The fact that the Vietnamese court and authorities decided to conduct a closed trial in the first-instance trial against blogger and activist Nguyen Lan Thang showed that “the communist state of Vietnam does avoid embarrassment and not want to lose face”…
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy has returned the case file of “conducting propaganda against the State” against activist Tran Van Bang (aka Tran Bang) and requested an additional investigation within two months. This decision was made on November…
Activist Bui Tuan Lam was arrested on September 7 by the Da Nang police on charges of “conducting anti-state propaganda.” Mr. Lam was arrested after being summoned twice for posting a parody video of “Holy Sprinkle Onions” in the style…
Vietnam’s state-controlled media has reported that on the morning of July 5, authorities in the capital city of Hanoi arrested local human rights defender and well-known blogger Nguyen Lan Thang and charged him with “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117…
An investigation by the security agency concluded that the Hanoi-based human rights activist had serious mental problems and needed treatment, the latest case of a dissident with the Vietnamese state being arrested and sent to a mental hospital for treatment…
Ms. Do Thi Thu, wife of activist Trinh Ba Phuong, has just confirmed to VOA that her husband has been transferred from a prison in Hanoi to the National Psychiatric Hospital 1 for psychiatric assessment because Mr. Phuong remained silent,…
Activist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy was sentenced to 7 years in prison at the first-instance hearing carried out by the People’s Court of Hau Giang province on January 20 as the trial panel found her guilty of “conducting anti-state propaganda”…
A series of articles in many languages, from many news agencies around the world, simultaneously reported and analyzed the detention of dissident journalist Pham Doan Trang, who was charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda.” With this allegation, Ms. Pham Doan Trang…
Today, October 7, 2020, is the second and last session of the US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue. But at 11.30 pm on October 6, police arrested journalist Pham Doan Trang – a famous human rights activist in Vietnam. Ms. Trang was…
October 7, 2020 For immediate release Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has informed that in the late night of October 6, 2020, the Hanoi police arrested Ms. Pham Doan Trang at her rent apartment in Ho Chi Minh City on…
