Human Rights Stories 2012

 

 

[12 -31 -2012] Vietnam renews attack on free expression online

[12 -31 -2012] Fourteen Catholic activists could get the death penalty in Vietnam

[12 -29 -2012] Reporters Without Borders condemns the rulings in the cases of three bloggers

[12 -29 -2012] Vietnam upholds long blogger jail terms

[12 -28 -2012] Vietnam police arrest well-known dissident lawyer

[12 -28 -2012] Vietnam court rejects anti-graft journalist appeal

[12 -20 -2012] Vietnamese Bloggers Recognized for Commitment to Rights

[12 -19 -2012] Vietnam bans blogger from US rights award trip

[12 -11 -2012] The Danish Embassy participated in the International Human Rights Day

[12 -11 -2012] Meeting delay a sign of cooling US-Vietnam ties

[12 -09 -2012] 2012 Vietnam Human Right Award Ceremony in Montréal, Canada

[12 -06 -2013] VN continues to persecute Degar Christians regardless of international law

[12 -03 -2012] Human rights defender beaten in prison: Ho Thi Bich Khuong

[11 -30 -2012] Buddhist Leader Slams New Decree

[11 -29 -2012] Vietnamese Catholics continue their fight for peace and religious freedom

[11 -29 -2012] New Law Limits Religious Freedom

[11 -21 -2012] Blogger Beaten on Leaving Court

[11 -21 -2012] Vietnam court upholds dissident blogger jail term

[11 -20 -2012] US Department of State deeply concerned about the ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights

[11 -18 -2012] ASEAN adopts human rights pact despite criticism

[11 -17 -2012] SE Asia to adopt human rights platform; condemned by activists

[11 -15 -2012] ASEAN rights pact on track despite protest

[11 -15 -2012] Catholic activists warn of "alarming" human rights violations in Vietnam

[11 -12 -2012] 2012 Vietnam Human Rights Award Ceremony Invitation

[11 -08 -2012] Detention of Vietnamese pro-democracy activists is a violation of international law 

[11 -07 -2012] Vietnamese Catholics and non-Catholics pray for civil rights and religious freedom

[11 -05 -2012] ASEAN Rights Charter Slammed   

[11 -01 -2012] US condemns jailing of Vietnamese songwriters

[11 -02 -2012] 2012 Vietnam Human Rights Award Goes to Three Women Human Rights Activists 

[10 -30 -2012] US Diplomat Visits Restive Pagoda

[10 -30 -2012] VNHRN Strongly Condemns the Sentencing of Two Songwriters   

[10 -30 -2012] Vietnam Jails Musicians Over 'Anti-State Propaganda'

[10 -29 -2012] Viet Nam: Acquit songwriters who face 20 years in jail

[10 -29 -2012] Vietnam: Make Rights a Priority on EU Visit

[10 -25 -2012] Vietnamese student arrested for 'propaganda'

[10 -17 -2012] Detained Student Missing

[10 -16 -2012] AMTAC Urges Obama Administration To Reconsider Vietnam's Participation In TPP

[10 -09 -2012] Hundreds Protest Land Grab

[10 -07 -2012] Nguyen Chi Thien, Whose Poems Spoke Truth to Power, From a Cell, Dies at 73

[09 -28 -2012] Vietnamese Court upholds sentence against three young Catholics

[09 -25 -2012] UN Rights Chief Dismayed By Harsh Sentencing Of Vietnam Bloggers

[09 -24 -2012] EU Voices Concerns Over Jailing Of Dissident Bloggers In Vietnam

[09 -24 -2012] VNHRN Protests against the Prison Sentences Handed down to three HR Activists

[09 -24 -2012] Vietnam jails bloggers for 'anti-state propaganda'

[09 -21 -2012] Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop harassing their family and friends

[09 -21 -2012] Three women protesters shot

[09 -20 -2012] Vietnam: Drop Charges Against and Release Bloggers

[09 -19 -2012] Vietnam's press freedom shrinks despite open economy

[09 -18 -2012] Dissidents and families targeted, covert harassment and reprisals

[09 -17 -2012] Vietnam Dissident Bloggers Warn: We Fight on despite 20-year Jail Threat

[09 -17 -2012] Silsden human rights group 'adopts' imprisoned priest

[09 -13 -2012] Vietnam prime minister targets anti-government blogs

[09 -11 -2012] House Passes Bill to Promote Human Rights in Vietnam

[09 -07 -2012] Four-year jail sentence for undercover reporting into police corruption

[08 -30 -2012] Nearly 150 Vietnamese migrants held in Russia

[08 -29 -2012] Activist’s Detention Extended

[08 -28 -2012] Vietnamese women tried for trafficking children into China

[08 -28 -2012] Vietnamese Women Tricked and Sold their Coworkers into Brothel in China

[08 -27 -2012] Joint Letter Requesting the Immediate Release of 17 Vietnamese Social Activists and Bloggers

[08 -24 -2012] More violations of religious freedom by local Vietnamese authorities

[08 -21 -2012] Rights group urges Vietnam to probe dissident beating

[08 -20 -2012] Envoy Visits Monk, Activist

[08 -20 -2012] Dissident Lawyer Attacked

[08 -17 -2012] Another journalist arrested, held incommunicado for past month

[08 -14 -2012] Activist Lawyer Seeks Asylum

[08 -10 -2012] Activist Jailed Over Reform Calls

[08 -09 -2012] Blogger jailed for six years in Vietnam

[08 -07 -2012] Vietnamese police arrest "unofficial" Buddhist monks for giving food aid to veterans

[08 -07 -2012] AI: Viet Nam’s government must halt its ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression

[08 -05 -2012] Vietnam detains anti-China demonstrators

[08 -03 -2012] UN concerned at shrinking space for freedom of expression in Viet Nam

[07 -31 -2012] Pastor's Sentence Upheld

[07 -30 -2012] Harsher crackdown on dissidents prompts act of despair

[07 -25 -2012] Stanford Law School's Allen Weiner Files Petition with the UN Working Group

[07 -25 -2012] Drug Detention Centers Offer Torture, Not Treatment, Says HRW

[07 -24 -2012] Khmer Krom NGO Status Revoked

[07 -24 -2012] Efforts to dump ambassador to Vietnam over human rights gains steam

(07 -24 -2012] VNHRN Calls for Nominations for The 2012 Vietnam Human Rights Award

[07 -20 -2012] Priests Protest Church Attacks

[07 -20 -2012] Bloggers Injured After Birthday Party

[07 -18 -2012] Arrests, surveillance and intimidation used to prevent destabilization

[07 -17 -2012] Vietnam court rejects police beating death appeal

[07 -15 -2012] Vietnam: mass protests after government crackdown on Catholic Church

[07 -14 -2012] Vietnam jails three land rights campaigners

[07 -11 -2012] Blogger Slashed by Thugs

[07 -10 -2012] Clinton raps Vietnam on rights

[07 -09 -2012] Catholic media: "Stop the violence of the Government on the Catholics of Vinh"

[07 -09 -2012] GOP lawmaker calls for ambassador to Vietnam to be fired

[07 -09 -2012] Vietnam: Clinton Should Spotlight Internet Freedom

[07 -08 -2012] ASEAN: Ensure Declaration Meets Rights Standards

[07 -08 -2012] Asean human rights draft to get airing

[07 -04 -2012] Attacks on Catholics of Vinh, "religious cleansing" imposed by Hanoi

[07 -02 -2012] Authorities Target Bloggers at Protests

[07 -01 -2012] Anti-China Protesters Take to Streets of Hanoi 

[06 -27 -2012] Vietnamese Officials Destroy Two New Church Buildings

[06 -27 -2012] Bishop of Kontum denounces the Viet authorities for seizing religious buildings

[06 -23 -2012] China rescues 11 Vietnamese from prostitution

[06 -21 -2012] Senate unites in support of Vietnam human rights

[06 -20 -2012] Communist officials beat Catholics in Quy Chau to seize their land

[06 -20 -2012] Thirty Arrested in Land Protest

[06 -19 -2012] Police Beat Buddhist Monk

[06 -13 -2012] Coalition Slams Secrecy in Human Rights Declaration's Drafting

[06 -12 -2012] Vietnam Military Cooperation and Human Rights

[06 -08 -2012] Government Critic Leaves Jail

[06 -06 -2012] Vietnam dissident jailed for 5 years

[05 -30 -2012] Vietnam rejects dissidents’ jail appeal

[05 -25 -2012] Four Catholic activists, on trial for "propaganda against the state", are sentenced

[05 -22 -2012] Vietnam: Free Catholic Activists

[05 -16 -2012] Vietnam: Human Rights Great Concern, Says US

[05 -14 -2012] Vietnamese Minority Groups Join in Coalition

[05 -10 -2012] Vietnamese farmers arrested over land row: Report

[05 -09 -2012] Vietnam Human Rights Day

[05 -09 -2012] Vietnam arrests Christians for 'anti-state activity'

[05 -08 -2012] Police beat reporters during Vietnam land eviction

[05 -07 -2012] Vietnam bloggers battle tightening censorship

[05 -05 -2012] Bloggers’ Trial Fixed, Then Postponed

[05 -05 -2012] Vietnam dissident has jail appeal rejected

[05 -04 -2012] UN Survey Queries Vietnamese About Corruption

[05 -04 -2012] Vietnam bloggers face May 15 trial: lawyer

[05 -03 -2012] Crackdown Ahead of Buddha Day

[04 -30 -2012] Vietnam arrests US pro-democracy activist

[04 -25 -2012] Australia: Urge Human Rights Improvements in Vietnam

[04 -25 -2012] Vietnam arrests 20 after massive land clashes

[04 -24 -2012] Vietnam police break up land protest

[04 -19 -2012] Vietnam detains man for ‘anti-state plot’

[04 -19 -2012] Hanoi archbishop calls for investigation into assault against Fr Van Binh

[04 -18 -2012] US urges Vietnam to free bloggers

[04 -17 -2012] Vietnamese government tries three bloggers for writing about strikes and justice

[04 -16 -2012] Human Rights Watch: Immediately Release Rights Bloggers

[04 -16 -2012] Vietnamese bloggers deny charges, third in leniency bid

[04 -15 -2012] Vietnam bloggers face ‘propaganda’ trial

[04 -13 -2012] Draft decree would end online anonymity, force foreign Internet firms to censor 

[04 -12 -2012] Amnesty International launches urgent action for Blogger “Dieu Cay” Nguyen Hoang Hai

[04 -05 -2012] Vietnam accuses 18 of 'plotting to overthrow state'

[04 -05 -2012] Malnutrition rife among Vietnamese children

[04 -02 -2012] Human rights defender of the month – Nguyen Van Hai aka Dieu Cay

[03 -28 -2012] Religious and human rights groups of the Viet diaspora protest Pastor’s Nguyen Cong Chinh’s 11-year prison sentence

[03 -27 -2012] Vietnamese Pastor Jailed for ‘Undermining National Unity’

[03 -23 -2012] Vietnam: Hundreds Protest Land Seizure In Capital

[03 -20 -2012] Vietnam Proposed for Religious Blacklist

[03 -15 -2012] Rights Groups Slam Hmong Conviction

[03 -15 -2012] Vietnam jails eight Hmong for ‘disturbing security’

[03 -12 -2012] Vietnam is named in Reporters without Borders’ 2012 list of “Internet Enemies” 

[03 -10 -2012] Vietnamese-Americans invited to the White House to present petition on human rights violations in VN

[03 -07 -2012] Vietnam jails 2 for disseminating anti-government documents

[03 -07 -2012] US committee passes bill on Vietnam rights

[03 -07 -2012] Police Suppression Tops List of Violations

[03 -01 -2012] VNHRN Report on Human Rights in Vietnam 2011 is Available

[02 -24 -2012] UN Committee calls on VN to cease persecution of religious and ethnic minorities

[02 -24 -2012] Vietnam joins war on child sex tourism

[02 -22 -2012] Vietnamese dissident held on propaganda charge

[02 -18 -2012] ASEAN, Laos and Vietnam: no to human rights and religious freedom because they create "chaos"

[02 -17 -2012] Vietnam to ban marriage with Korean men aged 50 years or older

[02 -13 -2012] Vietnam arrests four more dissidents

[02 -10 -2012] Enforced disappearance whilewhile in detention of Mr. Nguyen Van Hai

[02 -08 -2012] US House moves to press Vietnam on rights

[02 -06 -2012] Vietnam arrests nine members of 'reactionary' group

[02 -02 -2012] UNPO UN reports highlight persecution of indigenous peoples in Vietnam and Laos

[01 -25 -2012] Hearing highlights human rights abuses in Vietnam

[01 -22 -2012] Vietnam: Systematic crackdown on human rights

[01 -21 -2012] Vietnam's U.S. arms wishlist hinges on human rights, McCain says

[01 -20 -2012] US presses Vietnam anew on rights

[01 -18 -2012] Vietnam: Farmland standoff highlights bigger problem

[01 -12 -2012] House members press Obama administration on Vietnam human rights

[01 -11 -2012] European Union: Press Vietnam to respect human rights

[01 -05 -2012] US warns Vietnam on detentions

[01 -05 -2012] Reeducation camp for woman activist

 

 

 

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