Vietnam : repression deepens under new leader
No easing of severe restrictions under general secretary To Lam
Vietnam to prosecute lawyer for criticising judicial actions on social media
The Vietnamese government initiated legal proceedings on Tuesday against prominent lawyer Tran Dinh Trien for allegedly infringing upon state interests through social media criticism.
Vietnam strengthens control of internet and civil society through new decrees
Tech companies are now required to verify users, while strict rules are imposed on associations.
Internet crackdown shrinks already constrained room for activism in Vietnam
For Thảo, a journalist based in Hanoi, online reports from Vietnamese internet users were key to her and her colleagues’ coverage of Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath. The storm, the biggest in Asia this year and the strongest to strike…
Critics decry Vietnam’s ‘draconian’ new internet law
Social media users will need to verify their identities under new decree 147, prompting fears it will undermine expression and expose anonymous dissidents.
Vietnam : repeal harmful Internet laws
The Vietnamese government should repeal a draconian new decree tightening control of internet use and the 2018 Law on Cybersecurity, Human Rights Watch said today. The regulation, which undermines access to information and freedom of expression in Vietnam, goes into effect on December 25,…
Vietnam cybersecurity law violates freedoms of speech and expression
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Vietnam on Tuesday to repeal its new cybersecurity law on the basis that it represses rights to free speech and freedom of expression. Vietnam’s new law, set to come into effect on 25 December 2024, builds on…
Vietnam’s jailing of Khmer monks violated religious freedom, rights group says
Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and four religious activists.
Vietnam : Quash verdict against democracy campaigner
The Vietnamese government should annul the politically motivated verdict against the democracy activist Duong Van Thai and release him immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 30, 2024, a Hanoi court convicted Duong Van Thai of issuing propaganda against the state…
Shooting the climate change messenger in Vietnam
Vietnam’s detention of environmental activist Dang Dinh Bach is a crime against human rights and the global climate struggle
One of Vietnam’s high-profile political prisoners refused amnesty. Prison guards forced him on a plane anyway
For almost 16 years Tran Huynh Duy Thuc sat in prison waiting for freedom. On September 20, he was told he could go home to his family after Vietnam’s President To Lam pardoned him just eight months before his sentence…
Thai court orders extradition of Vietnam activist who rights groups say will be at risk if returned
A Thai court on Monday ordered the extradition of a 32-year-old Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, despite fears among rights groups he could be at risk if sent home.
Vietnam to free nearly 3,800 prisoners in amnesty
The detainees to be released include around 20 foreigners from Cambodia, China, Iceland, India, Laos, South Africa and the United States
Vietnam : Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council
On 27 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement at the 57th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for the Interactive Dialogue for the adoption of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The…
Vietnam’s new leader is same old rights violator
Token prisoner releases amid president To Lam’s harsh crackdown
Leading climate activist released from Vietnam jail
Prominent climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong has been released early from jail, her husband said on Sept 21, hours ahead of a visit by Vietnam’s top leader to the US.
Vietnam court jails activist for 5 years for ‘distributing anti-state propaganda’
Vietnam’s Hanoi People’s Court sentenced prominent activist and former member of the critical YouTube channel CHTV, Phan Van Bach, to five years in prison on Monday. He was convicted under Article 117 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes “distributing anti-state propaganda.” Phan Van Bach had faced a…
Vietnam : Journalist sentenced to seven years for ‘anti-state’ propaganda
Journalist and democracy campaigner Nguyen Vu Binh was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of propaganda against the state on September 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the jailing and urges the Vietnamese authorities to…
Vietnam : drop charges, release democracy campaigner
The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and release the democracy campaigner Phan Van Bach, Human Rights Watch said today.
Vietnam : free journalist arrested for dissent
Blogger Nguyen Vu Binh prosecuted for promoting rights, democracy
In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime
In the past two years, six prominent environmental defenders have been imprisoned in Vietnam, sending a chill across civil society in the one-party state.In the past, activists in Vietnam were often charged with spreading anti-state propaganda. More recently, ambiguous tax…
Vietnam jails prominent activist for 5 years on anti-state charges
A Vietnamese court sentenced prominent activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen to five years in prison after finding him guilty of anti-state activities in a one-day trial on Thursday, two of his lawyers said.
Vietnam : free democracy activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen
The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and release the prominent rights activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen, Human Rights Watch said today.
Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research
Although no official announcements have been made about the case, human rights groups report that Vietnamese energy expert Ngô Thị Tố Nhiên has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Nhiên is the latest in a wave of prominent environment…
Montagnard Indigenous activist arrested in Thailand, resists being extradited to Vietnam
Despite his refugee status, Indigenous activist Y Quynh Bdap, who advocates for the Montagnard and Ede Indigenous groups, was arrested on June 11 in Thailand and is currently facing deportation proceedings after the Vietnamese government sought his extradition.
Are EU-Vietnam human rights talks a lost cause ?
Human rights groups are calling on Brussels to end its « box-ticking » talks with Vietnam and take more drastic actions against the country’s Communist government.