May 5, 2021
Vietnamese HRDs Can Thi Theu and Her Younger Son Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison and 3 Years of Probation Each Amid Intensified Crackdown
Defend the Defenders, May 5, 2021 Vietnam’s authoritarian regime has convicted land rights activists and human rights defenders Can Thi Theu and her second son Trinh Ba Tu of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code for their peaceful activities which aim to protest illegal land seizure in their […]
July 22, 2021
Well-known Human Rights Activists Can Thi Theu and Her Son Trinh Ba Tu Placed in Hard Prison Conditions Amid Hot Weather after Brave Objection in First-instance Hearing
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Can Thi Theu, Trinh Ba Phuong, Trinh Ba Tu
Defend the Defenders, July 21, 2021 As a revenge of their brave behavior during their first-instance hearing on May 5, authorities in Vietnam’s northern province Hoa Binh have imprisoned well-known human rights advocates Mrs. Can Thi Theu and her second son Mr. Trinh Ba Tu in hard prison conditions, Defend the Defenders has learned. […]