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Defend the Defenders, June 29, 2026 The Rally for Democracy and Pluralism, a group of Vietnamese activists working to promote multi-party democracy and human rights in the Southeast Asian nation, becomes the main target of the on-going political suppression of the one-party regime in Hanoi. According to the group which has hundreds of members in […]

Defend the Defenders, July 8, 2026 Prominent higher-education lecturer and former hi-tech specialist Nguyen Thanh Nam has been arrested and accused of “conducting anti-state propaganda” amid rising power of police forces in Vietnam. Vietnam’s state-controlled media on July 7 reported that the Police Department in Hanoi has detained Russia-trained mathematics doctor Nam, born in 1961 […]

Joint Statement by the Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend the Defenders Press release, April 7, 2026 Since assuming leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam in August 2025, Mr. To Lam has repeatedly invoked the language of “rule of law, transparency, and accountability.” These statements do not match reality. Instead, they serve as a […]

Tuyên bố Chung của Mạng lưới Nhân quyền Việt Nam và tổ chức Người Bảo vệ Nhân quyền Thông cáo Báo chí Ngày 7 tháng 4 năm 2026 Kể từ khi đảm nhận vai trò lãnh đạo Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam vào tháng 8 năm 2025, ông Tô Lâm đã liên tục viện dẫn […]

Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tuan at the trial on April 2, 2026 (Vietnam News Agency) Defend the Defenders, April 2, 2026 Former prisoner of conscience Huynh Ngoc Tuan, who spent ten years in prison for “conducting anti-state propaganda” more than two decades ago, has been given another lengthy imprisonment for the same allegation for criticizing the […]

Pham Van Chinh and his VF3 (Fb) By Defend the Defenders, March 30, 2026 Anti-China activist Pham Van Chinh has secretly been sentenced to five years in prison on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” after a dispute with Vietnamese automaker VinFast over a car technical failure. Chinh, a resident of Hanoi taking part in peaceful […]