Human Rights Stories 2024

[2024-12-31] Prominent Vietnamese writer in hiding says police are harassing his family

[2024-12-26] Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force

[2024-12-25] US-based Vietnamese activist says police harassed her family

[2024-12-22] Critics decry Vietnam’s ‘draconian’ new internet law

[2024-12-22] Rights group urges govts to reconsider funding Vietnam energy plan.

[2024-12-15] The 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award Ceremony in Houston, Texas, USA

[2024-12-12] USCIRF Alarmed over Escalating Crackdown in Vietnam

[2024-12-12] Update: Writer and prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan receives DFP sponsorship

[2024-12-11] 5 Vietnamese Communist Party officials jailed for helping abducted blogger: report

[2024-12-10] Vietnam: Repeal Harmful Internet Laws

[2024-12-09] Imprisoned member of persecuted church wins Vietnam human rights award

[2024-12-06] 2 independent Protestant pastors shot in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

[2024-12-02] Social media platforms censor 15,000 pieces of ‘anti-state’ content in Vietnam

[2024-11-29] Southeast Asian MPs: Halt Forced Extradition of Vietnamese Human Rights Defender

[2024-11-28] Vietnam's jailing of Khmer monks violated religious freedom, rights group says

[2024-11-27] US lawmaker calls for release of Vietnamese political prisoner

[2024-11-25] Purported letter from Vietnam’s ‘barefoot monk’ renounces vow of poverty

[2024-11-22] 4 inmates on hunger strike in Vietnamese prison

[2024-11-18] Vietnam police arrest 8 people during violent protest

[2024-11-18] Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi Minh Hong ‘Tax Evasion’ Charges are a Crackdown on Environmental Activism

[2024-11-18] Vietnam Human Rights Network Announced The 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award Results.

[2024-11-18] Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi Minh Hong ‘Tax Evasion’ Charges are a Crackdown on Environmental Activism

[2024-11-13] Vietnam tightens controls on social media users

[2024-11-06] Press Watchdog Slams Vietnam for Jailing Blogger

[2024-11.04] Vietnamese former political prisoners detained after gathering

[2024-11-03] Rights group calls for release of sick Vietnamese journalist

[2024-10-31] US calls Vietnam's blogger sentence harsh, deeply troubled by abduction reports

[2024-10-31] Vietnam: Quash Verdict Against Democracy Campaigner

[2024-10-31] Immediate and Urgent Medical Attention Needed for Vietnamese Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan

[2024-10-29] Vietnamese political prisoner tells daughter her life was threatened

[2024-10-29] Vietnamese court sentences blogger to 12 years in prison for anti-state propaganda

[2024-10-29] Vietnam’s Silenced Writers: The Vietnamese Government Falls Short on Human Rights

[2024-10-28] UN body says Vietnam is unlawfully detaining journalist

[2024-10-24] Man who took part in nationwide protests in 2018 released early from prison

[2024-10-22] Thailand: Vietnamese Activist at Risk of Forced Return

[2024-10-21] PEN America Condemns Harassment of Vietnamese Activist and Online Commentator

[2024-10-18] Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited

[2024-10-15] Activists dismiss Formosa claim of fulfilled obligations regarding spill in Vietnam

[2024-10-09] Police question students of shuttered Vietnamese education company

[2024-10-07] Vietnam releases activist suffering advanced stage cancer

[2024-10-03] Vietnam releases thousands of prisoners, but no dissidents

[2024-10-02] RWCHR Calls on Canada to Impose Sanctions on Vietnamese Human Rights Violators

[2024-10-02] Concern Mounts Over Disappearance of Imprisoned Christians in Vietnam

[2024-10-01] One of Vietnam's high-profile political prisoners refused amnesty. Prison guards forced him on a plane anyway

[2024-09-30] Thai court grants Vietnam’s request for activist’s extradition

[2024-09-29] Vietnamese inmates on hunger strike to demand release of political prisoners

[2024-09-26] Emotional reunion for Vietnamese activist jailed 16 years

[2024-09-24] Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition Statement on Release of Hoang Thi Minh Hong

[2024-09-23] UN expert calls on Vietnam to ensure inclusivity in development projects

[2024-09-23] Vietnam rounds up alleged members of ‘terrorist’ organization

[2024-09-21] Vietnam releases 2 political prisoners ahead of leader To Lam’s US trip

[2024-09-19] One year after inmate’s execution, Vietnam continues sentencing people to death

[2024-09-18]] Religious rights gains in Vietnam have deteriorated, report says

[2024-09-17] Reports on rights violations in Vietnam decline due to fear of reprisal: UN

[2024-09-17] Vietnam commitment to green economy undermined by targeting of activists

[2024-9-16] Vietnam court jails activist for 5 years for ‘distributing anti-state propaganda’

[2024-09-10] Critics denounce Vietnam's sentencing of journalist as 'intimidation' of media

[2024-09-10] Prominent Vietnamese journalist jailed for seven years

[2024-09-04] Vietnamese activist begins 50-day hunger strike

[2024-09-03] Vietnam arrests suspected government-in-exile supporter before National Day

[2024-09-01] Vietnamese activist still proud after 6 years in prison

[2024-08-29] Vietnamese Human Rights Group Targeted in Multi-Year Cyberattack by APT32

[2024-08-26] Vietnam cracks down on social media users who criticize the state

[2024-08-23] UN experts challenge Vietnam’s treatment of Montagnard minority

[2024-08-20] Thai policeman says ‘no choice’ but to arrest Montagnard

[2024-08-19] Vietnam arrests Montagnard for ‘undermining solidarity’

[2024-08-15] Vietnamese activist found guilty of anti-state propaganda

[2024-08-09] Vietnam signals action to tackle ‘negative impact’ of Falun Gong

[2024-08-05] Vietnamese artists pressured to show respect for late general secretary

[2024-08-01] Vietnamese activist on trial from prison cell in Thailand

[2024-07-31] Vietnam democracy activist released from prison

[2024-07-30] US lawmakers back Vietnamese activist held in Thailand

[2024-07-28] Australia: Press Vietnam to End Rights Abuses

[2024-07-24] EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell should call for the immediate release of environmental rights defenders in Vietnam

[2024-07-24] Vietnam sentences environmental activist to 3.5 years in prison: rights group

[2024-07-23] Vietnam intensifies crackdown on critics before general secretary’s funeral

[2024-07-17] Vietnam denies repression of 2 Montagnards

[2024-07-15] Thai court postpones Vietnamese activist’s extradition hearing

[2024-07-15] Vietnam jails Facebook user for 7 years for ‘insulting Ho Chi Minh’

[2024-07-14] Former political prisoner denied passport by Vietnamese authorities

[2024-07-11] EU human rights talks with Vietnam draw censure

[2024-07-11] Vietnamese activist’s health suffers after prison discipline

[2024-07-11] Thailand: Montagnard Indigenous Activist Must Not Be Extradited To Face Torture In Vietnam

[2024-07-08] Thai extradition of activist to Vietnam would be illegal, group says

[2024-07-08] Vietnamese YouTubers fined for video of rock resembling monk

[2024-07-08] 11 Christians sentenced to combined 90 years in prison in Vietnam go missing

[2024-07-04] Experts alarmed by possible extradition of refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap from Thailand to Vietnam

[2024-07-04] Thailand: Arbitrary arrest and imminent risk of extradition of Vietnamese human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap

[2024-07-04] Joint Statement for the EU-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue

[2024-07-02] California congressman raises case of missing ‘monk’

[2024-07-01] Open Call for Nominations for the 2024 Vietnam Human Rights

[2024-07-01] No word from Thích Minh Tuệ in nearly 3 weeks, monk's relatives say

[2024-06-28] US must not shun rights in Vietnam ties, lawmakers say

[2024-06-28] Six Vietnamese sentenced in long-running land dispute

[2024-06-26] Facebook user fined in Vietnam for posts about barefoot Buddhist monk

[2024-06-26] Vietnamese political prisoner shackled by the leg

[2024-06-25] Independent Hoa Hao Buddhists report police harassment in Vietnam

[2024-06-25] US Accused of Downplaying Vietnam’s Human Trafficking Record to Win New Ally Against China

[2024-06-24] Vietnam improves in US human trafficking report

[2024-06-23] Thailand sets extradition hearing for Montagnard activist wanted by Hanoi

[2024-06-20] Rights group accuses Vietnam misleading US on human trafficking

[2024-06-14] Vietnamese dissident’s arrest raises alarm

[2024-06-13] Rights groups urge Thailand not to extradite Vietnamese activist, saying he’s at risk if sent home

[2024-06-11] Arrest of renowned Vietnamese journalist draws global protest

[2024-06-07] Vietnam arrests two well-known Facebook users over democratic freedom abuse

[2024-06-06] Fate of 'wandering monk' Thich Minh Tue unknown after Hanoi intervention

[2024-06-02] 2023 Vietnam intensifies repression of Khmer Krom, activists say

[2024-05-29] 2023 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World - Update on Vietnam

[2024-05-28] Two Vietnamese political prisoners push for better conditions

[2024-05-22] Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president

[2024-05-20] Vietnam detains trade unionist, rights group says

[2024-05-20] Vietnamese political prisoner punished in solitary confinement

[2024-05-16] Rights group sees surge in cross-border repression of dissidents in Thailand and its neighbors

[2024-05-14] Under Secretary Zeya’s Remarks for the 30th Annual Commemoration of Vietnam Human Rights Day

[2024-05-14] Vietnam frees 2 people arrested during the 2020 commune raid

[2024-05-09] Vietnam’s arrest of reformist labor official could disturb bid for better trade terms with the US

[2024-05-09] A new generation of Vietnamese migrants is protesting against their home government

[2024-05-08] Facebook page administrator sentenced to 8 years for ‘anti-state’ posts

[2024-05-08] Vietnam: False Claims on Labor Rights 

[2024-05-06] UN experts urge Hanoi to address prisoner of conscience’s health

[2024-05-06] RSF and PEN America: Vietnam is Among the Leading Jailers of Journalists and Writers

[2024-04-29] Vietnamese monk seeks justice for brother who died after police interrogation

[2024-04-29] Vietnam arrests 2 Facebook users over ‘vaguely written’ Article 331

[2024-04-25] State Department: ‘No Significant Changes’ in Vietnam’s Human Rights Situation

[2024-04-24] 2 teachers jailed for criticizing authorities on social media

[2024-04-22] Vietnam: UN Review Should Call for Urgent Reform

[2024-04-22] Vietnamese Churches Demand Investigation of Christian’s Death

[2024-04-19] Religious leader faces new charge in case that brought 5-year sentence

[2024-04-11] Activists press Apple to oppose Vietnam's detainments of climate experts

[2024-04-11] Pham Doan Trang, Imprisoned Vietnamese Writer and Dissident, to Receive PEN America’s Freedom to Write Award at NYC Gala May 16

[2024-04-11] Vietnam disappointed with UN human rights reports

[2024-04-10] Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body

[2024-04-02] Vietnamese political prisoner denied traditional medicine

[2024-04-01] US raises concern over convictions of rights advocates in Vietnam

[2024-04-01] Vietnam demolishes a lecture hall linked to Khmer Krom pagoda

[2024-03-28] 2 Vietnamese bloggers charged for criticizing death penalty case

[2024-03-28] Vietnam police suspend officer in connection with suspicious death

[2024-03-27] Vietnam arrests Buddhist abbot from Khmer Krom minority

[2024-03-26] Vietnam sentences Facebook page administrator to 8 years

[2024-03-26] Vietnamese man dies in custody, body indicates torture, family says

[2024-03-21] Detained Vietnamese activist denied access to lawyer

[2024-03-20] Two Khmer Krom activists given prison sentences in Vietnam

[2024-03-15] Vietnamese police track down Montagnards in Thailand

[2024-03-13] Vietnam holds political prisoner in solitary confinement for 18 months

[2024-03-13] Vietnam police summon political prisoners’ wives

[2024-03-11] International rights group calls on Vietnam to release women political prisoners

[2024-03-08] Vietnam eyes crackdown on workers rights, foreign aid, report says

[2024-03-08] Vietnamese police detain 3 Protestant house church members in Dak Lak

[2024-03-07] International Climate Justice and Human Rights Organizations call on ADB President to raise alarms about Vietnam’s commitment to a just energy transition during upcoming visit

[2024-03-05] Released from prison, Vietnamese activist vows to fight on

[2024-03-05] Vietnam: New Wave of Arrests of Critics

[2024-03-04] Shifting Dynamics: Vietnam, Laos Face Scrutiny Over Democracy and Rights Amid ASEAN Leadership

[2024-03-03] Facebooker arrested as Vietnam’s internet crackdown continues

[2024-03-02] Vietnamese Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh Arrested Amid Crackdown On Dissent

[2024-03-02] Human smugglers now flying clients out of Vietnam

[2024-03-01] As Vietnam grows ties with U.S., a secret directive seeks to gird the Communist Party

[2024-02-29] Vietnam police detain YouTube activist on anti-state charges

[2024-02-27] Vietnam’s rights council re-election bid alarms activists

[2024-02-26] Vietnam plans union reform to avert trade woes, risking foreign firms' unease

[2024-02-22] Former prisoner says Vietnamese police took his money

[2024-02-20] Wives of jailed Vietnamese activists claim constant harassment

[2024-02-14] Viet Nam: End convictions and deplorable detention conditions for human rights defenders, UN experts say

[2024-02-14] Prison authorities refuse to sell canteen food to jailed blogger

[2024-02-08] Vietnam court sentences Khmer Krom man to 3½ years in prison

[2024-02-06] Hmong activist in Thailand threatened for refusing to return to Vietnam

[2024-02-05] Inmate goes on hunger strike to protest prison conditions

[2024-01-31] Vietnam Overtakes China as Largest Exporter of Goods Made With Uyghur Forced Labor

[2024-01-26] Vietnam sentences ethnic minority man to 4½ years for religious activities

[2024-01-25] Vietnamese political prisoner Nguyen Thuy Hanh diagnosed with cancer

[2024-01-24] Vietnamese prisoner under constant surveillance: family member

[2024-01-24] German president praises partnership, raises rights issues in Vietnam

[2024-01-22] Vietnam jails 100 for deadly attack on police station

[2024-01-22] Jailed Vietnamese activist beaten until he ‘coughed blood’

[2024-01-22] Vietnam sentences nine to death for drug trafficking

[2024-01-18] Vietnam's revised land law won’t stop unfair land grabs: critics

[2024-01-16] Vietnam court starts trial of 100 accused in Dak Lak shootings

[2024-01-16] More cases of China, Asian neighbours repressing critics across borders: Human Rights Watch

[2024-01-11] Vietnam: A Gloomy Year for Human Rights

[2024-01-11] Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

[2024-01-11] Vietnamese believed among migrants found in container at Irish port

[2024-01-05] Three Vietnamese HR Organizations issued a point-by-point rebuttal of Vietnamese's Report Submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee

[2024-01-04] U.S. Secretary of State: Vietnam is among the Special Watch List countries for engaging in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom.

[2024-01-04] Vietnamese authorities now seeking ‘small fish’ in widening crackdown

[2024-01-02] Police in Vietnam detain YouTube activist for days without informing family

[2024-01-02] Vietnamese Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan Must be Released Immediately and Receive Urgent Medical Attention

[2024-01-02] Vietnamese Activist Phan Van Bach Detained Without Disclosure

[2024-01-02] Vietnam Pledges Human Rights Reform by Year 2099

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