December 4, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | December 3, 2023 Comic artist Le Quoc Anh, 32 in Vietnam’s southern province of Tien Giang has disappeared since mid-April after being interrogated by the local police. According to his father, on April 7, he went to the local police for interrogation as request, and two days later, he went out […]
June 26, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | June 25, 2023 On June 23, a coalition of ten international NGOs, including Defend the Defenders, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International Commission of Jurist (CIJ), Front Line Defenders, and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, issued a joint letter to urge Vietnam’s regime to stop the arbitrary […]
June 11, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | June 11, 2023 On June 6, the People’s Court of Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak convicted local music lecturer Dang Dang Phuoc of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code for his online posting with the content advocating for human rights and the country’s sovereignty […]
May 30, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | May 28, 2023 On May 25, the People’s Court of Da Nang held the first-instance hearing to try local activist and human rights defender Bui Tuan Lam (aka Peter Lam Bui) on the allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Clause 1, Article 117 of the Criminal Code. After nearly five hours, […]
May 15, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | May 14, 2023 On December 12, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City carried out the first-instance hearing to try local activist and war veteran Tran Van Bang (or Tran Bang) of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code. The hearing lasted nearly four hours and […]
May 2, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | Aprio 30, 2023 78-year-old Ta Mien Linh was charged with “Abusing democratic freedom” for helping land injustice victims On April 25, authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang arrested Mr. Ta Mien Linh, a 78-year-old resident of the southern city of Vung Tau city and charged with with “abusing democratic […]
April 17, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | April 17, 2023 On April 12, the People’s Court of Hanoi held a closed hearing to try local blogger and human rights defender Nguyen Lan Thang on allegation of “Conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code. Only his wife and four lawyers were permitted to enter the courtroom. […]
April 10, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | April 9, 2023 On April 8, authorities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak arrested former prisoner of conscience Y Krec Buonya on the allegation of “Sabotaging implementation of solidarity policies” under Article 116 of the country’s Criminal Code for his religious activities. The 45-year-old leader of the unregistered Central […]
April 3, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | April 2, 2023 On March 28, the People’s Court of Hanoi convicted local activist Truong Van Dung of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 88 of the country’s Penal Code for giving interviews to foreign-based media and possessing books with critical content for the communist regime. At the end of the hearing […]
March 27, 2023
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Defend the Defenders | March 26, 2023 Activist Dang Dinh Bach, who is serving his 5-year prison sentence for the trumped-up “tax evasion” at Prison camp No. 6 (Thanh Chuong, Nghe An), has called on Vietnam’s communist regime to stop oppressing civil society. He argued that the current one-party regime in Vietnam considers NGOs and […]
March 27, 2023
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Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền | ngày 26/3/2023 Nhà hoạt động Đặng Đình Bách, người đang thụ án 5 năm tù về tội danh nguỵ tạo “trốn thuế” tại Trại giam số 6 (Thanh Chương, Nghệ An), đã kêu gọi Nhà nước Việt Nam chấm dứt đàn áp xã hội dân sự. Ông cho rằng […]
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January 10, 2024
Defend the Defenders’ Latest Statistics: Vietnam Holds 258 Prisoners of Conscience
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights], DEFENDER’S WEEKLY
Defend the Defenders, Press Release, January 10, 2024 For immediate release According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of December 31, 2023, Vietnam’s authoritarian regime is holding at least 258 prisoners of conscience in prisons or other forms of detention. The number includes activist Nguyen Thuy Hanh who is held for enforced psychological treatment after […]