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VIET NAM: IMPRISONED ACTIVIST DENIED MEDICAL CARE
The health of prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Cấn Thị Thêu has worsened. On January 17, Cấn Thị Thêu informed her family that she had been ill…
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VIET NAM: ACTIVIST HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
Since 2023, activist and well-known noodle seller Bùi Tuấn Lâm, also known as “Green Onion Bae”, has been imprisoned in Xuân Lộc prison in Đồng Nai province for his videos…
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Thailand: Extradition of Montagnard Activist to Viet Nam Places Him at Grave Risk of Torture
Thailand's extradition of Y Quynh Bdap to Viet Nam puts the indigenous activist in serious danger of torture.
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VIET NAM: GRAVE CONCERN FOR IMPRISONED ACTIVIST’S HEALTH
Prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Cấn Thị Thêu, who has been imprisoned for five years and allegedly subjected to torture and inhumane conditions of detention, recently informed…
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Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ARBITRARILY DETAINED (Viet Nam: UA 44.21)
Prominent human rights defender and advocate Nguyen Thuy Hanh, was arrested on April 7, 2021 and charged under Article 117 of the Criminal Code for “opposing the State of the Socialist…
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Vietnamese Activists Targeted by Notorious Hacking Group
Hacking group Ocean Lotus, which has been suspected of having links with the Vietnamese government, is behind a sustained campaign of spyware attacks on the country’s human rights activists, a…
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Urgent Action: Woman Human Rights Defender at Risk of Torture (Viet Nam: UA 161.20)
Woman human rights defender Pham Thi Doan Trang was arrested on 6 October 2020 for her peaceful activism. Facing up to 20 years in prison, she is currently being held…
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Urgent Action: Independent Booksellers Tortured by Police (Viet Nam: UA 78.20)
Two members of the Liberal Publishing House – a local independent publisher that sells books considered sensitive by the government – have been detained and tortured by police in Ho…
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Explainer: Seven ways the coronavirus affects human rights
The outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCov) that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan (Hubei province) in late 2019 has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).…
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Urgent Action: Prisoner of Conscience Attacked in Prison (Viet Nam: UA 135.19)
Aquatic engineer Nguyen Ngoc Anh, sentenced to six years in prison for peacefully expressing his disagreement with government policies, was physically assaulted in prison by a fellow prisoner. Despite serious…