Tag: Hanoi

North Korea asks for food aid as its president discusses denuclearisation

February 26, 2019 North Korea China, Donald Trump, Hanoi, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, South Korea, UN

As with the first round of talks, the conditions that make North Korea the toughest place on earth for Christians won’t be up for discussion. (Photo: Getty Images)

As the leaders of North Korea and the United States are scheduled to meet in Vietnam for a second round of denuclearisation talks, North Koreans continue to flee human rights abuses and increasing food shortages. As with the first round of talks, the conditions that make North Korea the toughest . . . Read More

Vietnamese Christian rights defender exiled to Germany after release

June 11, 2018 Vietnam Exile, Hanoi, Human rights, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, Nguyen Van Dai, Vietnam

Vietnamese human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, 48, was sentenced to 15 years in jail in April. (Photo: -/AFP/Getty Images)

Vietnam has released a Christian human rights lawyer and his assistant – both of whom were given long prison sentences in April – and sent them to Germany. No statement was issued by the government on the release of Nguyen Van Dai, 48, and his assistant, Le Thu Ha, on . . . Read More

Vietnam jails Christian rights defender for 15 years

April 5, 2018 Vietnam Hanoi, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyễn Trung Tôn, Nguyen Van Dai, Vietnam

Christian human rights' lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and his assistant were released and sent to Germany last week. (Photo: Open Doors International)

Christian human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was jailed for 15 years today, 5 April, for activities “aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration”, as Reuters reported. His wife, Vu Minh Khanh, said she was “very disappointed” but that Dai will “continue to fight and will appeal the verdict”. Five other . . . Read More

Persecuted Christians celebrate Easter with mixed emotions

April 3, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Aleppo, Bashar Warda, Catholics, Easter, Erbil, Gaza, Hanoi, Hmong, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Israel, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Ludhiana, Maluku, Marawi, Middle East, Mindanao, Minorities, Philippines, Pope Francis, Prince Charles, Southeast Asia, Syria, Vietnam

Flag of Syria is waving as sign of victory over the destroyed heavily damaged city of Aleppo. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Easter this year was a time of mixed emotions for the Christians who live under pressure for their faith. While political and religious leaders called for peace, reconciliation and brotherhood, Christians in countries like Syria and the Philippines continued to face violence and its consequences. Below, World Watch Monitor gives . . . Read More

Vietnam: Catholic blogger’s 9-year prison sentence upheld

January 3, 2018 Vietnam Catholics, Hanoi, Maria Tran Thi Nga, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Vietnam

Catholic rights activist and blogger Maria Tran Thi Nga has had her nine-year prison sentence upheld following an appeal hearing at the Supreme Court in the capital city, Hanoi, reports Asia News. Only three of Nga’s lawyers were able to attend the hearing. Her husband and family members were detained . . . Read More

Vietnam’s religion policy and practice – contradictions continue

November 23, 2017 Vietnam Binh Phuoc, Catholics, Central Highlands, Communism, Evangelical Church of Vietnam, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Protestants, Religion Law, Religious freedom, Vietnam

Optimists are hard to find ahead of Vietnam’s impending introduction of its new Law on Belief and Religion, scheduled to come into effect on 1 January, 2018. Vietnam’s Catholic and Evangelical leaders, as well as Buddhists and Caodaists, say the main benefit of the law, two years in the making, . . . Read More

Vietnam issues harsh sentence to another Catholic blogger

July 3, 2017 Vietnam Catholics, Communism, Hanoi, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Women

Vietnam has again been criticised over its treatment of a Catholic blogger. Mary Magdalene Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a one-day trial on 29 June for posting what police described as anti-state reports, including one about civilians dying in police custody, reports . . . Read More

Vietnam’s bishops say new religion law ‘not considered a human right’

June 8, 2017 Vietnam Catholics, Communism, Hanoi, Nguyen Cong Chinh, Religious freedom

Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh (UCAN)

Senior Catholics in Vietnam have issued a statement to high-ranking communist officials criticising the country’s new religion law, due to come into effect in January 2018, reports UCANews. The Law on Belief and Religion – the first ever law on religions since Vietnam was re-unified under communist rule in 1975 . . . Read More

Vietnam: appeal for lawyers’ release

January 12, 2016 Vietnam Communism, Hanoi, Human rights, Nguyen Van Dai, Vietnam

Human rights groups have called for the release of Vietnamese Christian lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and his colleague, Le Thu Ha. The lawyers were arrested in Hanoi on 16 December and accused of propaganda against the state, punishable by up to 20 years in jail. “We appeal to the Vietnamese . . . Read More

Vietnamese Catholics jailed despite protests

November 1, 2013 Vietnam Catholics, Hanoi

Two Vietnamese Catholics whose arrest led to protests last month have been handed jail terms. Nguyen Van Hai, 43, and Ngo Van Khoi, 53, were ordered on Oct. 23 to serve six and seven months, respectively, for “disturbing public order”. The charges relate to an incident on May 22, when . . . Read More

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