Human Rights Stories 2013

[12 -31 -2013] Vietnamese authorities detain former political prisoners visiting fellow dissident

[12 -30 -2013] Vietnamese Catholics attacked while carrying Christmas gifts to orphans

[12 -20 -2013] World Bank and Vietnamese Church against forced expropriations: they halt development

[12 -20 -2013] Ambassadors call for cancer-stricken Vietnamese dissident’s release

[12 -18 -2013] Support Press Freedom in Vietnam

[12 -18 -2013] CPJ: Vietnam Intensifies Crackdown on Journalists

[12 -13 -2013] Vietnamese Political Prisoners’ Parents Visit US to Call for Sons' Release

[12 -12 -2013] Rights Groups Press for Release of Leading Vietnam Dissident

[12 -11 -2013] 47 bipartisan members of Congress call on Secretary Kerry to address VN human rights abuses

[12 -09 -2013] Vietnamese Activists Stopped from Holding Rights Rallies

[12 -09 -2013] Vietnamese workers protest exploitation by their government

[12 -09 -2013] UN Experts Condemn Detention of Vietnamese Blogger Le Quoc Quan

[12 -09 -2013] Bloggers celebrated in Paris, arrested and beaten in Vietnam

[12 -08 -2013] International HR Day and the 2013 Vietnam Human Award Ceremony Held in Paris, France

[12 -03 -2013] Vietnam Drops Terrorism Probe against Jailed Student Activist

[11 -30 -2013] VNHRN invites to attend 2013 Vietnam Human Rights Award Ceremony

[11 -30 -2013] UN expert calls for freedom of expression in Viet Nam

[11 -28 -2013] Communist Party Maintains Firm Grip in Vietnam's Charter Change

[11 -27 -2013] Vietnam announces big fines for social media "propaganda"

[11 -15 -2013] Nguyen Xuan Nghia Is One of Two Writers Honored by the Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award

[11 -14 -2013] The Network of Vietnamese Bloggers opines over Vietnam’s Entry into UNHRC

[11 -12 -2013] China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cuba win seats on UN HR Council, drawing scorn

[11 -08 -2013] Viet Nam must not resume executions by firing squad

[11 -02 -2013] Vietnam, Laos: Officials involved in abduction, trafficking, and sex slavery of women, children

[10 -30 -2013] Vietnamese Blogger Held on Return From Trip Abroad

[10 -30 -2013] Vietnamese Man Convicted for Facebook Posts

[10 -29 -2013] Vietnam’s Latest Trial Shows New Generation of Activism

[10 -24 -2013] The Network of Vietnamese Bloggers denounces the indictment against Đinh Nhật Uy

[10 -24 -2013] Family of Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Urges Public, Media Turnout at Trial

[10 -23 -2013] Vietnamese Court Orders Two Parishioners of Vinh Diocese Jailed

[10 -22 -2013] Vietnam: Revise Constitution to Protect Rights

[10 -21 -2013] Imprisoned Vietnamese blogger Dieu Cay wins PEN Canada's One Humanity Award

[10 -19 -2013] Buddhists and Christians denounce Hanoi for using law to control religions

[10 -14 -2013] Vietnam Detains Dozens Of Pastors, Church Leaders

[10 -13 -2013] VNHRN Concluded Its 11^th General Congress and Announced the Names of the 2013 Vietnam Human Rights Award Recipients

[10 -10 -2013] Vietnam Questions 12 Activists After Training Stint in the Philippines

[10 -08 -2013] Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control

[10 -08 -2013] More Than 60 Church Leaders Remain Locked Up in Communist Vietnam

[10 -04 -2013] UN protests jailing of Vietnam dissident

[10 -02 -2013] Viet Nam: Lawyer latest victim of government’s crackdown on dissent

[09 -30 -2013] Hanoi: thousands hold candlelight vigil for release of Catholic lawyer Le Quoc Quan

[09 -26 -2013] Hanoi-styled religious freedom sees Catholic activists on trial, other Christians segregated at home

[09 -25 -2013] Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Prominent Activists in Hanoi

[09 -25 -2013] Vietnamese Authorities Lock Up Family of Jailed Pastor

[09 -24 -2013] Northern bishops support for Vinh diocese, targeted by authorities

[09 -23 -2013] Vietnamese Intellectuals File Petition Demanding 'Civil Society Forum'

[09 -23 -2013] "Programmed death of freedom of information” – how the party cracks down

[09 -23 -2013] Vietnamese Dissidents Make Public Plea for Reforms

[09 -23 -2013] Hanoi, fresh attacks on Thai Ha Catholics’ property

[09 -19 -2013] Ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia face discrimination

[09 -18 -2013] Bishop of Vinh concerned by regime attacks, appeals for international support

[09 -16 -2013] Vietnamese Government and State TV launch fresh attacks on Bishop of Vinh

[09 -13 -2013] Vietnam - Cyber-dissident gets 15 years for posting "subversive" articles online

[09 -12 -2013] Vietnamese Farm Owner in Shooting Spree Over Compensation Dispute

[09 -12 -2013] EU and Vietnam hold Human Rights Dialogue

[09 -11 -2013] Religions united in defence of the diocese of Vinh under attack from Communist authorities

[09 -11 -2013] Vietnamese Online Activist Ordered Jailed for 15 Years

[09 -09 -2013] Vietnam Questions Bloggers After Embassy Meetings

[09 -05 -2013] Vietnamese Authorities Refuse to Free Two Church Parishioners

[09 -04 -2013] Vietnamese Police Open Fire, Crack Down on Christian Protesters

[09 -04 -2013 Writer Nguyen Xuan Nghia beaten in jail

[09 -02 -2013] Rights groups take aim at Vietnam's new internet laws

[09 -01 -2013] Vietnam internet restrictions come into effect

[08 -30 -2013] Ill-treatment of imprisoned HR defenders Vi Duc Hoi, Paulus Le Son and Nguyen Van Oai

[08 -29 -2013] Vietnam Prisoner Amnesty List Ignores Political Detainees

[08 -29 -2013] Vietnam: A Police State Where One-In-Six Works For Security Forces

[08 -26 -2013] Freed from prison, Vietnamese dissident speaks out

[08 -26 -2013] Freedom Online Coalition Joint Statement on Vietnam's Decree 72

[08 -22 -2013] Vietnamese Intellectuals Protest Controversial Decree 72

[08 -18 -2013] Hundreds of slaves freed in Moscow

[08 -16 -2013] Vietnam activists 'to form multi-party democracy'

[08 -16 -2013] Archbishop Girelli to Vietnamese: Religious freedom, a right that every nation must respect

[08 -16 -2013] Vietnam Court Issues Rare Reversal of Student’s Prison Sentence

[08 -09 -2013] U.N. Criticizes Vietnam’s Resumption of Executions

[08 -07 -2013] Vietnamese Bloggers Highlight Restrictions in Talks With Diplomats

[08 -07 -2013] Vietnamese Religious Leaders Call on Hanoi to Respect Rights

[08 -06 -2013] Viet Nam: Hundreds at risk after “deplorable” resumption of executions

[08 -06 -2013] Vietnam executes 1st prisoner by lethal injection

[08 -05 -2013] Vietnam human rights bill approved by House

[08 -02 -2013] Vietnam Slammed Over New Rules Barring News-Sharing on Social Media

[08 -02 -2013] Vietnamese Dissident Blogger Ends Prison Hunger Strike

[08 -02 -2013] 1,200 Vietnamese detained in Russia sweatshop raid

[08 -01 -2013] Vietnam Plans Social Media Crackdown

[08 -01 -2013] Vietnam: Catholic petitioners beaten by police outside cathedral

[08 -01 -2013] Vietnam's top court upholds conviction for anti-eviction hero

[07 -24 -2013] U.S. groups call on Obama to suspend trade talks with Vietnam

[07 -24 -2013] Call to Put Human Rights at Front and Center of US-Vietnam Summit

[07 -24 -2013] Call for International Support for Release of 35 Bloggers Jailed in Vietnam

[07 -23 -2013] HRW: Obama Needs to Address Worsening Crackdown on Dissidents

[07 -23 -2013] Bloggers Demand Vietnam Comply with Human Rights Rules

[07 -23 -2013] Ahead of U.S.-Vietnam meeting, Obama urged to press for blogger's release

[07 -23 -2013] Chairman Royce Urges President Obama to Make Human Rights Top Priority

[07 -22 -2013] Declaration of Vietnamese Mass Organizations ahead of U.S.-Vietnam meeting

[07 -19 -2013] Vietnam’s Decree Silent on Local Offices for Foreign Internet Companies

[07 -17 -2013] Jailed Vietnamese Blogger in Fourth Week of Hunger Strike

[07 -16 -2013] Fresh Appeal for Long-Serving Vietnamese Political Prisoner’s Release

[07 -12 -2013] Eight Jailed for Human Trafficking

[07 -11 -2013] Vietnam President to Visit White House Amid Dissident Crackdown

[07 -11 -2013] Wolf Criticizes Obama Administration For Failure To Address Human Rights In VN

[07 -08 -2013] Dissident Vietnamese Lawyer’s Trial Abruptly Postponed

[07 -05 -2013] Vietnamese Dissident Vows to Defend Himself Against Tax Charges

[07 -03 -2013] Vietnamese Authorities Raid Temple of 'Unofficial' Cao Dai Group

[07 -02 -2013] Vietnam intensifies crackdown on bloggers

[07 -02 -2013] Carr raises human rights with Vietnam

[07 -01 -2013] Inmates riot over conditions at Vietnam jail: Reports

[06 -28 -2013] Smith Human Rights Bill on Vietnam Passed by Foreign Affairs Committee

[06 -26 -2013] Police Attack Hoa Hao Anniversary Gathering

[06 -26 -2013] Khmer Krom protest arrests

[06 -25 -2013] Catholic activist goes on hunger strike against prison conditions

[06 -24 -2013] Don't be fooled by official promises, says cardinal

[06 -21 -2013] Vietnamese Dissident Ends Hunger Strike After Prison Agrees to Study Complaint

[06 -21 -2013] Vietnam holds Journalism Day amid crackdown on bloggers

[06 -20 -2013] Vietnam: Escalating Persecution of Bloggers

[06 -19 -2013] Vietnamese Dissident's Lawyers Face Obstructions Ahead of Trial

[06 -17 -2013] Further clamp down on web as third blogger arrested in less than a month
[06 -16 -2013] VNHRN Calls for Nominations for the 2013 Vietnam Human Rights Award

[06 -14 -2013] Vietnamese police arrest anti-government blogger in crackdown

[06 -14 -2013] VNHRN participates in the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam

[06 -13 -2013] Vietnamese police arrest well-known blogger for criticism

[06 -06 -2013] Khmer Krom Testifies at US Hearing on Vietnam ‘Repression’

[06 -06 -2013] US warns Vietnam 'backtracking' on rights

[06 -05 -2013] Weapons Sales Hinge on Vietnam Rights Record

[06 -04 -2013] Vietnam: Rights Abuses in the Spotlight

[06 -03 -2013] Vietnamese Anti-China Protesters Called ‘Thieves’ and ‘Beaten’ in Detention

[05 -29 -2013] Vietnam Jails Eight Montagnards for ‘Undermining National Unity’

[05 -28 -2013] Jailed Vietnamese Dissident on Hunger Strike

[05 -27 -2013] France condemns the arrest of blogger Truong Duy Nhat

[05 -27 -2013] Vietnam blogger held over criticism

[05 -24 -2013] Vietnam: Injustice reigns as eight pro-democracy activists lose appeal

[05 -24 -2013] Four Catholic activists sentence reduced on appeal, but peaceful protest continues

[05 -22 -2013] Vietnamese Blogger Held for Distributing Rights Leaflets

[05 -20 -2013] Pressure Mounting on Vietnam to Improve Human Rights

[05 -17 -2013] Khmer Krom Monks in Hiding from Vietnamese Authorities

[05 -17 -2013] Chairman Royce Introduces Legislation to Highlight Vietnam’s Human Rights Abuses

[05 -17 -2013] US 'Concerned' at Conviction of Vietnamese Activists

[05 -17 -2013] Vietnam jails 2 student activists for inciting protests against China

[05 -15 -2013] Lawyer Wants Charges Against Vietnamese Activists Re-Examined

[05 -14 -2013] Land grabbing in Laos and Cambodia breach human rights

[05 -10 -2013] Police use violence against bloggers at human rights picnics

[05 -10 -2013] Vietnam: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’

[05 -08 -2013] Vietnamese Activists Form 'Brotherhood for Democracy'

[05 -08 -2013] Plainclothes officers surround "underground" Buddhist pagoda

[05 -07 -2013] Police arrest five at Vietnam rights rallies

[05 -04 -2013] 10 abducted children handed over to Vietnam

[05 -02 -2013] EU asked to halt Vietnam trade pact

[05 -01 -2013] Vietnamese Dissident Blogger ‘Discriminated Against’ in Prison

[04 -30 -2013] Religious Freedom Panel Wants Vietnam, Burma on Blacklist

[04 -27 -2013] Vietnamese authorities against priests and bishop united to the end single party rule

[04 -24 -2013] Supreme Court adjourns Catholic activists appeal trial

[04 -23 -2013] Vietnamese Trapped in ‘Murky’ Trafficking Syndicates in Russia

[04 -20 -2013] US: Human rights worsening in China, Vietnam

[04 -18 -2013] In Strasbourg, free expression linked to Vietnam diplomacy

[04 -18 -2013] European Parliament condemns violations of human rights...in Vietnam

[04 -17 -2013] Authorities in Vietnam Accused of Mistreating Jailed Activists

[04 -16 -2013] Vietnamese Activist Held Over US Meeting

[04 -13 -2013] US urged to push rights improvements in Vietnam

[04 -12 -2013] US pressed to seek rights improvements from Vietnam

[04 -11 -2013] VNHRN releases its Report on Human Rights in Vietnam 2012

[04 -11 -2013] Call to Press Vietnam at Human Rights Dialogue

[04 -10 -2013] Vietnam: Fresh reports shed light on death of church leader in police custody

[04 -09 -2013] Vietnamese Dissidents Attacked by Police-Linked Thugs

[04 -09 -2013] Vietnam: Rights Dialogue Should Produce Concrete Steps

[04 -08 -2013] Vietnamese Blogger’s Home Targeted with Rank Liquid

[04 -07 -2013] Vietnam: Where free education isn't so free

[04 -05 -2013] Vietnamese ‘Folk Hero’ Gets Five Years for Defending Farm

[03 -28 -2013] Hmong Christian Leader in Vietnam Beaten to Death in Police Custody, Sources Say

[03 -28 -2013] VIETNAM: Fears for the health of imprisoned writer and activist

[03 -28 -2013] Vietnamese Women Fall Prey to Sex Racket in Russia

[03 -25 -2013] Vietnamese Political Prisoner 'Seriously Ill'

[03 -22 -2013] Response to Vietnamese newspaper’s criticism of 2013 Netizen Prize

[03 -21 -2013] Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam trains media managers in freedom of expression

[03 -21 -2013] US: Vietnam backsliding on human rights

[03 -19 -2013] Vietnamese Activist Interrogated Over Articles

[03 -18 -2013] Mourners Clash with Vietnamese Authorities

[03 -15 -2013] Human Rights Organizations Call on the UN to Aid Detained Vietnamese Blogger

[03 -12 -2013] Media Watchdog Calls Vietnam, China 'Spy States'

[03 -08 -2013] Vietnamese test taboo on debating communist monopoly

[03 -08 -2013] Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Named ‘Woman of Courage’

[03 -07 -2013] Reporters Without Borders Awards Vietnamese blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh

[03 -06 -2013] Visit to Viet Nam first in decades by Amnesty International

[03 -04 -2013] Sovereignty lies with the people, not the (Communist) Party, Vietnamese bishops say

[02 -26 -2013] Vietnamese Reporter Fired for Critical Essay

[02 -13 -2013] Vietnam suppresses its bloggers with long jail terms after unfair trials

[02 -07 -2013] Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom in Vietnam

[02 -06 -2013] Fr. Nguyen Van Ly and The Most Ven.Thich Quang Do nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[02 -06 -2013] Jailed Blogger Blasts Government

[02 -06 -2013] Vietnam frees human rights lawyer: family

[02 -04 -2013] 22 Vietnamese activists receive sentences ranging from 10 years to life

[02 -01 -2013] Vietnam: Crackdown on Critics Escalates

[01 -31 -2013] In Vietnam, rage growing over the loss of land rights

[01 -31 -2013] Vietnam deports US activist held for 9 months

[01 -09 -2013] Catholic activists in Nghe An get up to 13 years in prison

[01 -19 -2013] Vietnam's propaganda agents battle bloggers online

[01 -16 -2013] Vietnamese Diaspora: Freedom for Unjustly Sentenced Catholics Demanded

[01 -11 -2013] Hanoi Carmelite monastery under government bulldozers. Appeal of the Catholics

[01- 11 -2013] UN human rights office concerned over convictions of 14 activists in Vietnam

[01 -11 -2013] RWB can prove innocence of convicted blogger Paulus Le Son

[01 -09 -2013] Human Rights Watch requests Vietnam to release convicted activists

[01 -09 -2013] Amnesty International calls for VN to release 13 activists jailed on baseless charges

[01 -09 -2013] Vietnam's Sentencing of Activists Sparks Criticism

[01 -07 -2013] NED expresses Its deep concern to the Government of Vietnam

[01 -05 -2013] Arrested Catholic activist on hunger strike

[01 -04 -2013] Rights groups call for urgent action on detained Vietnamese dissident blogger

[01 -02 -2013] CSW Concerned about New Decree Restricting Freedom of Religion in Vietnam