Viet Tan is pleased to announce Tran Thi Nga as the recipient of the inaugural Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award. A blogger and social activist, Tran Thi Nga was sentenced to 9 years in prison and 5 years house arrest on July 25, 2017.
With the crackdown against human rights in Vietnam and the need to advocate for human rights protections, Viet Tan is officially announcing the establishment of the Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award.
Viet Tan, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Reporters Without Borders have launched an interactive, online database of Vietnamese political prisoners. Stopthecrackdown.com provides biographical data of detained
Viet Tan is a pro-democracy organization advocating for human rights and social justice through peaceful means. Our members inside Vietnam and around the world have worked with civil society and elected officials to increase political space and empower the Vietnamese people.
A successful businessman turned community organizer and blogger, Le Dinh Luong was sentenced to 20 years followed by 5 years house arrest. He was convicted for “attempting to overthrow the state” in a sham trial lasting five hours in Nghe An province in central Vietnam.
A coalition of Vietnamese and international organizations made a submission to the UN for consideration of the 32nd session of the Universal Periodic Review in
TORONTO, CANADA (May 18, 2018): Frontline organizers and activists representing Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Syria, Philippines and Ethiopia formed a coalition to hold
April 3, 2018 Vietnamese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release six human rights defenders who are due for trial in Hanoi on April 5, 2018.
March 29, 2018 Viet Tan strongly condemns the arbitrary charges by the Vietnamese authorities against leaders of the Brotherhood of Democracy (BFD), a pillar of
February 20, 2018 Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to share my story. My name is Nguyen Trung Trong Nghia, a Vietnamese national.
International human rights organisations welcome the European Parliament’s decision to pass a resolution addressing the ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression in Vietnam…
Days before International Human Rights Day, activists including Nguyen Trung Trong Nghia, the son of detained human rights defender and pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, discussed the importance of integrating human rights within bilateral relations between Australia and Vietnam.
