Human rights were expected to top the agenda as the senior US diplomat on South-East Asia arrived in Hanoi Wednesday.
Tag - human rights
dimanche 5 février 2012
US envoy visits Vietnam amid human rights concerns
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 5 février 2012, 10:30 - News in english
dimanche 22 janvier 2012
Human rights group urges Vietnam to follow Myanmar's example
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 22 janvier 2012, 10:01 - News in english
Hanoi - A human rights group on Tuesday urged Vietnam to follow Myanmar's example and release its political prisoners.
samedi 21 janvier 2012
Vietnam releases journalist, nine others still jailed
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 21 janvier 2012, 09:36 - News in english
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison of French-Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang and calls on Vietnam's Communist Party-led government to remove the continuing restrictions on him and free the nine other journalists still behind bars.
lundi 16 janvier 2012
Vietnam releases French-Vietnamese dissident after serving 17-month sentence
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 16 janvier 2012, 08:42 - News in english
HANOI — Vietnamese authorities have released a French-Vietnamese dissident after he spent 17 months in jail after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the government.
samedi 7 janvier 2012
US warns Vietnam on detentions
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 7 janvier 2012, 13:08 - News in english
Hanôi - The US has issued a stern warning to Vietnam over a heightened clampdown on dissidents which has caused alarm among western governments and human rights organisations.
mercredi 4 janvier 2012
Vietnam detains protester in drug clinic
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 4 janvier 2012, 08:55 - News in english
Vietnam has sent a female activist to a notorious drug rehabilitation centre for two years without facing trial as an apparent punishment for taking part in anti-China protests, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
vendredi 30 décembre 2011
Vietnam jails two rights activists for 'propaganda'
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 30 décembre 2011, 09:30 - News in english
A woman writer was sentenced to five years in prison in Vietnam for spreading anti-government propaganda, state media said Friday, with an activist pastor also jailed for two years.
mardi 13 décembre 2011
Buddhist activist gets five-year jail term in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 13 décembre 2011, 21:07 - News in english
A court in Vietnam has given at least one Buddhist activist a prison sentence for distributing anti-government material, state media says.
mardi 29 novembre 2011
Vietnam cuts jail term of French-Vietnamese blogger
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 29 novembre 2011, 20:34 - News in english
HANOI — A Vietnamese court on Tuesday halved the jail sentence of a French-Vietnamese blogger whose release has been sought by Paris and the European Union, his lawyer said.
dimanche 27 novembre 2011
At least 10 held at Vietnam demo
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 27 novembre 2011, 11:58 - News in english
HANOI — At least 10 Vietnamese protestors were detained in Hanoi on Sunday when security agents forcibly broke up a rally in support of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's recent call for a law on demonstrations.
vendredi 11 novembre 2011
Vietnam must do more on rights
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 11 novembre 2011, 09:10 - News in english
HONOLULU - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Vietnam must improve its human rights record if it seeks better relations as the two countries held talks on the issue.
jeudi 10 novembre 2011
Vietnam Falungong jailed over China broadcasts
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 10 novembre 2011, 20:58 - News in english
Vietnam on Thursday jailed two Falungong practitioners for beaming radio broadcasts into China, their lawyer said, where the movement is banned and labelled an "evil cult".
lundi 7 novembre 2011
Asylum quest : a chinese dissident's journey
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 7 novembre 2011, 20:14 - Infos en français
HANOI — The Chinese dissident stood in front of a map of Vietnam, looking for the best place to sneak across the border on his long quest for freedom.
mardi 25 octobre 2011
Vietnam dissidents forced to flee after exposing Communist crackdown
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 25 octobre 2011, 20:55 - News in english
Nguyen Thu Tram and Nguyen Ngoc Quang threatened with imprisonment after collaborating with the Guardian on a story about harassment of pro-democracy activists
lundi 24 octobre 2011
Vietnam jails land rights activists for 'propaganda'
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 24 octobre 2011, 09:30 - News in english
HANOI — A court in Vietnam has sentenced three land rights activists from the same family to up to seven years in jail for spreading anti-government propaganda, according to state media.
samedi 8 octobre 2011
Chinese pressure on Vietnam human rights protested
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 8 octobre 2011, 12:05 - News in english
A group gathered Tuesday at the Chinese Consulate to protest China's influence on it's neighbouring countries, in this case the detainment and scheduled trial of two Falun Gong human rights advocates in Vietnam. The two were to face trial this week for broadcasting news signals into China regarding the persecution of their fellow practitioners.
lundi 3 octobre 2011
In Vietnam, crackdown on journalists in past six months
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 3 octobre 2011, 20:44 - News in english
New York - The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the recent crackdown on freedom of expression in Vietnam and calls on the government to immediately and unconditionally release all of the journalists detained in the country.
mercredi 28 septembre 2011
Vietnam cites London riots to defend rights record
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 28 septembre 2011, 20:37 - News in english
NEW YORK — Vietnam's foreign minister pointed Tuesday to Britain's response to August riots as he defended the human rights record of his government, which he said guaranteed fundamental freedoms.
samedi 24 septembre 2011
Vietnam jails 66-year-old woman for subversion
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 24 septembre 2011, 20:46 - News in english
A 66-year-old woman linked to a banned opposition party has been jailed for 11 years in Vietnam for attempted subversion and other crimes, state-controlled media reported on Thursday.
mardi 13 septembre 2011
Vietnam political prisoner dies after 33 years
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 13 septembre 2011, 09:02 - News in english
HANOI — An international human rights group says a Vietnamese political prisoner has died in prison.
dimanche 11 septembre 2011
Vietnam opposes Human Rights Watch report
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 11 septembre 2011, 09:16 - News in english
The Human Rights Watch’s recent report on forced labor and abuses in drug detention centres in Vietnam is groundless and distorts the reality in Vietnam with bad intention, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said in Hanoi on Sept. 9.
mercredi 7 septembre 2011
Rights group : Forced labor in Vietnam drug centers
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 7 septembre 2011, 20:28 - News in english
HANOI — An international human rights group urged Vietnam to shut down drug rehabilitation centers that it said subject inmates to abuse and forced labor. It also called Wednesday on international donors to check the programs they fund inside the centers for possible ties to human rights violations.
lundi 5 septembre 2011
Eight Vietnamese activists 'held for subversion'
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 5 septembre 2011, 21:18 - News in english
At least eight political activists have been arrested on subversion charges in Vietnam, their legal adviser said on Tuesday, in a crackdown that began after the prime minister was re-appointed.
Vietnam pardons 10000 prisoners, few dissidents
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 5 septembre 2011, 21:09 - News in english
Two Vietnamese democracy activists were among more than 10,000 prisoners granted amnesty by Hanoi to mark the communist country's National Day, officials said on Monday.
Vietnam jails 8th democracy activist in a month
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 5 septembre 2011, 20:11 - News in english
A pro-democracy activist in Vietnam has been sentenced to four years in prison for calling for an end to the Communist monopoly on power, marking the eighth dissident to be jailed in less than a month.
samedi 3 septembre 2011
Activists accuse Vietnam of cyber attack
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 3 septembre 2011, 19:58 - News in english
A US-based opposition group labelled "terrorist" by Vietnam on Monday blamed the communist government for a cyber attack that it said had crippled its website.
jeudi 18 août 2011
Vietnamese land-rights activists appeal sentences amid government’s dissident crackdown
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 18 août 2011, 08:46 - News in english
HANOI — Four Vietnamese land-rights activists are back in court to appeal the sentences they received after being found guilty of trying to overthrow the communist government. The cases are the latest in a government crackdown on dissidents.
vendredi 12 août 2011
France blasts Vietnam for jailing citizen for blog
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 12 août 2011, 08:45 - News in english
HANOI — The U.S., France and a human rights group have strongly criticized the conviction of a French-Vietnamese math professor who was sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese prison for belonging to a banned pro-democracy group and publishing an anti-Communist blog.
mercredi 10 août 2011
Vietnam tries French citizen for political activities
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 10 août 2011, 08:55 - News in english
Hanoi - The trial of a maths professor charged with carrying out activities against the state opened on Wednesday in Ho Chi Minh City.
lundi 8 août 2011
Vietnam dissident OK after hunger strike
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 8 août 2011, 08:38 - News in english
HANOI - A dissident Vietnamese priest with a brain tumour went on a one-week hunger strike after authorities returned him to prison last month, his family said on Friday.
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