Mother of Vietnamese blogger 'burns herself to death'

The government is cracking down on bloggers who criticise its policies Originally posted at bbc.co.uk: The mother of a prominent Vietnamese blogger has died from her injuries after setting herself on fire in front of government offices, her family says. She was protesting against the detention of her daughter, Ta Phong Tan, who is facing charges of anti-state propaganda, another daughter told the BBC's Vietnamese service. Dang Thi Kim Lieng set herself alight in southern Bac Lieu province. Her...

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Your New Human Rights Councilor

Vietnam invents a U.N. procedure to silence critics. The Security Council's latest fumble on Syria might represent the U.N.'s biggest failure of the last month, but it's hardly the only one. So as a reminder of all the little things the U.N. also gets wrong, we present the latest machinations involving a U.N. group ostensibly concerned with human rights. Vietnam's Communist Party-led government recently blackballed a nongovernmental organization's attempt to secure accreditation to the...

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Worldwide condemnation of Vietnam’s bid to silence Khmer Krom’s voice

Originally posted at khmerkrom.net: The latest drama played out on the international stage this week, no more shocking then who are the actors involved: Vietnam versus the human rights defender Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF). Flying just under the international radar for over 20 years, KKF hits the stage and received world wide support from the most powerful countries including United States and the European Union when Vietnam tries to get them kicked out of the United Nations Economic...

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Khmer Krom NGO Status Revoked

Thach Ngoc Thach speaks during an interview at RFA, July 18, 2012. Originally posted at rfa.org: The United Nations has revoked the special consultative status of a non-governmental organization representing the indigenous Khmer Krom group in Vietnam, drawing protests from human rights groups which accused the global body of buckling to pressure from Hanoi. Member states of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Monday voted 27-14, with 10 abstentions, to rescind a...

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Special Thanks !

We on behalf of the KKF Youth around the world want to give a special thanks to the states that have supporting Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples, that given us big support: Special Thanks to States Member: Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lativa, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States of America for voting for my organization the KKF yesterday at The United Nations "ECOSOC". Also, we want to give a special recognition to the...

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Viet Nam: UN caves in to Vietnamese pressure, rejects the consultative status of the NGO KKF

JOINT PRESS RELEASE - THE OBSERVATORY Viet Nam: UN caves in to Vietnamese pressure, rejects human rights group’s consultative status Bangkok-Paris-Geneva, July 24, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH and OMCT joint programme) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) condemn the resolution passed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) overturning a previous decision to grant consultative status to the non-governmental...

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UN Committee on NGOs accredits 129 NGOs, defers 130

Originally posted at ishr.ch: The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) held its resumed session in New York from 21-31 of May 2012. The Committee is tasked with considering the applications of NGOs for consultative status with the UN[1] as well as the quadrennial reports submitted by NGOs already in consultative status. The Committee makes recommendations to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which can either approve or overturn a decision.[2] During this session, the...

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Recommendation of Non-Governmental Organization for Status with Economic and Social Council Refuted as Committee Winds Down Resumed Session

Viet Nam Observer Objects to NGO with ‘Dark Aims, Ill Will and Illegal Acts’, Following Consensus Decision by Committee; In All, 128 Groups Referred to Council The non-governmental organization Kmer Kampuchea-Krom Federation is utterly unqualified to be granted consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations heard today as it began the process of winding down its 2012 resumed session. Begun on 21 May, the session...

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