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Writer detained at airport, prevented from traveling to Norway to meet with human rights groups
(Norwegian PEN/IFEX) – The following is a joint Norwegian PEN, International PEN and International Publishers association letter to Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong: Oslo,
Interview with Father Nam Phong on the struggle of people of Thai Ha Redemptorist parish
September 1, 2008 After Communist Vietnamese police arrested several parishioners of Thai Ha Redemptorist parish who were seeking to reclaim property seized by the Communist
Catholics rally at Vietnam police station, three detained
August 29, 2008 HANOI (AFP) — Vietnamese Catholics have rallied outside a Hanoi police station in an escalating row over disputed church land taken over
Rights Watchdog Wants Vietnam Back on U.S. Blacklist
August 26, 2008 A religious freedom monitoring body in its new report urged the U.S. government to put Vietnam back on its blacklist of the
Vietnam dissident Buddhist church appoints new leader
August 18, 2008 HANOI (AFP) — Dissident monk Thich Quang Do became the new leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Sunday,
Economic Waves Imperil Vietnam’s Leaders
Roger Mitton August 4, 2008 Inflation, labor unrest and other troubles threaten the prime minister A year ago, in August 2007, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen
Activists hang pro-democracy banner to protest Vietnamese government
July 28, 2008 Hanoi – A banner denouncing corruption, inflation, the expropriation of Vietnamese territories by the Chinese government, and demanding democracy in Vietnam was
Eight Vietnamese Writers Receive Prestigious Human Rights Prize
July 22, 2008 Writers Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed (New York, July 22, 2008) – Eight Vietnamese writers are among a diverse group of 34
Open letter to the UN Security Council
30 political and mass organizations inside and outside Vietnam send complaint to the United Nations Security Council about China’s aggressive actions towards the Spratly Islands.
Vietnamese Democracy Activists Subjected to Brutal Physical Assaults
June 28, 2008 When we heard that Vi Duc Hoi’s mother was sick (liver cancer), Pham Van Troi and I took the bus from Luong
Thousands mourn Vietnam’s top dissident Buddhist monk
July 11, 2008 HANOI (AFP) — Thousands of followers on Friday mourned the death of Vietnam’s top dissident Buddhist monk Thich Huyen Quang at a