam

[09 -12 -2008] Vietnam: New Round of Arrests Target Democracy Activists

[09 - 09-2008] Judges asked to show clemency to detained cyber-dissident being tried on “tax fraud” charge

[09 - 06-2008] Vietnam Archbishop Defends Land Protesters

[09 - 03-2008] VNHRN condemns police brutality against Christians at Thai Ha

[08 - 30-2008] Police beat and shock Catholic protestors in Hanoi

[08 - 28-2008] Police terrorize Hanoi Catholics with a series of arrests

[08 - 26-2008] Rights Watchdog Wants Vietnam Back on U.S. Blacklist 

[08 - 26-2008] Montagnard Representative Demands Vietnam Cease Ethnic Cleansing of Degar Montagnards

[08 - 22-2008] Vietnam punishes journalists over coverage of anti-corruption case

[08 - 01-2008] Vietnam strips accreditation from seven journalists

[07 - 22-2008] Eight Vietnamese Writers Receive Prestigious Human Rights Prize

[07 - 18-2008] Journalist Truong Minh Duc sentenced to 5-year imprisonment

[07 - 17-2008] VNHRN Calls for Nominations for The 2008 Vietnam Human Rights Award

[07 - 12-2008] Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh was physically attacked and injured by Vietnamese police

[07 - 08-2008] Human Rights Watch expressed concerns about Vietnamese Government attempt to take over Buddhist Patriarch's funeral

[07 - 08-2008] Religious Freedom in Vietnam Urged after Death of Thich Huyen Quang 

[07 - 08-2008] Reporters Without Borders invites you to sign petition for release of Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan

[07 - 05-2008] Patriarch of banned Vietnamese Buddhist church dies after years under house arrest

[07 - 04-2008] Released, immediately "disappeared": Buddhist monk and "rights defender" Sakhorn

[06 - 30-2008] Amnesty International: "Viet Nam: Time to live up to human rights commitment"

[06 - 29-2008] The Committee For Human Rights in Vietnam denounces Vietnam Government for brutally suppressing dissidents

[06 - 19-2008] Vietnamese Groups, Lawmakers Voice Concerns Ahead of Prime Minister's US Visit

[06 - 04-2008] Statement of VNHRN on The Annual U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue in Hanoi in May 2008

[05 - 30-2008] US Raises Reporters' Arrests in Human Rights Dialogue with Vietnam

[05 - 15-2008] Authorities urged to release blogger Dieu Cay

[05 - 08-2008] Religious Freedom Denied: Buddhists Remain Behind Bars While Vietnam Hosts UN Buddhist Celebration  

[05 - 05-2008] Banned Vietnam Buddhist Group Claims Repression before UN Meet

[05 - 02-2008] USCIRF Names 11 Countries of Particular Concern, Keeps Vietnam on List

[05 - 01-2008] Vietnam: At least 14 arrests under the excuse of Olympic torch relay

[04 - 25-2008] The Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam Reports:  Vietnam Continuously violates Human Rights

[04 - 22-2008] Call for release of Vietnamese prisoners of conscience before Olympic torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City

[03 - 20-2008] Laos, Vietnam: Mobilization to Kill Hmong

[03 - 20-2008] Five-year jail term for freelance journalist Truong Minh Duc

[03 - 20-2008] VNHRN condemns human rights violation by Chinese authorities in Tibet

[03 - 19-2008] VNHRN to nominate Lawyer Lê Thị Công-Nhân for the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2008

[02 - 29-2008] Congressman Royce Calls for Vigorous Protests of Vietnam's Jamming of Radio Free Asia Broadcasts

[02 - 25-2008] Norwegian MP told to leave Vietnam

[02 - 21-2008] The Committee For Human Rights in Vietnam voices concerns over the missing of Mr Le Tri Tue

[02 - 19-2008] Human rights groups condemn Vietnamese instruction to resolutely subdue religion 

[02 - 13-2008] The plight of journalists in 98 countries reviewed

[02 - 08-2008] Leading Vietnamese dissident Hoang Minh Chinh dies at 85

[02 - 01-2008] Vietnam: 2007 was characterized by the harshest crackdown on peaceful dissent in 20 years

[02 - 01-2008] Woman Writer Released, but Crackdown Continues

[01 - 25-2008] Vietnam Catholics hold prayer vigil, call for government to return land to church

[01 - 05-2008] 2007 Report on Human Rights in Vietnam

 

 

 

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