Vietnam: Criminalisation and ill-treatment of activists persists as government marks one year on the Human Rights Council Published at 05.10.2023 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD minority groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Vietnam: Human Rights Council membership and dialogues fail to stem repression against activists Published at 23.06.2023 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption minority groups release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Jailing and persecution of activists and journalists persists despite election of Vietnam to the UN Human Rights Council Published at 08.02.2023 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law women censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists Published at 21.09.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest women minority groups protest disruption travel ban restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Vietnamese activists face tax evasion charges, movement restrictions and increasing censorship Published at 17.05.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained labour rights restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Repression persists as Vietnam jails human rights defender Pham Doan Trang and other activists Published at 21.01.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted land rights women restrictive law HRD detained negative court ruling Read more
Crackdown on online critics persists in Vietnam as new decree controlling livestreaming proposed Published at 27.09.2021 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Persecution of activists and journalists continues following rubber stamp elections in Vietnam Published at 14.07.2021 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained women indigenous groups HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists face repression around and following the Vietnam Communist Party congress Published at 29.03.2021 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted journalist detained restrictive law Read more
UN experts raise concerns about violations in Vietnam as NGOs document unfair trials and torture Published at 24.11.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women restrictive law torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted HRD detained Read more
Repression of Liberal Publishing House, journalists and online critics escalates in Vietnam Published at 30.07.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained women attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Online debate on Dong Tam incident followed by pandemic silenced by Vietnam authorities Published at 07.04.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained minority groups excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
