Story Archive
2020-03-06
Y Ngun Knul was sentenced to an 18-year term, later reduced, for demanding the opening of a Protestant church closed by authorities.
2020-03-04
Du Thi Thanh is asking for exoneration for her husband Le Dinh Kinh, and for information on the condition of relatives now held in detention.
2020-03-03
Now living in Hue in poor health, Nguyen Van Ly still calls for resistance to Vietnam's communist government, his nephew says.
2020-03-02
Germany-based Bui Thanh Hieu's 86-year-old mother, now in hospital, has been made a particular target for harassment, he says.
2020-03-02
Chau Van Kham, a retired baker from Australia, must now serve a 12-year-term for being a member of the U.S.-based Viet Tan opposition party.
2020-02-28
Truong Duy Nhat's lawyers have said the court had effectively blocked their plans for defending their client.
2020-02-27
South Korean coronavirus patient was in Vietnam one week before testing positive.
2020-02-27
Only one of Truong Duy Nhat's lawyers has been told to come to court, blocking their plans for defending their client.
2020-02-26
Tran Thi Hoa had called on residents of Dong Nai province to support a US-based group opposing Vietnam's communist government.
2020-02-26
Twenty South Koreans refuse to be quarantined for health ministry required 14 days.
2020-02-24
He had been held in detention or under house arrest for more than three decades for peacefully advocating for democracy and religious freedom.
2020-02-21
Six human traffickers are now under arrest in Vietnam, with a seventh being sought in China, in a case in which 39 migrant workers were found suffocated last year in an abandoned truck in Britain.
2020-02-20
China, ASEAN Ministers Hold Emergency meeting in Laos on COVID-19.
2020-02-20
Du Thi Thanh, wife of slain village leader Le Dinh Kinh, collapsed in a faint after police insisted she sign a statement saying she had refused to cooperate with them.
2020-02-19
Pressure from the international community has done little to force change in Vietnam, they said.
2020-02-18
Europe's ratification last week of a Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam will embolden leaders to commit further crackdowns, rights groups say.
2020-02-18
Son Loi commune in ‘high spirits’ days after quarantine begins.
2020-02-13
Trade with China decimated in Myanmar, while Cambodia allows cruise ship to dock then declares it virus-free.
2020-02-11
Cambodia’s Hun Sen tells countrymen not to discriminate against Chinese, while Chinese Consul in Myanmar says Beijing has things under control.
2020-02-10
Lawmakers should instead use the leverage to push for concrete improvements, the group says.
2020-02-06
Coalition says Hanoi has failed ‘to meaningfully meet repeated requests for human rights improvements.’
2020-02-05
Government prepares for “worst-case scenario” by building field hospital and readying military facilities.
2020-02-03
Most schools will remain closed all week in Vietnam, tourism oriented businesses shut down in Cambodia.
2020-01-31
Tran Thi Nga was freed early from a nine-year prison term for 'spreading propaganda against the state,' and came to the US in January.
2020-01-27
Prison says they rebelled against prison authorities and refused to work.
2020-01-24
Nguyen Ngoc Anh has been subject to frequent beatings and other physical abuse by prison guards, his wife and rights groups say.
2020-01-22
Official denouncement delivered to Procuracy in Hanoi.
2020-01-21
Over 700 donors sent in contributions to help the family of slain village chief Le Dinh Kinh and other victims of the Jan. 9 assault by police.
2020-01-17
Ministry of Public Security says accounts were blocked due to ongoing investigation
2020-01-16
Drawn from witness accounts, the report compiled by Vietnamese journalists and activists contradicts government statements.
