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Vietnam committed to protecting, promoting human rights

Vietnam committed to protecting, promoting human rights

Vietnam has submitted international pledges demonstrating its relentless commitments to protect and bolster human rights, according to the foreign ministry.
Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017

Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017

Russia's parliament passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults

Russia's parliament passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults

Vietnam pledges to promote human rights ahead of run for UNHCR seat

Vietnam pledges to promote human rights ahead of run for UNHCR seat

Vietnam pledges to bolster human rights at the 51st session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the foreign ministry said Monday.
October 10, 2022 | 04:34 pm PT
Vietnam to contest for UN Human Rights Council seat

Vietnam to contest for UN Human Rights Council seat

Vietnam will run for the UN Human Rights Council's 2023-25 term, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has said.
February 22, 2021 | 10:00 pm PT
Police chief accused of burning man with cigarettes

Police chief accused of burning man with cigarettes

A town police chief in the northern Ha Giang Province and two other officers have been arrested for allegedly torturing a man by burning him with cigarettes.
November 17, 2020 | 11:10 pm PT
Woman trafficked to China returns to Vietnam, repeats crime

Woman trafficked to China returns to Vietnam, repeats crime

Police in central Vietnam detained a local woman on Monday for tricking and selling two others to Chinese men in 2016.
August 4, 2020 | 01:32 am PT
Sold, raped, enslaved: Human trafficking victims shared stories in 2019

Sold, raped, enslaved: Human trafficking victims shared stories in 2019

Several trafficking victims survived horrific ordeals and returned home this year, but thoughts go to those who have not made it.
December 24, 2019 | 04:30 am PT
Vietnamese nabbed for selling woman as bride in China

Vietnamese nabbed for selling woman as bride in China

Police in the northern Son La Province have arrested a local woman after rescuing another woman she had trafficked to China.
June 22, 2019 | 06:29 pm PT
Japanese to compensate victims of forced sterilization

Japanese to compensate victims of forced sterilization

Japan passed a law on Wednesday to compensate tens of thousands of victims of forced sterilization under a government program.
April 23, 2019 | 10:21 pm PT
South Korea court strikes down law criminalizing abortion in landmark ruling

South Korea court strikes down law criminalizing abortion in landmark ruling

South Korea’s Constitutional Court said on Thursday a law criminalizing abortion was unconstitutional, a landmark ruling that will overturn a ban on abortion that had been in place since 1953.
April 10, 2019 | 11:12 pm PT
Ahead of LGBT+ crackdown, fleeing Bruneians fear for friends back home

Ahead of LGBT+ crackdown, fleeing Bruneians fear for friends back home

The incoming Islamic law in Brunei that punishes LGBT+ people with whipping, stoning or death for same-sex activity has made many flee for fear of their lives.
April 2, 2019 | 01:55 am PT
Vietnamese law seems to have a defining problem

Vietnamese law seems to have a defining problem

Obscure and even non-existent legal definitions are failing to protect the rights of people who need the protection the most.
March 31, 2019 | 05:29 pm PT
Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery

Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery

Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning from next week, under a strict Sharia law that has been on hold for four years amid heavy criticism.
March 27, 2019 | 06:56 pm PT
One stitch at a time: weaving rehab for Vietnam trafficking victims

One stitch at a time: weaving rehab for Vietnam trafficking victims

For the many H'Mong female victims of human trafficking, local textile cooperatives become the only places where they find solace from social stigma.
January 18, 2019 | 02:00 am PT
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