On October 29, 2021, several UN human rights experts called on the Vietnamese government to immediately and unconditionally release detained writer and human rights defender Pham Doan Trang.

Doan Trang, who is currently imprisoned in Hanoi Temporary Detention Centre No. 1, was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on October 7, 2020. Her indictment was formally announced to the public on October 18, 2021, more than a year after her initial arrest. She currently faces up to 12 years in jail under Article 88 of the 1999 Penal Code, which criminalizes “making, storing, distributing or disseminating information, documents, and items against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” Although her trial was initially scheduled for November 4, 2021, it has since been postponed indefinitely.