Human Rights Stories 2016
[12 -29-2016] Vietnamese authorities raid a civil society training class [12 -28-2016] Modern slavery fears: Nearly 100 held in nail bar crackdown [12 -28-2016] Vietnam extends detention for human rights attorney [12 -28-2016] Saigon-based activist kidnapped, questioned and beaten two times by police Hanoi-based activist harassed by local authorities Vietnam upholds sentences against two bloggers for anti-state propaganda[12 -22-2016] Another Vietnamese activist assaulted by plainclothes police officers [12 -21-2016] Another blogger arrested as repression in Vietnam intensifies [12 -21-2016] Vietnam urged to release Christian lawyer [12 -21-2016] Vietnam’s suppression against local activists continues [12 -16-2016] Vietnam sends two dissidents to Jail for ‘Activities’ aimed at fomenting a coup [12 -15-2016] Political blogger Nguyen Ngoc Gia tortured in prison, his health under critical situation [12 -15-2016] Many Vietnamese activists under house arrest ahead of open trial against two pro-democracy fighters [12 -13-2016] Smith Religious Freedom Bill heads to President's desk [12 -13-2016] Vietnam Jails ‘Boat People’ bound for Australia in breach of pledge [12 -11-2016] The 68th International Human Rights Day and the 2016 Vietnam Human Rights Award [12 -11-2016] Vietnam activists under house arrest on International Human Rights Day... [12 -09-2016] EU and Vietnam discuss human rights: Brussels urges release of detainees [12 -03-2016] Hanoi police allegedly beat activist, attack private residence of blogger with dirty mess [12 -02-2016] Vietnamese activist kidnapped, tortured and robbed by plainclothes agents [12 -02-2016] For Vietnamese bishop, no progress in religious freedom can be expected from Hanoi [11 -30-2016] Vietnam appeals court upholds jail term for land-grab protester [11 -29-2016] Vietnam sends four women to jail for roadblock protest [11 -27-2016] Vietnam continues political crackdown, arrests third activist in relation with pro-democracy group [11 -23-2016] U.N. Human Rights body wants Vietnam to free dissidents [11 -23-2016] Vietnamese parliament approves law on religions limiting freedom of worship Vietnam arrests Buddhist monk in relation with newly-established pro-democracy movement Activists held Incommunicado at risk of torture Vietnamese workers trafficked into Poland wait to be sent home U.N. working group seeks release of Vietnamese photographer jailed in 2013 Two Vietnamese activists officially charged with subversion Violence against women persistent in public spaces VNHRN Announced 2016 Vietnam Human Rights Award Winners Association for Support of Victims of Torture debuts in Saigon, vowing to bring CAT to real life Appeal court for prominent Vietnamese land right activist set on November 30 Vietnam: At a crossroads, 10 years after CPC designation removed Vietnam cracks down on dissenters Vietnam police arrest anti-government blogger Petition signed for blogger’s freedom[10 -31-2016] Questions after another death in police custody [10 -30-2016] Amnesty International launches urgent action to protect three activists [10 -30-2016] Vietnam Parliament may delay approval of bills on association, penal code [10 -29-2016] Vietnam authorities continue violent wave against local activists [10 -28-2016] Three activists face harassment and arrest [10 -27-2016] Detained Vietnamese prominent blogger yet to have legal assistance [10 -26-2016] Vietnam ministry asks for more time to revise bill on associations [10 -26-2016] Hanoi moves to derail drive to file lawsuits against Formosa in Vietnam [10 -25-2016] Vietnamese drug users make a break for freedom [10 -22-2016] Draft law on association condemned as unconstitutional [10 -17-2016] Vietnam: Reform criminal law to respect rights [10 -17-2016] RSF calls for blogger’s immediate release [10 -14-2016] UN human rights chief expresses concern about Viet Nam's crackdown on blogger [10 -13-2016] Urgent Action: Vietnamese human rights blogger arrested [10 -12-2016] Statement of the Vietnamese Bloggers’ Network on the detention of Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh [10 -11-2016] US and EU call on Vietnam to release arrested blogger [10 -11-2016] Dissident blogger faces prison in Vietnam [10 -10-2016] Human rights groups urge Vietnamese government to revise draft religion law [10 -09-2016] Police in Vung Tau detain, assault many activists during workshop on civil society [10 -05-2016] Vietnam reduces prison sentence for blogger [10 -04-2016] Censored: journal suspended and editor dismissed [10 -03-2016] Thousands of Vietnamese protest at Formosa steel plant in Ha Tinh [09 -26-2016] Hanoi-based human rights defenders blocked from attending RSF’s meeting in Paris [09 -22-2016] Vietnam court upholds sentences for prominent blogger, his assistant [09 -22-2016] End ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent [09 -24-2016] Petition in protest of the forced expropriation of Lien Tri Pagoda [09 -22-2016] Vietnam court upholds sentences for prominent blogger, his assistant [09 -20-2016] Vietnam jails an activist as Hanoi grabs more land [09 -20-2016] Vietnam: Free imprisoned bloggers [09 -20-2016] Viet Nam: Failing to uphold human rights as land rights activist is sentenced to 20 months in prison [09 -17-2016] Vietnam: Drop charges and free land rights activist [09 -15-2016] Jailed activist denied proper medical treatment [09 -12-2016] Vietnam reduces sentences for six police officers torturing suspect to death [09 -11-2016] Concerns over VN communist authorities' take-over of the Lien Tri Buddhist temple [09 -09-2016] Amnesty International calls for release of prisoners of conscience [09 -08-2016] Ho Chi Minh City authorities seize Lien Tri Pagoda, evicting monks despite strong protest [09 -07-2016] Hollande presses Vietnam to release jailed dissidents [09 -07-2016] VN pro-democracy activist detained, interrogated by police [09 -06-2016] Viet Nam: President Hollande must back one woman’s fight for justice [09 -04-2016] Human rights organizations urge French President to speak out for human rights during visit to VN [09 -01-2016] Vietnamese parishioners march to protest lack of compensation from fish kill [08 -30-2016] Prisoners of conscience on hunger strike in Vietnam [08 -28-2016] Hanoi police detain land right activist, threatening to place him under house arrest [08 -27-2016] Viet Nam: Conviction of youth activists highlights authorities’ retrograde attitude to human rights [08 -26-2016] Vietnam: Prisoner of conscience subject to ill-treatment: Tran Huynh Duy Thuc [08 -24-2016] UN Human Rights - Asia raises concern about arbitrary detention of human rights activists in Vietnam [08 -24-2016] Two jailed in Vietnam in closed trial over Facebook offense [08 -23-2016] Vietnam police extends pre-trial detention for prominent human rights lawyer to 12 months [08 -21-2016] Prominent political prisoner disciplined for refusing forced, unpaid labor [08 -17-2016] Ky Anh, 4 thousand Catholics beaten by police for protesting against environmental disaster [08 -14-2016] Four Vietnamese bloggers assaulted while covering news on environmental dispute [08 -12-2016] Hoa Hao follower released from prison in Vietnam after sentence ends [08 -09-2016] Protests continue despite police threat [08 -06-2016] Hanoi police detain Catholic priest, suspecting him of organizing uprising [08 -05-2016] Australian statement on the 13th Australia-Vietnam human rights dialogue [08 -01-2016] HRW: Australia should raise pressing human rights issues in an unambiguous manner... [07 -17-2016] Hanoi police arrest dozens of anti-China activists... [07 -16-2016] Vietnam fights human trafficking [07 -14-2016] Violent Wave against Vietnamese Activists Continues, One Retired Teacher Suffers Heavy Injuries [07 -12-2016] Amnesty blasts Vietnam on treatment of prisoners of conscience [07 -10-2016] Two Vietnamese activists brutally beaten by Nghe An police after attending wedding party [07 -06-2016] Catholic priests in Central Vietnam go up against government in land grab case [07 -01-2016] VNHRN calls for nominations for the 2016 Vietnam Human Rights Award [07 -01-2016] Human trafficking in Vietnam 2016 [07 -01-2016] VN Blocks Local Activists from Attending U.S.’s National Day in Hanoi [06 -30-2016] Mass fish kill in Vietnam solved as Taiwan steelmaker accepts responsibility for pollution [06 -29-2016] Vietnamese activists, bloggers decry lack of government transparency over mass fish kill [06 -29-2016] VN arrests former prisoner of conscience amid rising public dissatisfaction [06 -28-2016] Vietnam delays enforcement of new Penal Code, many shortcomings found [06 -24-2016] Journalist targeted for comments on air crashes [06 -23-2016] Vietnam slams door shut on human rights, religious freedom reforms [06 -22-2016] Vietnamese family harassed, attacked over religious ties [06 -18-2016] Hanoi: Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres defend their property from land grab [06 -14-2016] Lào Cai: police break up Mass, beat and arrest the faithful [06 -13-2016] Danang-based activist attacked with dirty mess eight days after tortured by police [06 -13-2016] Land petitioners detained while peacefully protesting to demand unconditional release of their leader [06 -10-2016] Vietnam land petitioners’ leader arrested, charged with causing public disorders [06 -09-2016] Rights groups skeptical of Vietnam's overture to banned group [06 -08-2016] Vietnamese police question Montagnards living in Phnom Penh [06 -07-2016] European Parliament resolution on Vietnam [06 -06-2016] Vietnamese police break up mass fish deaths protest [06 -05-2016] Vietnam police bus away protesters days after Obama chides on human rights [06 -05-2016] Vietnam frees long-time jailed priest, but pastor "killed" by military [06 -04-2016] UN experts urge VN to stop the persecution and torture of religious leaders and rights defenders [05 -27 -2016] Facebook was shut down in Vietnam for Obama’s visit [05 -27 -2016] Lawmakers say Obama's actions in Vietnam ignore human rights abuses [05 -26 -2016] Vietnam jails four asylum seekers returned by Australia [05 -26 -2016] Vietnam activist detained, severely beaten by police during Obama’s visit [05 -24 -2016] Obama presses Vietnamese on human rights abuses as dissidents are barred from meeting him [05 -23 -2016] Cornyn to offer Vietnam human rights legislation as amendment to defense bill [05 -23 -2016] Vietnam gets to vote in elections, but the Communist Party picks who’s on the ballot [05 -22 -2016] Free Tran Huynh Duy Thuc: Petition of the Vietnamese people living in and outside Vietnam [05 -20 -2016] Vietnam frees political prisoner days before Barack Obama visit [05 -20 -2016] Vietnam: Obama's visit should advance human rights [05 -19 -2016] Government tries to force dissident into exile [05 -18 -2016] Vietnamese rights advocates pressure White House [05 -17 -2016] VN prominent prisoner of conscience plans long-lasting hunger strike, rejecting to live in exile in U.S. [05 -17 -2016] Vietnam rejects UNHCR's unverified information [05 -06 -2016] Vietnam squawks at Korean democracy prize [05 -05 -2016] VNHRN Releases Report on Human Rights in Vietnam 2015 [05 -05 -2016] UN Human Rights Office concerned about implications of environmental disaster in Vietnam [05 -02 -2016] Two arrested in connection with Vietnam fish death protests [05 -02 -2016] Probe called for torture of Vietnamese Christian activist [04 -28 -2016] Vietnam: Wife of detained pastor 'beaten and tortured' by local authorities [04 -26 -2016] President Obama: Press Vietnam to release imprisoned activists [04 -21 -2016] Vietnam says US human rights report 'biased' [04 -21 -2016] Bersih 2.0, Vietnamese activist win Gwangju Prize for Human Rights [04 -04 -2016] Vietnam: 7 Convicted in one week [04 -03 -2016] Repressive police chief becomes president [03 -30 -2016] Vietnam jails blogger, 3 land activists for ‘anti-state propaganda’ [03 -25 -2016] Vietnamese political prisoners end hunger strike after authorities relent [03 -23 -2016] Vietnam throws the book at Ba Sam bloggers [03 -22 -2016] Vietnam: Drop charges against prominent bloggers [03 -15 -2016] Visitors to Vietnamese activist face harassment [03 -14 -2016] Uncertain fate of trade deals in human rights limelight [03 -08 -2016] Cassidy introduces bill to compel human rights advances in Vietnam as part of U.S. relations [03 -03 -2016] Amnesty International urgent action: Safety concerns for Vietnamese activist [02 -25 -2016] Activists rally for election in Vietnam, challenging communist rule [02 -18 -2016] Authorities block all access to detained lawyer [02 -02 -2016] Vietnam: Release Prisoner of Conscience Bùi Thị Minh Hằng (UA 28/16) [01 -27 -2016] Vietnam: End Thuggish Repression of Activists [01 -25 -2016] Senate Republicans: Punish Vietnam for human rights abuses [01 -21 -2016] Cambodia changes its approach to Montagnard refugees from Vietnam [01 -19 -2016] US/ASEAN: Make Rights Central to Summit [01 -19 -2016] German cardinal denied access to Vietnam diocese [01 -19 -2016] Vietnam: Hold elections for country’s leaders [01 -16 -2016] Religious freedom attacked again with Catholics and Buddhists as the main target [01 -15 -2016] Prominent Vietnam activist released from jail but has nowhere to live [01 -11 -2016] Harassment of Vietnamese rights workers intensifies
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