November 6, 2016
Vietnam Police Detain Human Rights Activist to Prevent Him from Attending Law Course Final Examination
By Defend the Defenders, November 05, 2016 Police in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on November 5 detained human rights activist Truong Minh Tam in a bid to prevent him from attending the final examination of a bachelor law course at the Vietnam’s Judicial Academy. A group of security officers detained him near the academy […]
January 20, 2017
Vietnam Continues to Persecute Human Rights Defenders, Targeting Their Children
by Nhan Quyen • Nguyen Van Duyet, Tran Thi Nga (Tran Thuy Nga), Truong Minh Tam
By Defend the Defenders, January 20, 2017 Authorities in many Vietnamese localities are continuing persecution and intimidation against local human rights defenders, targeting their children, the victims have claimed. Tran Thi Nga, a human rights defender in the northern province of Ha Nam said local authorities have sent plainclothes police officers to station near her […]