Key Events

• Quang Binh Man Convicted of ‘Abusing Democratic Freedoms’ for Running Facebook Page Denouncing Corruption
• Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi Minh Hong’s ‘Tax Evasion’ Charges a Crackdown on Environmental Activism
• Ho Chi Minh City Police Arrest an Accused Member of the ‘Provisional Government of Vietnam’
• PEN America Holds Conversation Discussing Pham Doan Trang’s Impact on Journalism

Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi Minh Hong’s ‘Tax Evasion’ Charges a Crackdown on Environmental Activism

The Vietnamese diplomatic mission in Geneva has responded to a joint communication of three United Nations special rapporteurs in a reply dated Nov. 1, which rejected allegations that the charges brought against climate leader Hoang Thi Minh Hong were politically motivated. Vietnam claimed that her arrest and trial were “conducted in accordance with the laws of Vietnam.”

The response letter claimed Hanoi has a consistent policy in combating climate change, adding that reports of repression of environmental activists are “unfounded” and “reflect a biased and negative view” of its human rights situation.