October 31, 2024
Vietnamese political prisoner tells daughter her life was threatened
Activist Nguyen Thi Tam at her trial Nguyen Thi Tam, serving a six-year sentence for “propaganda against the state” at a prison in Vietnam, said her cellmate threatened to kill her, Tam’s daughter told Radio Free Asia. Since April, she has been sharing a cell with a woman jailed for drug offenses at the prison […]
October 31, 2024
Man who took part in nationwide protests in 2018 released early from prison
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights]
Tran Long Phi, in white shirt, stands in court with Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, pink shirt, on June 24, 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City. (-/Vietnam News Agency via AFP) A man who was imprisoned in 2018 following nationwide protests has been released 21 months early – the third activist in a month to be set […]