Human Rights Stories 2011
[12 -30 -2011] Vietnam jails two rights activists for 'propaganda' [12 -15 -2011] Resolution on Viet Nam submitted by Suisse Romand PEN Centre [12 -15 -2011] Continuing judicial harassment and sentencing to prison of Messrs. Nguyen Van Lia and Tran Hoai An [12 -13 -2011] VN sentences 2 Buddhist activists to prison for ‘abusing democratic freedoms’ [12 -12 -2011] Vietnam: Release Hoa Hao Buddhist Activist [12 -10 -2011] VNHRN presented the 2011 VN Human Rights Award in Melbourne, Australia [12 -05 -2011] UN expert urges Vietnam to close rehab centers [11 -29 -2011] Court Reduces Blogger’s Sentence
[11 -24 -2011]
Hanoi: attacks continue against
Thai Ha parish [11 -17 -2011] Catholics Protest Project Through Prayer [11 -16 -2011] United League Issues Human Rights Appeal - Laos, Vietnam [11 -11 -2011] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Vietnam must do more on rights [11 -11 -2011] US raises blogger arrests in talks with Vietnam [11 -11 -2011] Viet Public Security Forces raided home, terrorized bloggers' family [11 -11 -2011] Viet Catholic Mass Media condemns Vietnamese police brutality [11 -11 -2011] Human Rights Watch condemns VN’s sentencing of Falun Gong practitioners [11 -10 -2011] Two citizen journalists jailed for illegally broadcasting to China [11 -09 -2011] Viet Nam: Falun Gong practitioners detained over meditation protest [11 -09 -2011] Joint NGO letter to the Vietnamese delegation [11 -08 -2011] Redemptorists urge Hanoi Catholics to remain calm after attacks [11 -07 -2011] Hanoi Archbishop condemns violence against Thai Ha parish [10 -25 -2011] Vietnamese Communist party steadily ratchets up the pressure [10 -23 -2011] VNHRN concluded its 10th General Congress and announced winners of the 2011 Vietnam Human Rights Award [10 -10 -2011] China and Vietnam Agree Over Internet Control [10 -10 -2011] Vietnamese Police Continue to Harass Falun Gong Practitioners [10 -04 -2011] Free speech groups call for release of Vietnamese blogger [09 -30 -2011] Vietnam: Free Religious Activists Immediately [09 -21 -2011] Ambassador Urged to Press Rights [09 -14 -2011] Eight Vietnamese Win Prestigious Hellman/Hammett Award [09 -13 -2011] Vietnamese political prisoner Truong Van Suong dies in detention [09 -07 -2011] Vietnam: Torture, Forced Labor in Drug Detention [08 -31 -2011] Vietnam: Free Seriously Ill Rights Advocates [08 -29 -2011] The government will release 10 thousand prisoners. A Bishop: "One thinks of those who struggle for freedom, Justice, Democracy" [08 -24 -2011] US Senators Urge State Department to Push for Release of Father Ly [08 -23 -2011] Vietnam jails 8th democracy activist in a month [08 -22 -2011] Authorities in Vietnam break up anti-China protest [08 -18 -2011] IOL expresses its greatest indignation regarding Mr. Huynh's arbitrary disbarment [08 -17 -2011] Vietnamese lawyer who defended Catholics and rights activists suspended [08 -11 -2011] The CPJ condemns the harsh prison sentence against Pham Minh Hoang [08 -10 -2011] RWB Condemns the sentence against Pham Minh Hoang [08 -10 -2011] France blasts Vietnam for jailing citizen for blog [08 -10 -2011] Viet Nam urged to release jailed blogger [08 -09 -2011] Eight Catholics arrested after taking part in protests [08 -06 -2011] EU's Ashton chides Vietnam over dissident appeal rejection [08 -04 -2011] Blogger Paulus Le Son arrested again amid mounting tension [08 -03 -2011] Norway concerned about the re-imprisonment of Father Ly in Vietnam [08 -02 -2011] Judicial harassment, police surveillance, and intimidation of HR defender [08 -02 -2011] US urges Vietnam to free top dissident [08 -02 -2011] Vietnam Dissident's 7-Year Sentence Upheld [07 -31 -2011] Overseas Vietnamese call for release of Father Nguyen Van Ly [07 -29 -2011] EU joins calls for release of jailed Vietnam priest [07 -27 -2011] USCIRF Condemns Seizing of Priest and Urges CPC Designation [07 -27 -2011] PEN International protests the re-arrest of Father Nguyen Van Ly [07 -27 -2011] Human Rights Watch: Father Nguyen Van Ly Should Remain Free [07 -26 -2011] US Calls For Release of Dissident Vietnamese Priest [07 -26 -2011] Vietnam: Father Nguyen Van Ly arrested again [07 -24 -2011] Fears of crackdown as Vietnam PM set for new term [07 -13 -2011] Vietnam refuses political prisoner's plea to die at home [07 -07 -2011] VNHRN Calls for Nominations for The 2011 Vietnam Human Rights Award [06 -24 -2011] Freed Vietnam dissident to wage democracy fight [06 -23 -2011] Vietnam's Labor Unrest [06 -20 -2011] Vietnam: Press Decree Part of Crackdown on Freedom of Expression [06 -19 -2011] Conference Calls for Recognition of Persecution of Montagnard Christians in VN [06 -16 -2011] Vietnam: CSW calls for release of Christian activists convicted of subversion [06 -09 -2011] Vietnam: Another Vietnamese Catholic human rights advocate on trial [06 -04 -2011] Degar-Montagnards: Youth Group Shows Solidarity with Political Prisoners [05 -30 -2011] Vietnam court sentences farmers to total 32 years in jail [05 -27 -2011] US lawmakers urge Vietnam to free activists [05 -27 -2011] Christian land rights activists to go on trial [05 -27 -2011] Violations of religious freedom in VN denounced at the European Parliament [05 -26 -2011] HRW Demands Vietnam Free Maverick Legal Activist [05 -22 -2011] Vietnam: government proposes further legal restrictions on religion [05 -21 -2011] Rights activists to be tried in Vietnam [05 -17 -2011] Hanoi Sisters of Saint Paul home to be demolished [05 -17 -2011] Human Rights Watch: Vietnam to investigate crackdown on Hmong unrest [05 -10 -2011] Amnesty International Urgent Action for Nguyen Hoang Hai [05 -10 -2011] Congressional Ceremony to Commemorate Vietnam Human Rights Day [05 -07 -2011] Vietnam crackdown: More Hmong killed as army deploys [05 -06 -2011] Vietnam 'seals ethnic Hmong protest site' [05 -05 -2011] U.S. probes reports of deaths after Hmong protests in Vietnam [05 -05 -2011] Vietnam, Laos Uprising: 28 Hmong protesters killed [05 -03 -2011] 2011 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize recipient Bui Chat set free on conditions [05 -01 -2011] International Publishers Association Condemns Arrest of Bui Chat [04 -29 -2011] Statement by VNHRN on Blogger Dieu Cay Nguyen Van Hai's Situation [04 -29 -2011] CPJ: Online commentator receives harsh sentence in Vietnam [04 -28 -2011] Vietnam arrests pastor of banned Mennonite church [04 -26 -2011] Cyber-dissident still has to serve five years in prison [04 -26 -2011] Vietnamese underground publisher receives freedom prize [04 -23 -2011] HRW: Vietnam Should Immediately Free Democracy Activist Vi Duc Hoi [04 -15 -2011] Laos, Vietnam troops kill four Hmong Christians: NGO [04 -15 -2011] Vietnam: Montagnards Harshly Persecuted [04 -14 -2011] Vietnam releases dissidents after nine days in jail [04 -11 -2011] Vietnam: Prayer vigils "respond" to the arrests of Vietnamese Catholics [04 -07 -2011] Rep. Smith Introduces Bill to Promote Human Rights Reforms in Vietnam [04 -05 -2011] The EU deeply concerned about the trial of Mr Cu Huy Ha Vu [04 -04 -2011] Two Vietnamese to Stand Trial for Broadcasts Into China [04 -05 -2011] USCIRF urges U.S. Government to defend Rights Defender [04 -04 -2011] U.S. Deeply Concerned by the Conviction of Vietnamese Activist [04 -04 -2011] Vietnamese Dissident Gets 7-Year Jail Sentence [04 -02 -2011] Vietnam: Release Prominent Legal Activist [04 -02 -2011] Report Reveals Vietnam's Decades-Long Crackdown on Minority Christians [04 -01 -2011] Prayer vigils in Hanoi for an activist for human rights, truth and justice [03 -31 -2011] VNHRN releases its 2010 Annual Report on Human Rights in Vietnam [03 -28 -2011] Vietnam court to try prominent human rights lawyer next week [03 -18 -2011] Vietnam slams blogger's nomination for free press award [03 -16 -2011] Vietnam: Overturn Labor Activists’ Harsh Prison Sentences [03 -14 -2011] Rights group warns against return to prison for Vietnam dissident [03 -11 -2011] Vietnam dissident to stand trial this month: wife [03 -07 -2011] Mideast uprisings lesson for Vietnam: freed dissident [02 -28 -2011] Mideast-inspired dissident held in Vietnam [02 -25 -2011] Women freed from 'inhuman' baby ring [02 -24 -2011] Vietnam: New Decree Punishes Press [02 -16 -2011] Hillary Clinton Calls For Internet Freedom [02 -09 -2011] Urgent Action: Catholic priest risks being returned to prison [02 -07 -2011] Vietnam charges activist with anti-government acts [02 -07 -2011] The Socialist Republic of Vietnam to be put back on the CPC List [02 -03 -2011] Viet Nam: Deadly attack against a journalist [01 -27 -2011] Communist Party Steps on Already Stifled Newspapers [01 -26 -2011] Amnesty International has condemned Viet Nam for sentencing activist [01 -26 -2011] Vietnam sentences dissident to 8 years [01 -25 -2011] Human Rights Watch condemns Vietnam for repression of human rights [01 -21 -2011] Vietnamese journalist critically injured in fiery attack [01 -14 -2011] Government adopts new decree “regulating” journalists and bloggers [01 -11 -2011] HRW urges VN to end chokehold on dissent before Party Congress [01 -08 -2011] Lawmaker protests 'reprehensible' Vietnam attack on U.S. diplomat [01 -07 -2011] Amnesty International USA asks release of all political prisoners in VN for Tet [01 -06 -2011] US Protests Manhandling of Diplomat in Vietnam [01 -05 -2011] US lawmaker targets Vietnam on rights
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