Durendal Advocacy

05/12/2023

21/09/2023

https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/north-africa/saudi-arabia

Saudi Arabia spends billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events to deflect from the country’s poor human rights record. Saudi Arabia has announced important reforms, but the repression of independent civil society and critical voices impedes any attempt at reform...

21/09/2023

https://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam

Vietnam’s human rights record remains dire in virtually all areas. The ruling Communist Party maintains a monopoly on political power and allows no challenge to its leadership. Basic rights are severely restricted, including freedoms of speech and the media, public assembly, association, and consc...

05/09/2023

The truth which is not really hard to see...

19/08/2023

"..Biden said earlier this month that he would be traveling to Vietnam "shortly" because the country wanted to elevate its relationship with the United States and become a major partner."

"Officials have not said what the closer relationship might entail, but experts say it could include increased military cooperation and U.S. weapon supplies."

U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a strategic partnership agreement with Vietnam during a state visit to the Southeast Asian country in mid-September, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the deal's planning.

08/08/2023

26/07/2023

https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-election-us-hun-sen-restrictions-3cd1b0cbc8fff914c295183de18e9666

Cambodia’s longtime ruling party is lauding its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years.

20/07/2023

https://asialink.unimelb.edu.au/insights/could-vietnams-relations-with-russia-be-another-casualty-of-the-war-in-ukraine

The Ukraine crisis calls on Vietnam to reassess its relationship with Russia and consider further reducing dependence on its old friend and primary weapons supplier writes Nguyễn Quang Dy.

19/07/2023

17/07/2023

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/these-are-the-5-youngest-countries-in-the-world?slide=5

See which nations have formed during the past couple of decades.

13/07/2023

On Thursday, President Joe Biden issued a directive to deploy 3,000 reservists to Europe in order to bolster the existing U.S. troops involved in Operation Atlantic Resolve. The order grants authority to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to dispatch active duty units an...

13/07/2023

According to Microsoft, a recent cyber attack carried out by hackers in China targeted at least 25 organizations, including multiple government agencies. Among those affected, at least one agency belonged to the United States government. The breach was initially discovered by an unnamed Federal Civi...

13/07/2023

The native inhabitants of the Central Highlands of Vietnam are known as the Montagnard. The Vietnamese conquered the Central Highlands during their "march to the south" (Nam tiến). Ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) people now outnumber the indigenous Degars (considered derogatory term) after state-sponsore...

13/07/2023

Violent incident in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam : Montagnards in the US protest, calling on the US and the UN to 'get involved' to investigate human rights abuses by Vietnam Government

Cộng đồng người Thượng ở Mỹ hôm 10/7 tổ chức tuần hành tại Quốc hội Mỹ, Nhà Trắng và Đại sứ quán Việt Nam để phản đối chính quyền Việt Nam đàn áp người Thượng ở Tây Nguyên, đặc biệt sau vụ tấn công ở Đăk Lăk, và kê...