Tag: international advocacy

Petition filed at the UNWGAD on behalf of jailed journalist and activist Lê Đình Lượng

Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) has filed a Petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) calling…

COSUNAM calls for release of Vietnamese blogger Le Dinh Luong

The Swiss-Vietnam Committee (COSUNAM) sent an open letter to the Vietnamese Ambassador in Switzerland and called for the release of…

Letter from 20 Senators and Members of Congress to Facebook and Google

20 Members of Congress and Senators including Vietnam Caucus chairs Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)…

US legislators urge Facebook and Google to defy Vietnam data law

Hanoi’s new cyber security move attacked as crackdown on free expression John Reed | July 17, 2018 A group of US…

US Lawmakers Urge Facebook, Google Not to Comply With Vietnam Cybersecurity Law

Joshua Lipes | July 17, 2018 Nearly two dozen members of the U.S. Congress have written to the heads of…

Vietnam UPR Working Group Makes Submission to UN Human Rights Council

A coalition of Vietnamese and international organizations made a submission to the UN for consideration of the 32nd session of…

Rights groups urge EU to reject Vietnam free trade deal

Dozens of organisations including rights groups and pro-democracy activists have urged the European Union to reject a proposed free trade…

Open Letter to Reject the EU-Vietnam FTA: NO FREE TRADE WITH UNFREE REGIMES

June 6, 2018 To: The Council of the European Union The Members of the European Parliament We, the undersigned organizations,…

Center for International Human Rights asks UN human rights experts to intervene with Government of Vietnam on behalf of exiled Vietnamese human rights and pro-democracy activist Pham Minh Hoang

As the one-year anniversary of his forced exile from Vietnam approaches, the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) of Northwestern…

Civil Society Groups Form Coalition to Demand Parity, Transparency and Accountability from Facebook in the Global South

TORONTO, CANADA (May 18, 2018): Frontline organizers and activists representing Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Syria, Philippines and Ethiopia…

8 Members of Congress Send Letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc Regarding Brotherhood for Democracy Trials

His Excellency Nguyen Xuan Phuc Prime Minister of Vietnam 16 Le Hong Phong Street, Ba Dinh District Hanoi, Viet Nam…

Canadian MP Judy Sgro Writes to Trudeau Regarding Brotherhood for Democracy Sentences

The Honorable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2…