Human Rights Defender Le Dinh Luong on Hunger Strike to Demand Access to Medical Care in Prison
May 16, 2025 Prisoner of conscience Le Dinh Luong began a hunger strike on May 10, 2025, to protest the…
May 16, 2025
Tag: UNWGAD
Joint letter calling for the release of Mr. Chau Van Kham
In an open letter to the Vietnamese Prime Minister, human rights activists and elected officials from around the world called…
January 24, 2023
Petition filed at the UNWGAD on behalf of jailed journalist and activist Lê Đình Lượng
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) has filed a Petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) calling…
October 18, 2018
8 Members of Congress Send Letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc Regarding Brotherhood for Democracy Trials
His Excellency Nguyen Xuan Phuc Prime Minister of Vietnam 16 Le Hong Phong Street, Ba Dinh District Hanoi, Viet Nam…
May 16, 2018
Vietnamese Human Rights Defender Sentenced in Sham Trial
September 18, 2017 A kangaroo court today sentenced Vietnamese human rights defender and blogger Nguyen Van Oai to five years…
September 18, 2017
Viet Nam condemned strongly by UN Working Group
June 30, 2017 The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has published an Opinion in June 2017 calling for the…
July 2, 2017
Viet Tan Alert : Former Vietnamese Prisoner of Conscience Re-Arrested
January 20, 2017 Vietnamese human rights defender, blogger and former political prisoner Nguyen Van Oai has been re-arrested. His wife…
January 20, 2017
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
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
Vietnamese human rights lawyer arbitrarily detained for the last year
December 16, 2016 The Vietnamese government must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai who…
December 15, 2016
Human rights lawyer detained for blogging and advocacy must be released
November 25, 2016 Nguyen Van Dai – a prominent human rights lawyer and blogger in Viet Nam is being detained…
December 10, 2016
U.N. Working Group Seeks Release of Vietnamese Photographer Jailed in 2013
November 18, 2016 The mother of jailed photo-journalist Nguyen Dang Minh Man expressed hope that the Vietnamese government will soon…
November 19, 2016