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Vietnam: List of nearly 100 prisoners of conscience published as crackdown intensifiesAmnesty is publishing a list of the 97 prisoners on the day before a high-profile trial of six further activists.
Press release 04 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action: 10 year death row case in Vietnam pushed for execution
Ho Duy Hai was sentenced to death in December 2008 after being convicted of plundering property and murder.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Health fears for relocated jailed activist in Vietnam
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom) was secretly moved over 900km away to a prison.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Maximum prison sentence for anti-Formosa activist in Vietnam
Hoàng Đức Bình was sentenced to 14 years in prison for criticising the Formosa disaster and government-critical blogging
Urgent action outcomes 05 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: Activists in Vietnam held incommunicado may face life in prison
Three Vietnamese activists are being held incommunicado at B14 prison in Hà Nội after their arrests on 30 July 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender at risk of torture in Vietnam
Former prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển was last seen on 30 July 2017 after dropping off his wife outside her place of work in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Female activist sentenced to nine years in prison in Vietnam
Labour and land rights activist Trần Thị Nga was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment on 25 July 2017 for “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jul 2017 -
Vietnam: 'outrageous' jailing of land rights activist is latest in growing crackdownPress release 25 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Ten years in prison for human rights defender in Vietnam
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, also known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom), was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on 29 June 2017 for “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Death threat for human rights lawyer and family in Vietnam
Human rights lawyer Lê Quốc Quân has received warnings from Việt Nam’s Ministry of Public Security officials that he and his family could be killed if he meets with visiting foreign dignitaries.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Crackdown on Formosa spill activists continues in Vietnam
The Vietnamese authorities are continuing to crackdown on activists who have raised concerns about the 2016 Formosa environmental disaster and its aftermath.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Necessary medical treatment denied to prisoner in VietnamPrisoner of conscience Đinh Nguyên Kha is being denied medical treatment following an operation to remove a tumour from his stomach three months ago, which could amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Growing health fears for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam
Denied proper medical treatment by prison authorities since April 2015, when she was first diagnosed with a tumour on her uterus, Trần Thị Thúy is no longer able to walk without assistance.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds of peaceful marches attacked by police in Vietnam
Around 700 men, women and children were attacked by police while on the way to submit legal complaints against Formosa Plastics, with damages amounting to US$20 million.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three human rights defenders held incommunicado in Vietnam
Within 10 days of each other, three unassociated Vietnamese human rights defenders were arrested in January and are currently being held in incommunicado pre-trial detention.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activists held incommunicado at risk of torture in Vietnam
Two pro-democracy activists who are among a group of people arrested on 6 November have been charged with aiming to “overthrow” the state under Article 79 of Viet Nam’s Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Three activists face harassment and risk arrest in Vietnam
Three human rights defenders engaged in activism relating to an ecological disaster in Vietnam are facing severe harassment, including public denunciations, prosecution and death threats.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Vietnamese human rights blogger arrested
Human rights defender Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom) was arrested on 10 October and has been charged with “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of Viet Nam’s Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed activist denied proper medical treatment in Vietnam
Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy’s health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained pastor on hunger strike since 8 August in Vietnam
Pastor Nguyễn Công Chính is a Vietnamese prisoner of conscience serving an 11-year sentence. He has been on hunger strike since 8 August in protest at abusive treatment, denial of rights and lack of response to complaints by officials. He is in poor…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016
