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Chuyên mục: Human rights – Nhân quyền
Việt Nam phản đối Mỹ vinh danh blogger Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh
DT Bộ Ngoại giao hôm nay đã nêu rõ phản ứng của Việt Nam trước việc Mỹ vừa trao giải thưởng “Phụ nữ quốc tế dũng cảm” cho bà Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh – người được biết đến nhiều với biệt danh là Mẹ Nấm.
Trả lời câu hỏi của phóng viên về đề nghị cho biết phản ứng của Việt Nam trước việc này, Người Phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Lê Hải Bình nêu rõ: “Chính sách nhất quán của Việt Nam là luôn luôn bảo vệ và thúc đẩy quyền cơ bản của người dân, trong đó có quyền của phụ nữ. Các nỗ lực và thành tựu của Việt Nam trong việc không ngừng đảm bảo và cải thiện quyền con người trong thời gian qua đã được cộng đồng quốc tế ghi nhận và đánh giá cao”.
Người Phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Việt Nam Lê Hải Bình (Ảnh: Hữu Nghị)
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China confirms arrest of Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che
Al Jareeza
Beijing says the activist is being investigated on suspicion of ‘pursuing activity harmful to national security’.
China has confirmed it is detaining Taiwanese pro-democracy activist Lee Ming-che, who went missing last week.
Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said Lee was being investigated on suspicion of “pursuing activities harmful to national security”.
Lee disappeared on March 19 after clearing immigration in Macau. He never showed up for a planned meeting later that day with a friend across the border in China’s city of Zhuhai. Tiếp tục đọc “China confirms arrest of Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che”
Missing Taiwan activist allegedly detained in China
Al Jazeera
Lee Ming-che disappeared after clearing immigration in Macau on March 19, but China remains mum about his whereabouts.
A Taiwanese human rights advocate who went missing last week in China has been arrested by mainland authorities, according to his wife.
Lee Ching-yu, the wife of non-governmental activist Lee Ming-che, said in a statement on Tuesday that reliable government sources suggest her husband has been detained by Chinese security officials.
“I want the government of China to act like a civilised country and tell me what they’re doing with my husband on what legal grounds and … what they plan to do with him,” Lee said.
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights said Lee disappeared after clearing immigration on March 19 in Macau, and never showed up for a planned meeting later that day with a friend across the border in China’s city of Zhuhai.
READ MORE: China cuts communication channel with Taiwan
On Tuesday, Lee’s wife visited the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), a semi-official organisation handling business matters involving China.
She said her husband might need more money to get “food and hypertension” medicine.
SEF spokeswoman Lee Li-jen said her organisation has twice contacted its counterpart in China, the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, but received no response.
“We will contact them later today again, hoping to get more details,” she told AP news agency.
Police and government officials in southern China either could not be reached or said they had no information about Lee. China’s foreign ministry said it was unaware of his case.
‘One China’ dispute
Cheng Hsiu-chuan, president of a Taipei college where Lee worked, told AP the 42-year-old may have attracted the attention of Chinese security after using the Chinese social media service WeChat to “teach” China-Taiwan relations to an unknown number of people.
“For China, the material he was teaching would be seen as sensitive,” Cheng said.
Cheng said Beijing should release public records about his entry, such as CCTV images.
“The Mainland Affairs Council has engaged. We’ll do our best,” Taiwan’s presidential spokesman Alex Huang said late on Tuesday.
In June, China halted communications with Taiwan, a move triggered by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s failure to endorse the “one China” principle, which requires countries that seek diplomatic relations with China to break official relations with Taiwan.
China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949. China insists the two sides must eventually unify – by force if necessary.
Source: News agencies
Malaysian politicians offer thousands of dollars for ‘best essays’ slamming leaders
- Posted 24 Mar 2017 20:05
- Updated 24 Mar 2017 20:10
KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO’s information chief Annuar Musa on Friday (Mar 24) upped the ante in his war of words against the Democratic Action Party (DAP)’s Lim Kit Siang, increasing a RM10,000 (US$2,260) cash reward to RM50,000 (US$11,300) for someone who can write the best piece to prove his belief that Lim is “racist, anti-Islam, anti-Malay and a dictator”. Tiếp tục đọc “Malaysian politicians offer thousands of dollars for ‘best essays’ slamming leaders”
UN will investigate crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
- Posted 24 Mar 2017 19:08
- Updated 24 Mar 2017 19:16
A Rohingya refugee girl carries a baby outside the food distribution center at Kutupalang unregistered Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Claudia Jardim
GENEVA: The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday (Mar 24) to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
But Myanmar ambassador Htin Lynn, speaking before the decision was taken by consensus, rejected the move as “not acceptable”. Myanmar’s national commission had just interviewed alleged victims who fled to Bangladesh and would issue its findings by August, he said.
The U.N. Human Rights Council adopted a resolution without a vote, brought by the European Union and supported by countries including the United States, that called for “ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims”. Tiếp tục đọc “UN will investigate crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar”
Duterte: International Criminal Court ‘cannot stop me’
Philippine president vows anti-drug war campaign will continue and will be ‘brutal’ as death toll passes 8,000 mark.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would not be intimidated by the prospect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) putting him on trial over his bloody war on drugs, promising that his campaign would continue and would be “brutal”. Tiếp tục đọc “Duterte: International Criminal Court ‘cannot stop me’”
Anti-China sentiment flares up in Vietnam
al jazeera 14 March 2016
Rallies denounce China on anniversary of deadly navy battle amid continuing row over South China Sea islands.
![China is Vietnam's biggest trade partner and the communist parties that run both countries have historically been close [Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2016/3/14/16b3add7146a416ba6da891966cd2172_18.jpg "Anti-China sentiment flares up in Vietnam")
Demonstrators marched in Vietnam’s capital on Monday to mark the 28th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China and to denounce China’s growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.
About 150 people wearing headbands and carrying large banners circled the busy streets around Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem lake chanting “Down with invasive China”.
They laid wreaths for 64 Vietnamese sailors who died in a 1988 clash with Chinese forces in the Spratly islands. Tiếp tục đọc “Anti-China sentiment flares up in Vietnam”
Indonesian tribes rally for land rights
Fearing extinction, tribes in Indonesia call on the government to protect their land rights.
Many tribal Indonesians do not have a formal title to the land their families have lived on for generations. [ATAR Agency/AFP]
Thousands of tribal Indonesians gathered on Sumatra, urging President Joko Widodo to protect their land rights.
On Friday, more than 5,000 people from 2,000 tribal communities convened in Tanjung Gusta village outside North Sumatra’s provincial capital Medan.
The gathering is organised by the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago and held every five years.
“We’ll fight for our rights to the last drop of our blood,” said Abdon Nababan, the secretary-general of the alliance at the conference.
Indonesia’s environment and forestry minister reiterated on Friday the government’s commitment to tribal rights. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesian tribes rally for land rights”
Rodrigo Duterte impeachment papers filed in Philippine Congress
Opposition lawmaker formally calls for president to be removed from power, accusing him of high crimes
An opposition lawmaker filed an impeachment complaint in the Philippine Congress on Thursday against President Rodrigo Duterte, calling for his removal for what he said were high crimes, betrayal of public trust and abuses of power. Tiếp tục đọc “Rodrigo Duterte impeachment papers filed in Philippine Congress”
Philippine VP: Bullets can’t stop illegal drug use
Al Jazeera
Leni Robredo urges Filipinos to ‘defy incursions on their rights’ as she denounces president’s bloody anti-drug war.
![More than 7,000 people have been killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte began his 'war on drugs' [Romeo Ranoco/Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/3/15/be0e98541e6d4d2797cb1d0e93b51693_18.jpg "Philippine VP: Bullets can't stop illegal drug use")
The Philippine vice president has raised an alarm about the country’s bloody crackdown on illegal drug use, saying it can’t be solved “with bullets alone”, adding Filipinos should “defy brazen incursions on their rights”.
Vice President Leni Robredo’s comments, some of her sharpest critiques so far of Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, are likely to antagonise the brash-talking president. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine VP: Bullets can’t stop illegal drug use”
Philippine ‘hit man’ set to file ICC case against Duterte over crimes against humanity
japan times
Reuters, Mar 14, 2017
MANILA – A self-confessed assassin who testified to being in a “death squad” under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will soon file a case at the International Criminal Court accusing the president of crimes against humanity, his lawyer said Tuesday.
More than 8,000 people have died since Duterte took office in June and unleashed a bloody war on drugs, a third in raids and sting operations by police who say they acted in self-defense.
Duterte and the police have denied links to the other killings, many of which rights groups say bear the same hallmarks as hundreds of suspicious deaths of criminals in Davao City during the 22 years Duterte was its mayor. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine ‘hit man’ set to file ICC case against Duterte over crimes against humanity”
Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom
Yeonmi tells her story of life in North Korea and eventual escape, and calls for action against such human rights violators.
Violence against Rohingya may amount to ‘crimes against humanity’: UN rights chief
- Posted 08 Mar 2017 20:55
- Updated 09 Mar 2017 01:33
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. (Photo: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
YANGON: The severity of the reported violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar warrants the attention of the International Criminal Court, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday (Mar 8).
Mr Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the violations, “against a backdrop of severe and longstanding persecution”, amount to the “possible commission of crimes against humanity”.
He was addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where he highlighted the current major human rights issues in more than 40 countries. Tiếp tục đọc “Violence against Rohingya may amount to ‘crimes against humanity’: UN rights chief”
The Enduring Darkness of International Women’s Day
Women have gotten screwed for millennia, and that’s not a legacy that can be shaken off in a few short decades.
March 8, 2017
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