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Fleeing My Homeland but Unable to Escape Repression !
My name is Nguyễn Văn Tráng, a human rights defenderwanted by the Vietnamese government. As a democracy activist in Vietnam, I spent five years living in constant fear of being hunted down. I thought that fear would subside once I fled the country. I believed I would be safe—or at least safer. But I was wrong.
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From commitments to action: Europe must defend human rights in Vietnam
Speech by Pascal Durand, Member of the European Parliament, at the Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Ceremony, Paris, 10 December 2023 * * *…
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Overcoming Fear: The Courage of Women Defending Human Rights in Vietnam
Speech by Pascale Berry-Wavre, Member of COSUNAM, delivered on 10 December 2023 in Paris at the Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Ceremony * *…
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Human rights are universal: let’s protect those who defend them
Speech by Nathalie Seff, Executive Director of ACAT-France, at the Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Ceremony in Paris, 10 December 2023
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Australian MP Chris Hayes Delivers a Message to the Vietnamese-Australian Community on the 45th Commemoration of Black April
Australian Member of Parliament Chris Hayes delivered a video message to the Vietnamese-Australian community on his Facebook page to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the…
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Message from Wolfgang Schäuble & Rainer Eppelmann on the 45th Commemoration of Black April
April 30, 1975 marks the end of the Vietnam War and the reunification of North and South Vietnam under the North Vietnamese communist regime. Not…
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MEPs: Don’t waste your chance to change Vietnam
In coming weeks, the European Parliament is expected to take a binding decision on whether to approve, postpone or reject the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and
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Vietnamese rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai testifies at the 11th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for providing me the opportunity to talk about the human rights situation in Vietnam through my lens. My journey started…
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Vietnam Takes Aim at Radio Free Asia
One of its writers is missing and another sits behind bars. Vietnam is tightening controls on dissent and targeting journalists. When President Trump goes to…
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Vietnamese activist Effy Nguyen’s speech at the 10th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
February 20, 2018 Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to share my story. My name is Nguyen Trung Trong Nghia, a Vietnamese national.…
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Testimony before the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
Days before International Human Rights Day, activists including Nguyen Trung Trong Nghia, the son of detained human rights defender and pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, discussed the importance of integrating human rights within bilateral relations between Australia and Vietnam.
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Speech by Catholic Priest Dang Huu Nam regarding the Formosa environmental disaster
A Catholic Priest from one of the affected areas in Vietnam, Reverend Dang Huu Nam, pre-recorded his speech as he was prevented from attending the…
