On October 7, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security confirmed that it had “arrested” independent journalist Pham Doan Trang in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on October 6. The short announcement posted on the ministry’s Electronic Information Portal said that…
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…
Some lawyers and journalists expressed concern over the possibility that Dak Lak police acted “arbitrarily” when arresting Dr. Pham Dinh Quy, a lecturer at Ton Duc Thang University in charge of slander. Reply to BBC News Vietnamese, lawyer Phung Thanh…
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Anh, former director of Bach Mai Hospital, and his two subordinates former Deputy Director Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hien and former Chief Accountant Ms. Trinh Thi Thuan of the hospital were arrested probed for being involved in the…
On June 24, Vietnam’s authorities unexpectedly arrested several informants about the recent Dong Tam incident, including four land petitioners and human rights advocates from Duong Noi named a former prisoner of conscience Can Thi Theu and her two sons Trinh…
The family of former prisoner of conscience Trinh Ba Khiem has received notices of temporary detentions of his wife Can Thi Theu, who is also a former prisoner of conscience, and two sons Trinh Ba Phuong and Trinh Ba Tu.…
On June 24, the Vietnamese communist regime arrested six activists in Hanoi on the morning of June 24, according to social media sources and activists in Hanoi. The detainees include Trinh Ba Phuong, his younger brother Trinh Ba Tu and…
Press release, May 26, 2020 In recent years, Vietnam’s communist regime has intensified persecution against the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), a civil professional organization of independent writers working for freedom of press in Vietnam.Since the Association was…
Vietnam’s persecution against independent journalists, bloggers or activists, most recently wotj the arrests of Mr. Pham Thanh and Nguyen Tuong Thuy, continues to be under monitoring of local activists and international observers. Speaking on a BBC talk show on Thursday,…
