Once a vibrant voice in Việt Nam’s independent media, journalist Lê Hữu Minh Tuấn is now fighting for his life behind bars.

A member of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), he was arrested in June 2020 and later sentenced in January 2021 to 11 years in prison under Article 117 for “conducting propaganda against the state.” He was arrested alongside fellow IJAVN members Phạm Chí Dũng and Nguyễn Tường Thùy.