Human Rights

Lê Chí Thành, a former Vietnamese police officer, was dismissed in July 2020 after exposing cases of corruption in Z30D...

In Việt Nam, activism can broadly be understood as comprising three main strands. One strand focuses on democratization, targeting political...

Living in Hà Nội, the family of political prisoner Trịnh Bá Tư faces a grueling routine. Each month—or every two...

On Jan. 29, 2026, European Council President António Costa and Vietnamese President Lương Cường shook hands to proclaim a historic...

“Waiting for the invitation to pay 7.5 million.” “Aren’t you afraid of being fined 7.5 million?”  Or simply: “7.5 million.”...

The escalating unrest in Iran is making international headlines. What began as public frustrations over economic conditions and a weakening...

In debates regarding human rights, the Vietnamese government has historically aligned itself with cultural relativism rather than universalism. While universalism...

On the afternoon of Dec. 3, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Law on the State of Emergency. It was one of...

“Agree to the terms or lose your account.”  This is the ultimatum effectively issued by Zalo, the dominant messaging application in Việt...

On Sept. 30, 2025, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures issued Joint Allegation Letters (JAL) to Samsung Electronics and the governments...