Human Rights Stories 2023
[2023-10-31] Vietnamese
police arrest dozens of construction site protesters
[2023-10-31] Vietnam
sentences Facebook user to 3 ½ years for videos
[2023-10-27] Rights
lawyer arrives in US one year after police blocked departure
[2023-10-25] URGENT
APPEAL : Land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong continues to be tortured in
prison
[2023-10-25] Family of
executed Vietnamese man receives his final letter
[2023-10-19] In Vietnam,
climate arrests spark calls to halt energy transition deal
[2023-10-17] Imprisoned
Vietnamese activist ‘Onion Bae’ denied family visits
[2023-10-16] Alleged
Vietnam spyware targeting foreign officials 'unacceptable': EU
[2023-10-15] Guards beat
Vietnamese political prisoners for staging protest
[2023-10-09] Vietnam-aligned hackers attempted to hack US lawmakers and
journalists
[2023-10-08] Vietnam’s
Arrest of Environmentalists Draws Fire Amid Surge of Funding for Green
Transition
[2023-10-05] RSF urges
for release of journalist Pham Doan Trang on the third anniversary of her
arrest
[2023-10-04] Vietnam
sentences Christian to 8 years for ‘undermining unity’
[2023-09-29] UN rights
office condemns crackdown on climate activists
[2023-09-29] US condemns
Vietnam’s jailing of prominent climate activist on tax charges
[2023-09-29] How
distressed call to BBC helped rescue of six women trapped in refrigerated
lorry in France
[2023-09-29] Hammered:
Vietnamese gets 6 years after cursing Uncle Ho when drunk
[2023-09-28] Vietnamese
climate activist jailed in ‘unjust’ government crackdown
[2023-09-25] Vietnam
music teacher loses appeal against 8-year sentence
[2023-09-25] UN worried
about Vietnam arrest of energy expert after Biden's visit
[2023-09-23] Vietnam
executes death row prisoner Le Van Manh
[2023-09-22] Diplomatic
missions call on Vietnam to stay inmate’s execution
[2023-09-22] Vietnamese
NGOs shy from UN engagement fearing government reprisal
[2023-09-20] Days after
Biden's visit, Vietnam detains energy expert
[2023-09-19] Vietnam
orders People’s Committees to eliminate controversial church
[2023-09-18] Vietnam
activists to seek US refuge after Biden administration deal: US officials
[2023-09-17] Jailed
Vietnamese activist punished after unsuccessful appeal
[2023-09-15] Early
release of a prominent Vietnamese journalist: RSF insist that he should
never have been imprisoned
[2023-09-13] Vietnam
releases activist 18 months early
[2023-09-11] Biden
accused of sidelining Vietnam and India rights over strategic interests
[2023-09-09] Vietnam:
Biden Should Raise Rights on Hanoi Visit
[2023-09-08] Vietnam
tries to force ethnic minority church members to recant faith
[2023-09-08] Release
from prison in Vietnam: Human rights activist freed
[2023-09-07] In a first,
Vietnam admits government accountability in Dak Lak attacks
[2023-09-06] Vietnamese
political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach ‘assaulted by jailers’
[2023-09-05] Family
blames police brutality for death of 28-year-old Vietnamese man
[2023-09-01] Human
Rights Organizations Urge President Biden To Raise Human Rights Issues With
Vietnamese Authorities
[2023-09-01] Political
prisoners in Vietnam’s Prison No. 6 face threats from inmates
[2023-08-30] Vietnam
activist ‘Onion Bae’ loses appeal against 5½ year sentence
[2023-08-29] Hundreds of
thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN report
[2023-08-29] Vietnamese
court upholds 8-year sentence for activist Tran Bang
[2023-08-28] Vietnam: Free
Democracy Campaigners Rights Activists
[2023-08-25] Job-seeking
Vietnamese teens trafficked to Laos, family members say
[2023-08-24] Vietnam charges
activist who headed petition drives in coastal Ha Tinh province
[2023-08-21] Vietnam Human
Rights Network Concluded Its 16th Congress
[2023-08-18] Popular
comedian detained, beaten and fined for YouTube videos, relative says
[2023-08-14] Family meets
with death-row prisoner who was set for execution
[2023-08-11] UN Demands Halt
To Imminent Vietnam Execution
[2023-08-09] Vietnam: Halt
the arbitrary execution of death row prisoner Nguyen Van Chuong
[2023-08-09] Vietnam says
there are no Montagnards in its Central Highlands
[2023-08-08] RSF makes
German newspaper taz accessible again despite presumed regime blocking
[2023-08-04] Two years after
prison release, Hoa Hao follower arrested again in Vietnam
[2023-08-04] 2022 Annual
Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World - Update on Vietnam
[2023-08-01] Cloud company
assisted 17 different government hacking groups, U.S. researchers say
[2023-07-31] Police arrest
activists for Khmer Krom minority in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region
[2023-07-28] Vietnam cracks
down on social media anonymity with national digital database
[2023-07-28] Vietnam Orders
Social Media Firms to Cut ‘Toxic’ Content Using AI
[2023-07-28] Imprisoned
pastor faces health issues
[2023-07-26] Vietnam:
Anti-corruption journalist kidnapped in Thailand charged for “propaganda against
state”
[2023-07-20] Vietnam arrests
blogger who went missing in Thailand in April
[2023-07-19] Vietnam to let
Vatican appoint resident representative
[2023-07-17] Vietnam arrests
former health teacher for ‘anti-state propaganda’
[2023-07-17] Deadly Conflict
in Vietnam's Central Highlands Ramps Up Persecution of Ethnic Minorities
[2023-07-13] Vietnam land
rights activist loses appeal against 6-year prison term
[2023-07-13] Vietnamese
online news outlet to go dark after government inspection report
[2023-07-11] Vietnam
releases 74-year-old Australian democracy activist after 4 years
[2023-07-11] Smuggler
sentenced to prison for deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in truck
in UK
[2023-07-03] Vietnam gives
activist 6-year sentence for trying to start new political party
[2023-07-03] Vietnam Calls
for Tech Giants to Use AI to Remove ‘Anti-State’ Content
[2023-07-02] Vietnamese
pastor denied medical treatment in prison
[2023-07-01] Open
Call for Nominations for the 2023 Vietnam Human Rights Award
[2023-06-28] After 6 years
in prison, Vietnam frees father and son adherents of Buddhist group
[2023-06-25] Christians Fear
Implication in Attack on Government in Vietnam
[2023-06-23] Fleeing
Vietnam, human rights lawyers arrive in U.S. following police summons
[2023-06-23] Vietnam to
prosecute 84 for alleged involvement in Dak Lak attacks
[2023-06-23] LIV
Collaborates with IHRLC to File a Petition for the Release of Four Detained
Vietnamese Human Rights Defenders
[2023-06-22] European
Parliament members demand explanations on human rights clauses in the EU-Vietnam
free trade agreement
[2023-06-16] Vietnamese
police arrest more than 50 in attacks on commune offices
[2023-06-14] Montagnards
deny involvement in violent clashes in Vietnam’s central highlands
[2023-06-14] FCDO statement:
arrest of Vietnamese climate advocate
[2023-06-13] Montagnard
religious groups say they weren’t involved in attacks on police stations
[2023-06-11] Armed group
attacks Vietnamese police stations, 39 people arrested
[2023-06-08] Jailed
Vietnamese climate activist to start hunger strike on Friday
[2023-06-08] EU: Press
Vietnam to End Rights Abuses
[2023-06-07] Germany alarmed
by detention of Vietnam climate activist, warns on coal phase-out pact with
Hanoi
[2023-06-06] Vietnam court
sentences music teacher to 8 years in prison
[2023-06-05] Wife of
Vietnamese music teacher on trial calls for his release
[2023-06-05] Vietnam: Free
Anti-Corruption Campaigner
[2023-06-02] US, UN
criticize Vietnam's detention of climate activist
[2023-06-02] UN: Viet Nam –
Detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong
[2023-06-01] Vietnamese
climate activist arrested for ‘tax evasion’
[2023-05-30] Outlawed church group makes comeback in Vietnam
[2023-05-26] Vietnam Noodle Vendor Jailed For Mocking Security Minister
[2023-05-26] Vietnam's human rights record is being scrutinized ahead of $15
billion climate deal
[2023-05-24] Climate Justice and human rights groups worldwide launch one-month
relay hunger strike calling for urgent release of Vietnamese climate leader,
Dang Dinh Bach
[2023-05-23] Vietnamese prisoner of conscience accuses jailers of giving him
contaminated water
[2023-05-22] Religious leaders ask US to sanction Vietnamese government
officials
[2023-05-22] Rights groups call on UN refugee chief to push Vietnam to free two
detained bloggers
[2023-05-22] UN working group faults Vietnam for arbitrary detention of climate
activist
[2023-05-19] 11 Dead In China-Vietnam Border Road Accident Linked To Human
Trafficking
[2023-05-17] Vietnam denies UN inquiries about alleged repression of Khmer Krom
minority
[2023-05-15] Report: Vietnam Religious Freedom Violations Escalate
[2023-05-15] Vietnamese anti-coal campaigner freed early from prison
[2023-05-12] Vietnamese activist sentenced to 8 years in jail for Facebook posts
[2023-05-09] Vietnam to crack down on anonymous social media accounts
[2023-05-04] UN working group issues opinion on detention of Vietnamese
political prisoner
[2023-05-02] US urged to address persecution in Vietnam
[2023-05-02] Vietnamese scholar Nguyen Quang A stopped from traveling abroad
[2023-05-02] Religious Freedom Commission calls out India, Nigeria and Vietnam
for abuses
[2023-04-28] Screams from abducted Vietnamese blogger heard on Thai security
camera video
[2023-04-27] Activist known as ‘Onion Leaf Bae’ kept from meeting lawyer
[2023-04-25] Police give no information on detained Vietnamese blogger after end
of custody period
[2023-04-25] Baton-wielding Vietnamese police crush protest against drainage
project
[2023-04-22] Vietnamese Accused of Kidnapping Critical Blogger Who Fled to
Thailand
[2023-04-20] Vietnamese workers in Taiwan sacrifice happiness to give families a
better life
[2023-04-18] Friends say it’s likely Vietnamese blogger was abducted from
Bangkok
[2023-04-18] Vietnam must release journalist Nguyen Lan Thang
[2023-04-17] Vietnamese police confirm missing blogger is in their custody
[2023-04-11] Vietnamese authorities summon human rights lawyers again
[2023-04-10] Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Lan Thang demands public trial
[2023-04-06] MEPs express great concern over the worsening human rights
situation in Vietnam
[2023-04-03] MEPs travel to Vietnam to examine the human rights situation
[2023-04-03] Australia Should Raise Abuses During Vietnam Visit
[2023-03-31] Former prisoner of conscience harassed by Vietnamese police after
release
[2023-03-30] Vietnam releases 2 prisoners of conscience before jail terms end
[2023-03-29] Vietnamese court upholds jail terms for couple over YouTube channel
content
[2023-03-29] Vietnam, ILO sign decent work country programme for 2022-2026
[2023-03-28] Activist sentenced to 6 years for giving interviews to U.S.-based
program
[2023-03-27] Vietnam: Drop Charges against Human Rights Activist
[2023-03-27] Freed Vietnamese political prisoner says guards made him work in
jail without pay
[2023-03-22] Vietnam says it doesn’t know whereabouts of Chinese activist
arrested last year
[2023-03-21] Vietnamese Activists Say Hanoi Adopting China's Model on Religious
Policy
[2023-03-17] Vietnam arrests Facebook user for attempt to 'overthrow the state'
[2023-03-17] VN:
ICJ condemns the investigation of Professor Dang Dinh Manh because of the Tinh
That Bong Lai case
[2023-03-13] Vietnam
accuses lawyers defending Buddhist group of ‘abusing democratic freedoms’
[2023-03-10] U.N.
Human Rights Council Opens with 70% Dictatorships
[2023-03-09] Vietnam’s
white book declares government guarantees religious freedom
[2023-03-07] Vietnamese
land rights activist in poor health in prison
[2023-03-07] Vietnam
police tell Church of God followers to renounce their faith
[2023-03-03] Vietnamese
authorities bar relatives, lawyers from meeting detained Facebooker
[2023-03-01] Civil
societies call on European Parliament to pressure Vietnam on human rights
[2023-02-28] Six
years in a windowless cell: Life in Thanh Hoa Prison No. 5
[2023-02-27] Lawyers
for Vietnamese Buddhist group investigated by authorities
[2023-02-23] Vietnamese
authorities prevent Christian group from meeting with U.S. diplomats
[2023-02-22] Vietnam
arrests Facebook user for allegedly posting ‘illegal content’
[2023-02-16] UN
rapporteurs concerned that Chinese activist arrested in Vietnam will be sent
back
[2023-02-14] Daughter
of Chinese human rights defender speaks out against Vietnam's silence following
arrest
[2023-02-14] An
Phuoc prison inmates say cellmates are bullying them
[2023-02-09] Suffering
from near total blindness, Vietnamese activist granted early prison release
[2023-02-07] U.S.
lawmakers call for release of Vietnamese prisoner of conscience
[2023-02-05] Public
Security Ministry orders detention of controversial academic
[2023-02-03] Police
complete investigation into prominent blogger in Vietnam
[2023-02-02] Police
summon Vietnamese activist for saying they took her money
[2023-01-30] Vietnam
Authorities must Be Accountable For The Mysterious Deaths Of Religious And
Political Prisoners
[2023-01-30] U.S.
Human Rights Commission calls on Vietnam to release political prisoner
[2023-01-29] International
politicians, pressure groups ask Vietnam to free Australian activist
[2023-01-26] UN
condemns Vietnam’s detention of environmental activist
[2023-01-24] International
NGOs Call for Release of Prominent Environmental Defender in VN One Year
After 5-Year Prison Sentence.
[2023-01-22] Freed
activist vows to continue fight against illegal toll booths
[2023-01-12] HRW:
Crackdown Extends to Activist Groups
[2023-01-09] UN
human rights experts demand explanation for detention of 18 Vietnamese activists
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