Age: 36 years old
Activity: Falun Gong practitioner
Date of arrest: June 11, 2010
Sentence: Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment on November 10, 2011
Charge: Illegally using information in computer networks (Article 226)
Current location: Unknown
From a farm outside of Hanoi, Le Van Thanh (and his brother-in-law Vu Duc Trung) operated a short-wave radio broadcast called Sound of Hope revealing human rights abuses in China. He was arrested even though Falun Gong is not explicitly banned in Vietnam.
Y Quynh Bdap, who had United Nations refugee status in Thailand, was picked up by local police on Tuesday, the day after he had met with Canadian Embassy officials as he pursued asylum there, according to the Peace Rights Foundation, a Thai organization that had been in contact with him.
On the eve of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Viet Tan and nine international organizations held a conference to shed light on the human rights situation in Vietnam.
In Geneva on May 2-3, 2024, a delegation of civil society groups—including members from Viet Tan, Committee Swiss Vietnam (COSUNAM), Freedom House and Hmong Human Rights Coalition—met with officials of the United Nations to advocate for human rights in Vietnam.
The head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue — who was believed to be a leading contender for Vietnam’s top office — has resigned amid a corruption investigation into a real estate firm. Some activists say a power struggle within the Communist Party is the underlying cause of Hue’s downfall.
