Opening ceremony of the 18th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy with opening remarks from H.E. Peter MacDougall, Canadian Ambassador to the UN in Geneva.
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The signatories organizations believe that cutting funding would not only undermine press freedom but also harm U.S. economic and diplomatic interests, emphasizing that maintaining these platforms is vital for American global leadership and influence.
The join letter highlights their crucial role in promoting transparency, exposing human rights violations, and supporting democratic values, particularly in Vietnam.
16 Vietnamese American organizations urge the U.S. President and congressional leaders to continue funding Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of America (VOA), particularly their Vietnamese-language services.
#WeAreRFA
Dr. Phong Nguyen, Viet Tan's representative in Australia, and Milton Dick also exchanged views on how Australia can support the Vietnamese people on human rights issues and other important topics.
Excellent discussion between Ly Thai Hung, Viet Tan's chairman, and Australian Federal MP Milton Dick in Brisbane.
They discussed the current situation in Vietnam, with a particular focus on our statement, 'A Half Century of Backwardness and the Path Forward'.
Congratulations to Gary Anandasangaree on your entry into the canadian government. We greatly appreciated your participation in Viet Tan's reception at the Canadian Parliament in October 2022. We wish you much success in your new role as Minister of Justice.
Félicitations à Rachel Bendayan pour votre entrée au gouvernement. Nous avons beaucoup apprécié votre participation à la réception de Viet Tan au Parlement Canadien en octobre 2022. Nous vous souhaitons beaucoup de réussites dans vos nouvelles fonctions.
Congratulations to Rachel Bendayan on your entry into the government. We greatly appreciated your participation in Viet Tan's reception at the Canadian Parliament in October 2022. We wish you much success in your new role as Minister of Immigration.
... we encourage Vietnam to ratify the remaining Convention No 87 on The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise.
Full statement of 25 EU Members States:
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/...
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... and reprisals, and to release all those imprisoned for having peacefully expressed their views. We reiterate our call on Vietnam to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition. While we welcome Vietnam’s ratification of ILO Conventions,...
... which has a chilling effect on freedom of expression, assembly and association. We call on Vietnam to ensure that human rights and fundamental freedoms are protected so that civil society can participate freely in all aspects of development free of harassment, intimidation...
Thank you EU for raising Human Rights Violations in Vietnam in your statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council:
"We remain deeply concerned over the arrests of human rights defenders as well as labour rights, climate and environmental experts in Vietnam,...
Dan Hoang, Viet Tan Executive Director, exposes how Hanoi censors freedom of expression online by blocking a thousand of Viet Tan's posts on Facebook during the first half of 2024. The Vietnamese regime cannot ban Facebook in Vietnam. It's up to Meta to cooperate or not.
Great workshop with Access Now, R3D, WHAT TO F!X, and Viet Tan at #RightsCon2025. Big tech companies must be more transparent, defend freedom of expression, and stop enabling authoritarian regimes.
In front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Vietnam today.
##StandWithUkraine
As a NGO partner, Viet Tan is delighted to participate in the 17th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
In a few minutes, Nguyen Van Trang will speak about the transnational transhumance repression carried out by the Vietnamese regime against peaceful opponents.
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It's an honor to meet Edmundo Gonzalez, president-elected of Venezuela and Garry Kasparov, Russian pro-democracy leader and former world chess champion.
Viet Tan Team at the opening session of the 17th Geneva Summit at Palais des Nations.
It's always a great opportunity to meet tremendous human rights defenders in person or brave children advocating for their parents imprisoned in dictatorial regimes.
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Chúc mừng năm mới. Mừng xuân Ất Tỵ.
Happy Lunar New Year of the Snake.
Bonne année du Serpent de bois.
Wishing freedom, human rights, peace and joy to all who celebrate.
In 2015, as a representaive of
the Vietnam Interfaith Council,
pastor Nguyen Manh Hung testified before the U.S. Congress about the repression of religious freedom in Vietnam.
Pastor Nguyen Manh Hung was arrested on January 16, 2025, in Vietnam for criticizing the government on Facebook (art. 117).
A pastor since 2011, Hung is a member of the Mennonite Church, which is independent of the official Protestant Church controlled by the Vietnamese regime.
On this day 51 years ago, Communist China attacked on South Vietnam and occupied the Paracel Islands, which belong to Vietnam. For over half a century, Beijing has been aggressively using military force against its neighbors to seize islands that belong to other countries.
... imprison activists belonging to any pro-democracy groups. After the Formosa toxic spill, Tran Thi Xuan participated in protests demanding compensation for those who suffered from the environmental disaster. She remains under house arrest for 5 more years.
Human rights defender Tran Thi Xuan was freed on January 17, 2025, after completing her sentence of 9 years in detention. A member of the Brotherhood for Democracy, Tran Thi Xuan was prosecuted for “carrying activities aimed to otherthrow the government,” an accusation used to...
... at the request of the Vietnamese Ministry of Information.
Link of the blocked post:
facebook.com/share/v/1DsAfK…
Pictures of Pham Minh Chinh attending this match are still visible on Vietnamese state media, without mentioning the price of his jacket.
#freedomofexpression
On 21/12/2024, Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh attends a football match.
On our Facebook page, Viet Tan points out that Pham Minh Chinh is wearing a Louis Vuitton jacket for 6000 USD while his monthly salary is 900 USD.
The publication was blocked ...
Police violence is common in Vietnam, despite the country ratifying the international convention against torture in 2015.
Wanted Vietnamese artist says police beat him
(www.rfa.org/english/viet...)
