Human Rights Stories 2025

[2025-11-25] Vietnam is arbitrarily detaining Phan Tat Thanh and Nguyen Chi Tuyen: Opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council

[2025-11-19] Khmer Krom monk and activists receive prison sentences

[2025-11-19] Vietnam police open criminal probe of second Germany-based activist

[2025-11-17] Vietnam to prosecute journalist for anti-state activities

[2025-11-14] Courageous Activists To Be Honored: 2025 Vietnam Human Rights Award Goes To Three Imprisoned Voices

[2025-11-03] Pastor Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng Sentenced to Six Years for “Anti-State” Activities, Rights Groups Say

[2025-11-01] National Press Club honors imprisoned USAGM journalists with its highest press freedom award

[2025-10-29] Vietnam leader’s UK visit overshadowed by ‘interrogation’ of BBC journalist

[2025-10-28] BBC 'deeply concerned' about journalist unable to leave Vietnam

[2025-10-25] UN members to sign cybercrime treaty opposed by rights groups

[2025-10-24] Alleged Sexual Harassment by Vietnamese Officials Ignored—Again

[2025-10-22] UN cybercrime pact to be signed in Hanoi raises hopes, concerns

[2025-10-17] Vietnam Back on UN Human Rights Council Amid Khmer-Krom Rights Abuses

[2025-10-16] Trafficking concerns amid rise in Vietnamese seeking international protection

[2025-10-10] Vietnam arrests and charges journalist Huynh Ngoc Tuan for anti-state propaganda

[2025-10-09] UN Questions Vietnam and China Over Tibetan Lama’s Death

[2025-10-09] UN: Abusive Governments Set to Win Rights Council Seats

[2025-10-09] Vietnamese pastor-rights activist arrested on anti-state charges

[2025-10-06] International coalition of human rights groups calls for Pham Doan Trang’s release on the 5th anniversary of her arrest

[2025-09-27] Joint Statement by the Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend the Defenders on September 27, 2025, about Prisoner of Conscience Trinh Ba Phuong Being Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

[2025-09-24] EU-Vietnam Trade Agreement Has Failed to Promote Rights

[2025-09-18] Investors in Vietnam to face strict police screening under proposed reform

[2025-09-15] Đà Nẵng Court Confirms Trial of Activist Trịnh Bá Phương Will be on Sept. 27, 2025

[2025-09-08] Dissident Vương Văn Thả Dies Behind Bars as Questions Mount Over Prison Abuses in Việt Nam

[2025-08-31] Vietnam Human Rights Network Concludes 17th Congress and Reception to Thank Fellow Countrymen.

[2025-08-25] Viet Nam: UN experts alarmed by ongoing repression of Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples and Theravada Buddhist monks

[2025-08-20] Viet Villagers Still Seek Justice in Steel Mill's Toxic Spill

[2025-08-18] “My case clearly shows there is absolutely no press freedom in Vietnam,” says persecuted journalist

[2025-08-15] Vietnam issues arrest warrant for journalist in hiding Doan Bao Chau

[2025-08-11] Australia: Set Human Rights Benchmarks for Vietnam

[2025-08-08] Khmer-Krom: Human Rights Committee Review Vietnam’s Implementation of the ICCPR

[2025-08-06] Vietnam: Free Imprisoned Activists at Medical Risk

[2025-08-05] Joint Statement by the Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend The Defenders on August 05, 2025, about the Escalating Repression of Prisoners of Conscience in Vietnam

[2025-08-01] One year into his rule, regime's leader To Lam continues his all-out war on independent journalism

[2025-07-28] Solitary Confinement Used as a Weapon: Lê Đình Lượng Punished for Demanding Medical Care

[2025-07-11] Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend The Defenders’ Statement about the Prosecution of Activist Doan Bao Chau.

[2025-07-07] Vietnam: UN Rights Review Should Call for Urgent Reform

[2025-07-02] OPEN CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

[2025-06-30] Vietnamese Writer Suffering Medical Neglect in Prison Must Be Released

[2025-06-25] Treatment of ailing independent journalist in prison ‘a disgrace to Vietnam’

[2025-06-24] International Rivers: Four Years Too Long: Free Dang Dinh Bach

[2025-06-20] Lawyers fear Vietnam’s new licensing rule could have chilling effect

[2025-06-06] Vietnamese Pastor Released from Prison After 12 Years

[2025-06-04] Vietnam police arrest admin of popular YouTube channel

[2025-06-02] Vietnam communist party budget is the elephant in the room as To Lam cuts costs

[2025-05-30] Hanoi bans The Economist’s issue featuring Vietnam’s leader on its cover, reports say

[2025-05-23] Vietnam to block messaging app Telegram over ‘anti-state’ contents

[2025-05-22] Vietnam: Macron Should Raise Rights during Visit

[2025-05-19] 215 Vietnamese still stuck in squalid border camp after leaving Myanmar scam center

[2025-05-10] Vietnam: End Persecution of Human Rights Activist

[2025-05-09] European Parliament passes resolution on violations of religious freedom in Tibet

[2025-05-08] Jailed Vietnamese land rights activist faces new criminal charge

[2025-05-06] Vietnam: RSF urges U.S. Secretary of State to take action for the release of Pham Doan Trang

[2025-04-21] Vietnam: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies

[2025-04-14] Visiting monks only briefly shown just the face of deceased China-harassed Tibetan lama in Vietnam

[2025-04-10] Czech, German police bust sex trafficking ring smuggling Vietnamese women into EU

[2025-04-09] China/Vietnam: Suspicious Death of Tibetan High Lama

[2025-03-28] UNPO Condemns Arbitrary Arrests of Khmer-Krom Buddhist Monk and Activists in Vietnam

[2025-03-27] Vietnam arrests Khmer Krom monk and 2 activists under vague law

[2025-03-25] Former political prisoner in Vietnam says police installed cameras in his home

[2025-03-21] Inmates of Vietnamese prison stage hunger strike over filthy water, feeding method

[2025-03-20] Vietnam police arrest democracy activist for alleged anti-government plot

[2025-03-10] Vietnamese Poetry prize winner not named for safety reasons

[2025-03-06] EU ‘deeply concerned’ about arrests, rights abuses in Vietnam

[2025-03-02] Vietnam’s legal system ‘arbitrary,’ ignores international agreements, UN group says

[2025-02-27] Vietnamese author jailed for 30 months for Facebook posts

[2025-02-25] Thai authorities detain 68 Montagnards during raid on funeral service

[2025-02-18] Vietnam’s strict new social media regulations strangle free speech, report says

[2025-02-18] UN experts call for release of jailed Vietnamese blogger

[2025-02-14] Vietnamese blogger detained in Cambodia, say police

[2025-02-13] Vietnamese author charged with ‘abusing democratic freedoms’

[2025-02-12] 'Trapped': Vietnamese slavery victim's ordeal on U.K. dope farm

[2025-02-04] Vietnam’s systematic attack on civil society breaches the free trade agreement with the EU, new complaint argues

[2025-02-03] All Vietnamese invitees barred from travelling to the US for religious freedom summit

[2025-01-31] Christian group criticizes Vietnam’s arrest of minority pastor

[2025-01-30] Some content on RFA Vietnamese’s Facebook page suddenly disappears

[2025-01-29] Vietnam bars monk from attending US religious freedom conference

[2025-01-24] Jailed Vietnamese Human Rights Defender Wins Baldwin Medal of Liberty

[2025-01-24] Vietnamese corruption campaigner arrested for criticizing new traffic rules

[2025-01-21] Vietnam arrests Protestant pastor for ‘anti-state propaganda’

[2025-01-21] Vietnamese toxic spill protester freed early from prison

[2025-01-16] Vietnam: Repression Deepens Under New Leader

[2025-01-10] Vietnam asks Y Quynh Bdap’s family to urge his surrender ahead of appeal trial

[2025-01-10] Vietnam jails ex-lawyer over Facebook posts

[2025-01-08] Vietnam to prosecute lawyer for criticising judicial actions on social media

[2025-01-07] Conclusion of the 28th U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

[2025-01-03] Wanted Vietnamese artist says police beat him