One Activist Detained, Dozens of Others under House Arrest When Trump and Kim Arrive in Vietnam-Defend the Defenders, February 26, 2019 Vietnam’s security forces have detained one local activist and been placing dozens of others under house arrest when US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un came to Hanoi for their bilateral summit. On February 26, police in Ho Nai, Dong Nai province, detained local resident Nguyen […]
Vietnamese Labor Activist Released From Prison After Serving Full Term-RFA, February 25, 2019 A Vietnamese workers’ rights activist handed a nine-year sentence in 2010 for helping to launch a strike was released at the weekend after serving his full term in prison, sources in the country told RFA on Sunday. Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung had been held at the Xuyen Moc prison in southeastern […]
Union Activist Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung Completes His 9-year Sentence-Defend the Defenders, February 24, 2019 Co-founder and President of the unregistered group Viet Labor Movement Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung was released today after completing his nine-year sentence, Defend the Defenders has learned. Mr. Hung, 38, returned to his parent’s house on February 24 from Xuyen Moc Prison camp in the southern province of Ba […]
Vietnamese Businessman Prosecuted for “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda” Charge-Defend the Defenders, February 23, 2019 Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai have arrested local businessman Huynh Dac Tuy and charged him with “Making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code. According to the state […]
Detained Female Activist Duong Thi Lanh Charged with “Anti-state Propaganda,” Facing Lengthy Imprisonment-Defend the Defenders, February 21, 2019 Authorities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have officially charged local female activist Duong Thi Lanh with “conducting anti-state propaganda,” around two weeks after detaining her without arrest warrant, Defend the Defenders has learned. According to a notice of the province’s Police Department to her family, she […]
Nhà hoạt động Dương Thị Lanh bị cáo buộc “tuyên truyền chống nhà nước”-Chính quyền cộng sản chính thức cáo buộc “tuyên truyền chống nhà nước” theo Điều 117 của Bộ luật Hình sự đối với nhà hoạt động Dương Thị Lanh, hai tuần sau khi bắt giữ cô mà không đưa lệnh bắt cho gia đình cô. Theo văn bản của cơ quan an ninh điều tra […]
Vietnam to Try Democracy Activist Le Minh The on Allegation of Abusing Democracy Freedom on March 6-Defend the Defenders, February 20, 2019 Authorities in the Mekong Delta hub of Can Tho will soon try democracy advocate Le Minh The on charge of “Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights and interests of organizations and/or s” under Article 331 of the country’s Penal Code. According to […]
Vietnam May Try Two Local Activists, American Citizen on Allegation of Subversion Soon-Defend the Defenders, February 18, 2019 The Vietnamese communist regime may hold the first-instance hearing to try American citizen Michael Minh Phuong Nguyen and two local activists named Huynh Duc Thanh Binh and Tran Long Phi in late February, Defend the Defenders has learned. Mr. Tran Van Long, a former political prisoner and the father […]
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