On Tuesday March 13, 2012, the fourth annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy gathered hundreds of courageous dissidents and human rights victims, activists,
March 13, 2012 Hanoi – A coalition of international organisations called on the Vietnamese government Tuesday to release five Catholic bloggers. In a letter to
March 13, 2012 As the United Nations Human Rights Council holds its main annual session, the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy will —
The Media Legal Defence Initiative, together with eight other human rights organisations, today sent an open letter to the Vietnamese Government calling for the immediate
March 7, 2012 WASHINGTON — A US congressional committee on Wednesday approved a bill to restrict assistance to Vietnam unless the communist nation makes progress
February 10, 2012 In one of the largest crackdowns to date, human rights defenders are being rounded up and arbitrarily detained in Vietnam. All are
Presented by Viet Tan, hosted with the Institute for Global and International Studies @ The Elliott School of International Affairs: The recent release of political
January 23, 2012 No Country for Rights Defenders and Activists (New York) – The Vietnam government intensified its repression of activists and dissidents during 2011,
January 20, 2012 2011 ended with a continued crackdown in Vietnam. And now, as people in Vietnam welcome the Lunar New Year, a number of
January 4, 2010 (New York) – The European Union should press Vietnam to release all political prisoners and to carry out concrete improvements in freedom
During the sixty-first session of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the United Nations body found the government of Vietnam to be in violation of
During its sixty-first session earlier this year, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) released Opinion No. 46/2011, finding the government of Vietnam
