Ho Thi Bich Khuong
An online activist who has published detailed accounts of her own repression, Khuong has served multiple prison sentences on charges related to anti-state propaganda and “abusing democratic freedoms” Most… More
Phan Ngoc Tuan
Dissident poet, cartoonist, and satirical columnist Tuan was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 5 years in prison in relation to his work criticizing the communist authorities for human… More
Tran Huynh Duy Thuc Tran Dong Chan
Thuc was arrested in 2009 and sentenced in a flawed trial to 16 years in connection with a book advocating for governance reforms. He has been subject to inhumane… More
Nguyen Vu Binh
A former state media journalist, Binh left his post in 2001 to form his own pro-democracy political party. He was imprisoned from 2002 to 2007 at a labor camp… More
Allinda Michael Ziggy Wine
Ziggy Wine was kidnapped in July 2019; his mutilated body was found one week later and he died in hospital shortly after. His family believes the state played a… More
Mohammed Al-Roken
Al-Roken, a lawyer and human rights advocate who has represented numerous other activists, was tried along with 93 other defendants for anti-state activity and sentenced to ten years in… More
Ruslan Sharipov
Sharipov was detained in 2001 after publishing a series of articles challenging the government. In 2002, he was beaten three times, and, in 2003, was arrested on suspicion of… More
Mamadali Mahmudov
Mahmudov was released in 2013 after serving 14 years in prison on charges of “threats” to the president and the constitutional order. A supporter of the opposition Erk party,… More
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh Me Nam, or Mother Mushroom
‘Mother Mushroom’ has faced aggressive state harassment for her blogging on political and environmental issues. In 2017, she was sentenced to ten years in prison under Article 88 but… More
Doğan Akhanli
A writer specializing in genocide studies, Akhanli has been arrested and imprisoned several times for his work on the Armenian Genocide. In 1991, he fled Türkiye for Germany where,… More
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