Will President Tô Lâm Grant Clemency? The 20-Year Death Row Wait of Hồ Duy Hải and Nguyễn Văn Chưởng
For nearly 20 years and 12 presidencies, two death row inmates—Hồ Duy Hải (18 years) and Nguyễn Văn Chưởng (19 ...
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‘No Wrongful Convictions Detected’: When Justice in Việt Nam Waits on Public Opinion
When reporting on the achievements of Việt Nam’s judiciary from 2021–2026, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Lê Minh ...
Amid Presidential Shakeup, Wrongful Death-Row Prisoners in Vietnam Still Await Execution
Vo Van Thuong, the youngest president in Vietnam’s history, was forced to step down from his post last month in ...
Death in Custody: The Hidden Perils of Vietnam’s Police Brutality
It is an open secret in Vietnam that brutality and torture are rampant at police stations across the country. Last ...
A Spark Of Hope For Ho Duy Hai’s Family As New Alibi Emerges
On June 24, 2021, Attorney Tran Hong Phong, the lawyer for Ho Duy Hai and his family in their petition ...
Wrongfully Convicted Ho Duy Hai Languishes on Death Row
During these last days of 2017, be it rain or shine, people in Ha Noi, Vietnam, could often spot a ...
Wrongful Death Sentences Sent A Loud and Urgent Cry to Reform Vietnam’s Criminal Procedures
Wrongful convictions almost always share a few disturbingly similar characteristics in Vietnam. First, they mostly happened in rural areas. And ...
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