Vietnam

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched the #FreePhamDoanTrang campaign for the release of Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang with a petition and a video featuring the voices of Vietnamese diaspora writers and activists.

Journalist Pham Doan Trang was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City just hours after an annual U.S.-Vietnam human rights dialogue meeting was concluded.

Several groups have petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council and the European Parliament to call for the release of independent writers in Vietnam.

Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Pham Chi Thanh, members of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam, were arrested under the criminal charge of making anti-state actions.

At least 30 activists and dissidents were sentenced to prison in Vietnam in 2019 simply for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, association, and religion.

Journalist Pham Chi Dung was arrested days after calling on the European Union to postpone ratifying a trade agreement until Vietnam improves its human rights situation.

During the first nine months of 2019, Vietnam convicted at least 11 people and sentenced them to between two and nine years in prison for criticising the government.

Truong Duy Nhat’s family has confirmed that he is being held in Hanoi’s T16 prison.

The Radio Free Asia contributor and well-known Vietnamese blogger went missing in Bangkok on 26 January.

After two years in jail, Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was released by the government and immediately exiled to the United States.

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Ngo Van Dung, a Vietnamese blogger and citizen-journalist whose location has been unknown since his arrest on a street in Ho Chi Minh City two weeks ago.

It is the longest sentence ever received in Vietnam for trying to provide the public with information.

The website was suspended for three months and ordered to issue a public apology

Critics warn that the sweeping new law could increase online censorship, undermine privacy, worsen attacks on free expression, and damage Vietnam’s tech sector.

Six activists were charged with “carrying out activities that aim to overthrow the people’s administration.”

She is now under house arrest after being interrogated for publishing the book Politics for All.