Vietnam: Regime targets human rights defenders working on minority, indigenous, land and environmental rights despite UN review Published at 29.10.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups religious groups minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Vietnam: Regime criminalises activists on trumped up charges and labels aid group as ‘terrorists’ Published at 01.07.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law Read more
Activists, journalists and bloggers arrested and jailed while new decrees to control associations and the internet come into effect Published at 19.12.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental 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
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: 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: women harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law 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: protest disruption women minority groups travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest 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: women restrictive law HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted land rights 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: women indigenous groups HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained 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: journalist detained women torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted 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: HRD detained women torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted restrictive law 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: women attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment 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: minority groups excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors restrictive law censorship journalist 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
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
Despite international scrutiny, Vietnam continues to conduct surveillance, harass and jail activists Published at 25.03.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained travel ban criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law time,place restrictions 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
