Oct 16, 2024 | News, Statements
16 October 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled by a Bangkok Criminal Court decision to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap to Viet Nam and urged that the case be reconsidered. “If extradited, Mr....
Aug 28, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
28 August 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today expressed alarm about the discriminatory misuse of counter-terrorism law by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam against Montagnard Indigenous Peoples and Christian religious minorities in the country’s...
Mar 5, 2024 | Communications, Top-line
The Special Rapporteur and other special procedures sent a communication to the Government of Viet Nam concerning the health situation of Mr. Le Huu Minh Tuan, also known as Le Tuan, an independent journalist, a human rights defender and a member of the Independent...
Feb 15, 2024 | Statements
GENEVA (14 February 2024) – UN experts today urged the Government of Viet Nam to stop targeting, convicting, and mistreating human rights defenders, after environmental human rights defender Dang Dinh Bách began his third hunger strike to protest against his detention...