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A Hanoi court sentenced journalist and political activist Nguyen Vu Binh to seven years in prison on Tuesday, in a move critics described as a "brazen intimidation" of the media.
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A journalist and critic of the Vietnamese government who covered corruption, land rights and the environment was jailed for seven years by a court in Hanoi on Sept. 10, after authorities ignored pleas by civil society groups for his immediate release.
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Le Trong Hung, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state” in Vietnam’s Nghe An province, began a 50-day hunger strike Wednesday.
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Vietnamese police arrested a citizen for suspected links to a self-proclaimed government in exile ahead of Monday’s National Day, the latest crackdown on those who support the group.
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Activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh, who has just been released after serving six years in prison, told Radio Free Asia he was proud of himself for taking a stand against injustice
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A non-profit supporting Vietnamese human rights has been the target of a multi-year campaign designed to deliver a variety of malware on compromised hosts.
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Authorities in Vietnam are pressing on with a crackdown on social media users who are seen as critical of the government, using two articles of the Criminal Code that rights groups say are too vague, to punish those “opposing” the state and the ruling Communist Party.
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United Nations experts are calling on Vietnam to answer their concerns over the trial of 100 Montagnards in January, in connection with a 2023 attack on government offices in which nine people were killed.
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A Thai court considering whether to extradite a Montagnard who faces terrorism charges in Vietnam has been hearing witness testimonies, including those of the Thai police and Vietnamese police, in a case being closely watched by international rights groups.
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Police in Vietnam’s Central Highlands have arrested a member of the Montagnard community on charges of collecting one-sided information and reporting it to other members of the ethnic minority group living abroad in order to oppose the government.
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A court in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi found activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen guilty of “propaganda against the state” on Thursday and jailed him for five years, with no probation, on charges that carry a maximum sentence of 12 years.
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Members of the Falun Gong spiritual sect are having a negative impact on Vietnam’s political security and public order and authorities will act to discourage participation in its activities, Vietnamese state media reported.
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The latest to be arrested is a 68-year-old man charged with ‘abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon interests of State’
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Celebrities who didn’t express their condolences or continued to talk about their personal lives online were criticized, even boycotted, by Vietnamese social media users for being "ungrateful."
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A court in Bangkok on Thursday began hearing a Vietnamese request for the extradition of a Montagnard activist who Vietnam accuses of terrorism but who rights groups say will be tortured if sent back.
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Vietnamese activist Pham Van Troi told Radio Free Asia he had no regrets about fighting for democracy, after coming to the end of a seven-year sentence for “activities aimed at overthrowing the government.”
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Members of US Congress have submitted a written letter to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, requesting the release of a Vietnamese activist and help for him to resettle in a third country instead of being extradited, according to Kannavee Suebsang, a list-MP for the Fair Party.
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Australia should press the Vietnamese government on human rights by seeking clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress in upcoming meetings, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Australian government.
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Joint open letter from FIDH and its member organisation, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) ahead of the visit of Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam from 29-31 July to discuss reinforcing EU-Vietnam cooperation on issues of security, sustainable development and climate policy.
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A court in Vietnam has sentenced Ngo Thi To Nhien, director of a clean energy think tank, to three-and-a-half years in prison, according to human rights group Project88.
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The Vietnamese government is intensifying a crackdown on critical voices before the state funeral of Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong who died last week. Authorities have fined residents for discussing Trong’s death on social media and asked Facebook to block dissenting posts.
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The Vietnamese government has denied allegations of repression against two Montagnards who wrote to the United Nations about the lack of religious freedom in their home province of Dak Lak.
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A court in Bangkok on Monday postponed the hearing on Vietnam's request for Thailand to extradite Montagnard activist Y Quynh Bdap.
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A court in Vietnam sentenced Pham Van Cho to seven years in prison and two years probation for posts he made on Facebook that insulted the country and revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, state media reported.
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Authorities in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province have refused to issue a passport to former political prisoner Huynh Thuc Vy, for "national security reasons," she told Radio Free Asia. However, the provincial police department’s Security Investigation Agency didn’t provide any documents to support the decision.
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Human rights groups
are calling on Brussels to end its “box-ticking” talks with Vietnam and to take
more drastic actions.
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Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Hoang Duc Binh told his family he finds it hard to walk after being shackled by the leg for 10 days.
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Thai authorities must not forcibly return a Montagnard and Ede Indigenous human rights activist to Vietnam where he would be at severe risk of torture, Amnesty International said ahead of his extradition hearing next week.
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An international human rights coalition said that Thailand would violate its obligations under domestic and international law if they extradite human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap
back to Vietnam.
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Vietnamese authorities have fined two social media users for posting videos of a rock said to resemble “barefoot monk” Thich
Minh Tue.
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Eleven Vietnamese
Christians, sentenced to a total of 90 years and eight months in prison for
their religious activities, have mysteriously disappeared, raising significant
concerns about the treatment of religious minorities in Vietnam.
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Independent experts* today expressed grave concern about Vietnam’s request to Thailand to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap, who co-founded Montagnards Stand for Justice, an organisation that advocates for indigenous rights in Vietnam.
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Thailand.
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On the occasion of the 12th EU-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue, held on 4 July 2024 in Brussels, ARTICLE 19 and the undersigned organisations and individuals call on the European Union (EU) to urge the Viet Nam government to repeal repressive laws and regulations and drop the prosecution and harassment of journalists and activists and others who exercise their freedom of expression.
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The European Union should reconsider its bilateral human rights dialogue with Vietnam and adopt more effective measures to address the Vietnamese government’s intensifying repression, Human Rights Watch said today, based on its submission to the EU. The next round of the EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue will take place on July 4, 2024, in Brussels.
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An ethnic Vietnamese congressman from the California State House of Representatives has written to the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam about the case of Buddhist “monk” Thich Minh Tue, who went missing for a second time on June 12.
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The Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) will receive nominations for the 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award (VNHRA) until September 30, 2024.
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An independent Buddhist monk whose barefoot pilgrimage across Vietnam became an internet sensation hasn’t contacted relatives in almost three weeks, and family members have asked police for help in locating him.
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The United States must prioritize the protection of human rights in Vietnam in its dealings with Hanoi, a group of senior lawmakers said in a letter sent this week to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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The Dak Lak People’s Court on Thursday sentenced six farm workers to between five and seven years in prison on charges of “destroying assets,” amid a longstanding dispute between an indigenous Ede village and a coffee company.
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Authorities have fined a Facebook user who posted information about a Buddhist man’s barefoot pilgrimage across Vietnam that became a social media sensation in May.
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Prisoner of conscience Truong Van Dung, serving a six-year prison sentence for “anti-state propaganda,” has been disciplined by authorities at Gia Trung Prison for the second time this year, his family told Radio Free Asia.
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While the state-recognized Hoa Hao Buddhist Church has been allowed to celebrate its 85th anniversary, followers of two independent Hoa Hao Buddhist groups say police in An Giang province stopped them gathering.
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The U.S. State Department upgraded Vietnam’s status on combatting human trafficking in a new report on Monday, despite recent allegations government leaders within the country have engaged in and covered up human trafficking.
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For the second year in a row, Vietnam’s ranking in the U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report has improved, and the country is now clear of some of Asia’s worst human trafficking locales, including China, Cambodia, Myanmar and North Korea.
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A Thai court has set a mid-July extradition hearing date for Vietnamese dissident Y Quynh Bdap, who was arrested in Thailand earlier this month at Vietnam’s request, Thai officials have told VOA.
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Vietnam instructed its officials to withhold information from Washington to paint the country's efforts to tackle human trafficking in a better light, a campaign group said on Thursday, as Vietnam seeks an upgrade in a key U.S. report.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government not to deport Vietnamese activist Y Quynh Bdap,
who was arrested in Bangkok this week, out of fear for his safety.
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Human rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, saying he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam.
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Vietnamese authorities arrested prominent journalist, blogger, and author, Truong Huy San, earlier this month for content posted on social media. In response, multiple human rights organizations and activists have been protesting his arrest and demanding his instant release.
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Police in Vietnam have arrested two well-known Vietnamese Facebook users on charges of abusing democratic freedoms, the government said on Saturday, as a major leadership reshuffle in the Communist-ruled country is settling down.
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For several days now, the fate of Le Anh Tu, better known as Thich Minh Tue the ‘wandering monk’, has been shrouded in mystery. He became famous for choosing to walk from north to south, becoming a voice of peace for a Vietnam that is tolerant and respectful of civil liberties (and of worship).
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Authorities in southern Vietnam have stepped-up harassment of activists from the ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom community who are trying to promote the rights of the indigenous people, according to representatives.
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The following text of the EU High Representative's
Report provides an update on the situation in Vietnam.
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Fed up with harsh
prison conditions, one Vietnamese prisoner-of-conscience is going on a five-day
hunger strike and another is petitioning authorities to improve their lot, their
relatives said.
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Vietnam’s top security official To Lam was confirmed Wednesday as the nation’s new president. He oversaw police and intelligence operations over a period when rights groups say basic liberties have been systematically suppressed, and its secret service was accused of violating international law.
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Police in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi have arrested trade unionist Vu Minh Tien, according to The 88 Project, an international nonprofit that campaigns for freedom of speech in Vietnam.
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Authorities at Vietnam’s Xuan Phuoc prison have punished political prisoner Dang Dang Phuoc, putting him in solitary confinement for violating unspecified regulations, his wife told Radio Free Asia.
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Thailand has grown increasingly dangerous for foreign dissidents seeking shelter in the country over the past decade, and more repressive of its own dissidents abroad, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
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We continue to raise our concerns directly with the Vietnamese government, calling for reforms, and are integrating human rights across our bilateral relationship..."
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Le Dinh Quan, 48, and Bui Van Tien, 45, had been in the fourth year of their five-year sentences, but were allowed to return home ahead of schedule.
Quan told Radio Free Asia that during interrogations after his arrest, he was beaten into signing an inaccurate confession
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A senior Vietnamese official with the country’s labor ministry was arrested for “deliberately disclosing state secrets,” police announced on Thursday, a development that analysts say could hurt Vietnam’s efforts to obtain more favorable trade terms for exports to the United States.
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More than 200 mostly young people gathered outside the Vietnamese embassy in London to protest against Vietnam’s ruling communist party, demanding the release of all prisoners of conscience and to call for democratic reforms.
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Vietnam has sentenced another administrator of the popular “Diary of Patriots” Facebook page to eight years for posting content that criticized the government, a verdict that his family felt was not constitutional, they told Radio Free Asia.
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Vietnam is providing false or misleading information to the United States and other economic partners to secure or maintain preferential trade preferences, Human Rights Watch said today.
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A group of U.N. human rights experts sent a joint letter to the Vietnamese government to express their concerns about the health of prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence.
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Notable events:
- Reporters Without Borders: Vietnam ‘Stagnated’ in Press Freedom Ranking
- PEN America Lists Vietnam as the Third Largest Jailer of Writers
- USCIRF Urges Designation of Vietnam as ‘Country of Particular Concern’ Due to Systematic Violations of Religious Freedom
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