The Vietnamese authorities must take urgent steps to avert a looming humanitarian and human rights crisis on top of the country’s Covid-19 battle, as strict lockdown measures increasingly harm society’s most vulnerable.
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Mother Mushroom: Vietnamese blogger released and exiled
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, a prominent Vietnamese blogger also known by her pseudonym, Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom), has been released from prison in Vietnam on the condition that she leaves the country. The mother of two was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of “conducting propaganda” against the state. Responding …
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Viet Nam: Activist Nguyen Trung Truc given disgraceful 12 year jail sentence must be released
Responding to the news that activist Nguyen Trung Truc has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of “carrying out activities to overthrow the people’s administration” by a court in Dong Hoi City, Minar Pimple, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Global Operations said: “Yet again, a Vietnamese court has decided to punish …