January 12, 2020
Vietnam Detains Second Facebooker in 2020, Accusing Him of “Abusing Democratic Freedom”
Defend the Defenders, January 11, 2020 Vietnam’s communist regime has detained the second Facebooker so far this year, accusing him of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s Criminal Code. On January 11, authorities in the Mekong Delta’s economic hub of Can Tho detained a local resident named Chung Hoang Chuong, 43, […]
April 27, 2020
Vietnamese Facebooker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Online Posts, First Activist Convicted in 2020
by Nhan Quyen • Chung Hoang Chuong
Defend the Defenders, April 27, 2020 The People’s Court of Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City on April 27 convicted local resident Chung Hoang Chuong of “abusing democratic freedom” under Article 331 of the country’s Criminal Code for his post on Facebook, Defend the Defenders has learned. The court sentenced him to 18 […]