In a decision announced on September 22, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in Geneva ruled favourably to a petition regarding the detention of Vietnamese activist Nguyen Dang Minh Man. In a response to the petition submitted by Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), the Working Group determined her detention was arbitrary and called for her immediate release. The text of Opinion 40/2016 can be found below.
February 28, 2019 | David Hutt While Vietnam’s leaders promoted peace and harmony at the Kim-Trump summit, democracy and rights activists faced harassment and house
One of its writers is missing and another sits behind bars. Vietnam is tightening controls on dissent and targeting journalists. When President Trump goes to
February 10, 2019 | Erin Handley When Chau Van Kham abruptly stopped responding to messages on a trip to Vietnam in January, his prolonged silence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2019 The Hanoi government has detained Vietnamese-Australian human rights advocate Chau Van Kham for nearly three weeks and used state
