November 10, 2011 By Gordon Y.K. Pang About 50 people belonging to the Falun Gong religious movement began a protest Wednesday against the persecution of
November 11, 2011 HONOLULU, Hawaii: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Vietnam must improve its human rights record if it seeks better
4 November 2011 Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State Hanoi, Vietnam Dear Prime Minister, I write to express my deepest
October 25, 2011 Political dissidents face a growing crackdown as authorities take a tough stance towards the pro-democracy movement The Vietnamese authorities are tight-lipped when
October 24, 2011 The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has written twice to the Vietnamese authorities requesting the establishment of an inquiry, by
October 12, 2011 Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam Dear Prime Minister Dung, We are
Update on October 14, 2011: Professor Pham Minh Hoang’s appeals trial, announced only three days before the scheduled date, has been postponed. No reason was
Ten human rights and digital freedom organizations from around the world sent a letter to the Government of Vietnam, calling for the Vietnamese government to
October 2, 2011 To: Human Rights Committee, United Nations, International human rights organizations, Media organizations internationally and in Vietnam, Friends from all over the world,
October 3, 2011 The Arab Spring protests that toppled authoritarian regimes in the Middle East reverberated throughout Asia, too, although not with the same dramatic
Invited to the Sixth Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders by Front Line, human rights lawyer Huynh Van Dong found himself barred from leaving Vietnam.
On September 21-22, 2011 as world leaders gather at United Nations Headquarters to open the 66th Session of the General Assembly, an international coalition of
