Month: October 2010

Clinton to raise human rights issues with Vietnam

October 30, 2010 Hanoi - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was to raise human rights and religious freedom…

Australian MPs urge FM Rudd to press Hanoi on human rights

October 19, 2010 The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Minister for Foreign Affairs Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Minister We…

Computer attack hits dissidents in Vietnam

October 28, 2010 WASHINGTON — Political bloggers in Vietnam are under a round of cyberattacks designed to block their websites,…

Heavy sentences for Viet Nam labour activists condemned

October 27, 2010 Doan Huy Chuong previously served 18 months for ‘abusing democratic freedoms’ © Amnesty International Amnesty International has…

Jail, arrests contradict Vietnam rights commitments: US

October 28, 2010 By Ian Timberlake HANOI — Vietnam’s jailing of activists and arrests of bloggers contradicts the country’s commitment…

Vietnam Under Rights Scrutiny

October 27, 2010 The U.S. Secretary of State faces pressure ahead of a visit to Vietnam in the midst of…

Members of U.S. Congress press Secretary Clinton on human rights in Vietnam

October 26, 2010 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington,…

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer urges Secretary Clinton to press for release of political prisoners in Vietnam

October 26, 2010 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington,…

Australian MP Chris Pyne raise concern about Professor Pham Minh Hoang

The Honourable Nguyen Tan dung Prime Minister Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2 Hoang Van Thu Hanoi, Vietnam Dear Prime Minister,…

Australian MP Chris Hayes Addresses Human Rights in Vietnam

Main Committee Grievance Debate Vietnam: Human Rights Monday, 25 October 2010 Mr HAYES (Fowler) (9:30 PM) — I rise to…

Vietnam: Free Peaceful Bloggers and Government Critics

October 22, 2010 Fresh Round of Arrests as Party Congress Nears Phan Thanh Hai (blogger AnhBaSG) and Nguyen Van Hai…

A wave of media suppression in Vietnam

October 22, 2010 New York, October 22, 2010—CPJ is concerned by Vietnamese authorities’ recent crackdown against several bloggers and one…