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Since assuming leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam in August 2025, Mr. To Lam has repeatedly invoked the language of "rule of law, transparency, and accountability." These statements do not match reality. Instead, they serve as a veneer for an intensifying campaign to silence dissent and consolidate control.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday’s sentencing of Vietnamese journalist Huynh Ngoc Tuan to eight years and six months in prison under a criminal provision that bars “propagandizing against the state.”
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Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) took several individuals into custody on March 30, on suspicion of assisting migrant smugglers. Further arrests connected to that case took place in France with the help of European anti-crime agencies.
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The government has instructed the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to complete eight decrees guiding the implementation of the revised Cybersecurity Law within just over three months, setting a firm deadline of July 1, 2026
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In a series of highly coordinated security operations on the morning of March 23, 2026, Vietnamese authorities executed multiple raids across the communes of Drai Bhang, Dur Kmăn, and Ea Knuêc. These actions targeted six prominent preachers belonging to independent Protestant house churches.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to investigate the alleged assault and arbitrary detention of independent journalist Nguyen Hoang Vi by Ho Chi Minh City police and to hold those responsible to account.
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The ruling Communist Party has secured near-total control of the National Assembly following the 2026 nationwide elections, underscoring the continued absence of political competition in the country’s electoral system.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Le Anh Hung and cease harassing independent commentators for expressing critical views online.
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The Thai authorities should immediately release Le Chi Thanh, a prominent Vietnamese anti-corruption activist, and ensure that he is not forcibly returned to Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today.
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In a report to the 61st session of the Human Rights Council, Ana Brian Nougrères, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, analysed the current practice of international collection of personal data and expressed concern that the rules on international data transfer do not cover all international collection of personal data and this puts individuals’ right to privacy at risk.
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“The Thai authorities must immediately release Le Chi Thanh and refrain from returning him to Viet Nam, where he could face serious human rights violations. We also call on the international community to publicly condemn the Vietnamese government for its ongoing cross-border efforts to silence peaceful dissent."
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The Vietnamese government should immediately release these women and others and respect the fundamental rights to freedom of expression, association, religion, and peaceful assembly.
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The Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) publicly released its 2024–2025 Report on Human Rights in Vietnam at a meeting with media representatives, community organizations, and members of the Vietnamese diaspora at the Tully Library in San Jose on Sunday morning.
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Vietnam’s authorities cracked down harshly on dissidents and perceived critics of the government as Communist Party leadership consolidated its power in 2025, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026.
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Statement by the Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend the Defenders on February 04, 2026, about Hanoi’s repression of human rights defenders and journalists abroad.
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On Jan. 11, 2026, police in Nghệ An Province searched the home of Hồ Thị Hải, 45, in Quỳnh Mai Ward and temporarily detained her. She faces charges under Article 331 of the Criminal Code for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State and the lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals.”
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A resident of Thanh Hóa Province has been arrested and charged under Article 331 of the Penal Code for allegedly abusing democratic freedoms after using social media to criticize local authorities and officials, according to reporting by Luật Khoa Magazine.
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The Vietnamese government has escalated arrests of perceived dissidents in the weeks before Vietnam’s 14th Communist Party Congress, which is scheduled to begin on January 19, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today.
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In the run-up to the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 14th National Congress, domestic law enforcement agencies have stepped up actions against individuals on social media who share or promote what officials label as “reactionary” or “anti-state” content.
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The unjust imprisonment of three writers and journalists in Vietnam five years ago today is emblematic of the Vietnamese government’s ongoing campaign to censor and silence independent voices, PEN America said today.
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