Vietnam Defend the Defenders Holds 3rd Anniversary

Mr. Ngu opens champaigne to mark the 3rd anniversary of DTD

Mr. Ngu opens champaigne to mark the 3rd anniversary of DTD

The event was taken on the sidelines of a three-day cyber security training workshop co-organized by Defend the Defenders and the Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF or Reporters Without Borders) with participation of over 20 local activists in Cat Ba Island, one of the famous tourism site in the Southeast Asian nation.

Established by Mr. Hai, who is former political prisoner and human rights activist in 2012, DTD is one of the key human rights bodies in Vietnam. The organization has systematically reported and documented all human rights violations in Vietnam, both in Vietnamese and English language on its website www.vietnamhumanrightsdefenders.net.

By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 01, 2015

Defend the Defenders (DTD), a Vietnamese unsanctioned human rights organization, on Aug 1 held its third anniversary in Cat Ba Island in the northern province of Haiphong, with participation of human rights advocates nationwide.

Attending the event were Mr. Pham Ba Hai, the DTD’s founder and Mr. Vu Quoc Ngu, Mr. Ton Phi, members of the current leadership of the organization as well as members of other unregistered civil organizations namely the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam, the Brotherhood for Democracy, the Vietnam Women for Human Rights, and the Bau Bi Tuong Than.

The event was taken on the sidelines of a three-day cyber security training workshop co-organized by Defend the Defenders and the Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF or Reporters Without Borders) with participation of over 20 local activists in Cat Ba Island, one of the famous tourism site in the Southeast Asian nation.

Established by Mr. Hai, who is former political prisoner and human rights activist in 2012, DTD is one of the key human rights bodies in Vietnam. The organization has systematically reported and documented all human rights violations in Vietnam, both in Vietnamese and English language on its website www.vietnamhumanrightsdefenders.net.

It has members and partners in all regions in Vietnam. Especially, it has partnered with the Paris-based RSF and the New York-based non-governmental Amnesty International and closely coordinates with the Stockholm-based Civil Rights Defenders and other human rights bodies worldwide.

Some pictures from the anniversary:

Members of Vietnam Women for Human Rights and the Brotherhood of Democracy in DTD 3rd anniversary

Members of Vietnam Women for Human Rights and the Brotherhood of Democracy in DTD 3rd anniversary

Attendants of the DTD 3rd anniversary

Attendants of the DTD 3rd anniversary

Attendants of the DTD 3rd anniversary

Attendants of the DTD 3rd anniversary