Key Events * Quang Binh Man Convicted of ‘Abusing Democratic Freedoms’ for Running Facebook Page Denouncing Corruption * Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi
Key Events * Government Passes New Cyber Decree in Attempt to Further TightenControl over Online Activities * Hai Duong Police Arrest Members
Key Events * Tran Khac Duc, Member of Pro-Democracy Group, Arrested Under Article 117 * International Federation of Journalists Condemns Duong Van
Key Events * Social Media Users from Quang Nam and Thanh Hoa Provinces Arrested under Article 331 * Ho Chi Minh City
Key Events * Lawyers Raise Concerns over Alleged Torture of Buddhist Practitioner Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen * International Organizations Condemn Vietnam’s
Key Events * Tran Long Phi, a Protester Against the Law on Special Economic Zone, Released Early from Príson * Facebook is
Key events: * Human Rights Watch: Australia Should Pressure Vietnam to Make Progress in Human Rights * Member of Repressed Pro-Democracy Group
Key events: * Thai Court Sets Extradition Hearing for Montagnard Activist Y Quynh Bdap * State Department Upgrades Vietnam’s Trafficking in
Notable events: * Prisoners of Conscience Protest Harsh Conditions in Nghe An Prison No. 6 * Social Media Users Charged With ‘Subversion’
Notable events: * Central Committee Approves Four New Politburo Members and Appoints To Lam President in Major Personnel Restructuring * PEN America
Police to Integrate Residents’ Iris Scans into New ID Cards Iris scans will become a required biometric data, along with
Vietnam’s Political Prisoners Continue to Face Abuses and Mistreatment While in Custody Nguyen Thi Tam, a political prisoner and
State Department Raises Concern Over Treatment of Religious Freedom Advocates in Vietnam The U.S. State Department on April 1
Amnesty: Data Suggests Vietnam Company Is Supplying Fuel to Junta-Ruled Myanmar Despite International Sanctions According to a recent report published
A Land Rights Activist and His Family Arrive in the U.S. as Political Refugees Huynh Ngoc Truong, a land
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