Tag: international advocacy

Six Human Rights Defenders to be Tried in Hanoi

April 3, 2018 Vietnamese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release six human rights defenders who are due for trial in…

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…

Rights Groups Welcome EU Resolution, Call for Release of Vietnamese Human Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

International human rights organisations welcome the European Parliament’s decision to pass a resolution addressing the ongoing crackdown on freedom of…

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…

Vietnam should respect the right of freedom of expression, says DROI Chair

I have learnt with dismay of the 7 year sentence against Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa for expressing his views on…

Meetings with Members of the European Parliament regarding the recent crackdown on human rights in Vietnam

Representatives of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Viet Tan met with seven Members of the European…

#StopTheCrackdownVN: Letter to APEC leaders

The signatories to this letter represent many Vietnamese and international organizations advocating for freedom of expression. We respectfully request you…

Vietnam: Release All Political Prisoners

November 3, 2017 Over 100 Behind Bars with World Leaders to Attend APEC Summit (New York, November 3, 2017) –…

Australia’s Members of Parliament sign letter regarding dire human rights situation in Vietnam

More than 60 Members of Australian Parliament have signed a letter to the Australian Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of…

Stop the Crackdown in Vietnam

October 16, 2017 A coalition of Vietnamese and international human rights groups are coming together to Stop the Crackdown in…

Viet Nam condemned strongly by UN Working Group

June 30, 2017 The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has published an Opinion in June 2017 calling for the…

Government strips HRD of citizenship

June 12, 2017 Pham Minh Hoang deprived of Vietnamese citizenship, faces deportation On 10 June 2017, French-Vietnamese human rights defender,…