Vietnam: A Half Century Of Backwardness And The Path Forward
Half a century after the war and following three decades of integration, Vietnam has seen economic growth but our overall…
February 23, 2025
Tag: prisoners of conscience
Vietnam Prisoners of Conscience 2024 Report
Despite political infighting among top political officials in Vietnam at the start of 2024, the authorities were not deterred from…
November 17, 2024
In the Midst of a Global Pandemic, Families of Prisoners of Conscience Call for their Immediate Release
The following is a joint letter from the families of prisoners of conscience asking for their immediate release from Vietnamese…
April 16, 2020
Announcement of the 2018 Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award Recipient
Viet Tan is pleased to announce Tran Thi Nga as the recipient of the inaugural Le Dinh Luong Human Rights…
December 7, 2018
Rights Groups Launch Website on Vietnamese Political Prisoners
Viet Tan, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Reporters Without Borders have launched an interactive, online database of Vietnamese political prisoners. Stopthecrackdown.com…
October 31, 2018
Vietnamese journalist Dang Xuan Dieu released from prison
January 13, 2017 Bangkok, January 13, 2017 - The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison of Vietnamese…
January 16, 2017
Democracy Activist Đặng Xuân Diệu Released and Exiled to France
January 13, 2017 By Quyên Ngô (Loa) - Web Exclusive Vietnamese authorities released and promptly exiled a blogger and democracy…
January 15, 2017
Vietnamese democracy activist Dang Xuan Dieu released from prison
One of Vietnam’s most prominent political prisoners was released and exiled after almost six years of arbitrary detention and harsh…
January 13, 2017
Court Upholds Sentence for Vietnamese Democracy Activist
December 28, 2016 By Đôn Lê (Loa) - Web Exclusive A court in Nha Trang has upheld the sentence of…
December 30, 2016
Political Prisoner Confronted With Difficult Choice
By Mây Trần February 8, 2016 Early this year, Trần Thanh Tuấn visited An Phước prison in Bình Dương province…
February 9, 2016
Denied medical treatment unless she “confesses”
December 11, 2015 URGENT ACTION | Index number: ASA 41/3052/2015 Prisoner of conscience Tran Thi Thuy, currently serving an eight…
December 12, 2015
Vietnam’s youngest political prisoner sentenced to 4.5 years prison
November 27, 2015 A fifteen year old boy has become Vietnam’s youngest political prisoner. Nguyen Mai Trung Tuan was sentenced…
November 27, 2015