Story Archive
2017-03-24
Police block one congregation from marking the death of their founder and seize the church of another.
2017-03-22
Phan Kim Khanh and Bui Hieu Vo are being detained for posting online content described as fabricated and malicious.
2017-03-20
He slams the government for acting against protesters instead of defending their rights.
2017-03-10
Authorities disrupt the commemoration and haul away three people for interrogation.
2017-03-07
The Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights wants the government to release all imprisoned female activists on International Women’s Day.
2017-02-28
Surprise and disbelief, but little hope that they can help Doan Thi Houng.
2017-02-17
They are released at the end of the day after attempting to honor Vietnamese killed in a 1979 border war.
2017-02-14
A spate of attacks on religious leaders and environmentalists seems linked to the government.
2017-02-13
Authorities have freed Bui Thi Minh Hang after she served a three-year prison sentence for 'causing public disorder.'
2017-02-10
Three families making a second attempt to flee to Australia after they were turned back in 2015 are awaiting a decision by Indonesian authorities.
2017-02-08
Some members of the three families that have left the country vow to drown themselves at sea if they are returned again.
2017-02-07
Human rights groups and individuals seek the release of Tran Thi Nga.
2017-02-06
The protests over compensation caused the commune and village chiefs to flee.
2017-02-03
Nguyen Van Hoa is known for filming protests against the Formosa steel plant.
2017-02-02
In the latest incident, police block a group of priests from attending a church service in the city of Hue.
2017-01-24
Tran Thi Nga and three others are reported to be arrested in a crackdown on dissent.
2017-01-19
Violent clashes mark attempts to memorialize a 1974 island grab by China that cost the lives of 75 Vietnamese.
2017-01-13
Dang Xuan Dieu was released from prison, as authorities stopped Pham Thanh Nghien at the border with Cambodia.
2017-01-10
The human smuggling arrests come as Hanoi says human trafficking jumped in 2016.
2017-01-06
The Formosa steel mill disaster devastated the country's central coast, killing hundreds of tons of fish and sparking protests, lawsuits, and arrests.
2017-01-06
Shrimp paste and paint are smeared on Tran Thu Nam's home.
2017-01-04
A coroner’s report says that Pham Dang Toan died because he ran, not because police beat him.
2017-01-03
An expansion of the ‘Magnitsky’ act gives Washington a new legal tool.
