Tag: United Nations Human Rights Council

Vietnam Secures UN Human Rights Seat Despite Abysmal Record

October 12, 2022
Asia & PacificUnited Nations Human Rights CouncilVietnamWorld
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Vietnam has won a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 term with 145 votes, despite the country’s abysmal human rights violations. The Southeast Asian nation was one of the 14 new council members voted by the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, marking its second election to the council. Vietnam…

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Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioner Wins Court Case Defending Herself

June 28, 2022
ChinaChina Human RightsHK Current AffairsHong KongPersecution of Falun GongUnited Nations Human Rights Council
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Falun Gong adherents in Hong Kong have been protesting peacefully against the Chinese regime’s persecution of the meditative practice by displaying banners and boards on the streets for many years. However, in May last year, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled that practitioners’ exhibits must be approved by the local government in accordance…

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UN Urges Vietnam to Stop Violating ‘Fundamental Freedoms’ and Release Jailed Activists

December 18, 2021
Asia & PacificEuropean UnionUnited Nations Human Rights CouncilVietnamWorld
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has prompted Vietnam authorities to stop violating “fundamental freedoms” and called for the immediate release of four rights and land activists who were jailed for “spreading anti-state propaganda.” Ravina Shamdasani, OHCHR spokeswoman, said Vietnamese authorities have jailed four prominent human rights defenders—Trinh Ba Phuong, Nguyen Thi Tam,…

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Beijing Reports Australia to UN Human Rights Council

March 13, 2021
AustraliaAustralia-China RelationsChinaChina Human RightsInternationalUnited Nations Human Rights CouncilWorld
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Beijing has reported the Australian government to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), claiming it is “deeply concerned” by Australia’s use of offshore detention centres for asylum seekers. The move, which demonstrates a change of tactic in Beijing’s coercive diplomacy, comes as a new report (pdf) by the U.S.-based Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy…

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