Despite international scrutiny, Vietnam continues to conduct surveillance, harass and jail activists Published at 25.03.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law time,place restrictions women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society highlights torture and ill-treatment of activists at UN review Published at 20.11.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling travel ban criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms Published at 15.07.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers Published at 05.09.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights internet restriction protest disruption intimidation harassment travel ban restrictive law HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment journalist detained non state actors women protestor(s) detained religious groups positive CS development HRD threatened Read more
Intolerance of civil society in Vietnam: An interview with Penelope Faulkner from VCHR Published at 22.04.2016 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Read more
Proposed legislation threatens existence of independent CSOs in Vietnam Published at 02.11.2016 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction attack on journalist protest private sector CSO closure Read more
Chilling attacks on freedom of expression ahead of APEC Published at 03.11.2017 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law intimidation censorship HRD detained women torture/ill-treatment Read more
Activists detained and prosecuted in Vietnam Published at 15.01.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted internet restriction restrictive law release of HRDs HRD detained surveillance environmental rights Read more
Protests against toxic spill continue despite persecution of environmental activists Published at 22.03.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups minority groups attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained HRD threatened prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted surveillance women environmental rights Read more
Police detain and beat protestors demonstrating against new laws Published at 11.06.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Alarming number of activists being jailed in Vietnam for ‘anti-state’ Facebook posts Published at 13.12.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation harassment HRD detained protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: women harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted 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
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: Social media activists arrested, ethnic minorities jailed while protests against development projects crushed Published at 27.03.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Vietnam: Trade unionists, activists and journalist criminalised despite UN human rights review Published at 18.07.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups travel ban HRD detained labour rights torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
