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Vietnam "Children of the Dust" Abuse of Hanoi Street Children in Detention This 77-page report documents cases of serious violations of the rights of street children in Hanoi. Police routinely round up street children in arbitrary sweeps and deposit them at state “rehabilitation” centers – euphemistically called “Social Protection Centers” – where they are detained for periods ranging from two weeks to as much as six months. Drawing on testimonies from street children interviewed over the past three years, Human Rights Watch details the particularly harsh treatment at one of the rehabilitation centers, Dong Dau Social Protection Center. HRW Index No.: C1814 November 13, 2006 Download PDF, 338 KB, 90 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book No Sanctuary Ongoing Threats to Indigenous Montagnards in Vietnam’s Central Highlands Drawing on eyewitness accounts and published sources, this 55-page report provides fresh information about ongoing religious and political persecution of Montagnards, or indigenous communities, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. HRW Index No.: C1804 June 14, 2006 Download PDF, 780 KB, 129 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Repression Of Montagnards Conflicts over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands Vietnam should cease its persecution of indigenous Montagnards in the Central Highlands, and Cambodia should continue to offer sanctuary to those fleeing across the border, Human Rights Watch said in this new report. The 200-page report, Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands, provides the most detailed account to date of the unrest that erupted in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in early 2001 and offers a rare glimpse into the mechanisms of Vietnamese political repression. Human Rights Watch provides an in-depth analysis of the grievances that gave rise to the protests, and an analysis of the human rights violations that took place in response to them. It found that the Vietnamese government violated fundamental human rights in the course of suppressing the protests, and that those violations-which range from government infringement of religious freedom to torture by police-were continuing as of March 2002. HRW Index No.: 2726 April 23, 2002 Purchase online Viet Nam: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers There are indications of under-18s in government armed forces as seventeen-year-old trainees in military schools are considered to be part of the armed forces. The minimum age for voluntary recruitment is not known. June 12, 2001 Vietnam: Landmine Monitor Report Key developments since March 1999: Five internationally funded landmine/UXO programs are underway, with several new projects started in 1999 and 2000. Vietnamese officials have confirmed continuing production of antipersonnel mines, but have also said Vietnam "will never export" mines. August 1, 2000 Vietnam: The Silencing of Dissent Vietnam's human rights performance continues to fall far short of international standards, despite economic and socialchanges since the late 1980's. In this 34-page report, "Vietnam: Silencing of Dissent," Human Rights Watch details how the Socialist Republic of Vietnam continues to harass, isolate, place under house arrest, and sometimes imprison its critics. May 1, 2000 Purchase online Rural Unrest in Vietnam The 15-page report, "Rural Unrest in Vietnam," documents the causes and implications of continuing protests against corruption, land disputes, and compulsory labor in Thai Binh province beginning last May, as well as violent unrest in the largely Catholic district of Thong Nhat in Dong Nai province last month, initially sparked by expropriation of church land by corrupt local authorities. December 1, 1997 Purchase online Hong Kong: Abuses Against Vietnamese Asylum Seekers China is increasingly exercising its authority over the territory of Hong Kong on a number of issues and has directed, for instance, that all the Vietnamese be cleared from Hong Kong before July 1. Such pressure has spurred the Hong Kong government to redouble its efforts to resolve the Vietnamese situation, which has embroiled the territory in controversy for over twenty years. March 1, 1997 Human Rights in a Season of Transition: Law and Dissent in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam has entered an era of rapid economic and social transformation, heralded by the opening of its economy, its entry into ASEAN and the resumption of diplomatic relations with the U.S. At the same time, the government and the Vietnam Communist Party have sought to maintain firm political control. This stance has produced a steady stream of dissent in recent years, to which the government has responded harshly. HRW Index No.: C712 August 1, 1995 The Suppression of the Unified Buddhist Church The Vietnamese government's recent detention of two prominent senior monks is the latest step in its campaign to suppress the Unified Buddhist Church, the main Buddhist organization in south and central Vietnam prior to unification of the country in 1975. With the detention of UBC leaders near the beginning of 1995, nearly all of the church's senior leaders are now in detention or under house arrest. These cases of detention were immediately preceded by the arrests of several others, including the arrest of 5 Buddhists for efforts to organize flood relief charity in the name of the Unified Buddhist Church. March 1, 1995 Human Rights in U.S.-Vietnam Relations On July 21, 1993, we submitted written testimony on human rights in Vietnam to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The testimony detailed five areas of concern: persons imprisoned for political dissent; state control of religious institutions; prison conditions; use of the death penalty; and efforts at legal reform. We concluded that despite some progress since the renovation policy was initiated in 1986, the Vietnamese government continues to restrict such fundamental rights as freedom of speech, association and religion. August 1, 1993 Purchase online Human Rights Before and After the Elections Describing serious human rights abuses leading up to the elections in May 1993, this report criticizes the international community and the U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia for tolerating the bombing of opposition party offices and for encouraging members of the Khmer Rouge to participate in the elections despite their having slaughtered ethnic Vietnamese. HRW Index No.: C510 May 1, 1993
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