Uighurs failed by Cambodia’s sham refugee law

In June last year a solitary Uighur from Xinjiang Province in China arrived in Phnom Penh seeking asylum. He registered his claim with the Cambodian Government and with UNHCR. (Fr Frank Brennan, Eureka Street)

Dissident Vietnam lawyer detained, freed

A Vietnamese Christian lawyer, detained for four hours shortly after her release from three years in prison, has been freed, Church sources say.

Hanoi archbishop leaves for Vatican ‘medical treatment’

Ha Noi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet has left for the Vatican to seek medical treatment for his chronic insomnia.

Is anti-Catholic repression on the rise in Vietnam?

Last May, parishioners at rural Dong Chiem Parish in Vietnam raised a tall, concrete cross on a nearby hilltop long revered as a cemetery. (Rick DelVecchio, Catholic San Francisco)

Former US Secretary of State Haig dead

Korean and Vietnam war veteran, Alexander M. Haig Jr., former US secretary of state and retired four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents, has died of complications from an infection. He was 85.

Vietnamese nuns save infants from the grave

Little Maria Ho Thi Thien An, now four, was saved by her father from being buried alive with her dead mother when she was just seven days old. (UCA News)

HCM City cardinal blames conflicts on 1975 land laws

Unjust land laws are to blame for recent disputes between the Church and government, and should be amended, Cardinal Jean Baptiste Pham Minh Man of Ho Chi Minh city says.

Dong Chiem situation worsens: Hanoi archdiocese

Catholics gathered to pray outside Hanoi’s St Joseph’s Cathedral as the archdiocese accused local authorities of isolating Dong Chiem parish, blocking roads and refusing admittance to outsiders.

Vietnam Catholics look to new start

This video from December 2009 — before the most recent spate of conflict between the state and the Church in Vietnam — looks at the faithful and implications of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Vietnam.

Campaigner warns on Vietnam religious freedom

Prominent British Catholic Lord Alton has called on Vietnam’s government to get to grips with hardline local officials to stop a “definite deterioration” in religious freedom as news emerged of more protesters beaten by police and democratic campaigners jailed.

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