Free Expression in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government continues to quash dissent, with a particular focus on controlling the public’s access to social media and expanding the government’s ability to obtain access to personal… More
Pham Doan Trang | Status: Imprisoned | Vietnam
Pham Doan Trang is a Vietnamese writer, publisher, journalist, and pro-democracy activist currently imprisoned in Vietnam due to her writings in support of human rights. More
UN Submission Documents Vietnam’s Serious Free Expression Violations
The Vietnamese government continues to stifle free expression, wielding laws as weapons to control narratives and silence voices that dare to imagine a different world. More
Doan Viet Hoat | Status: Displaced/In Exile | Vietnam
Doan Viet Hoat, founder of Freedom Forum, is an advocate of free speech and the release of all political prisoners. Doan was arrested in 1990 for allegedly attempting to… More
Nguyen Chi Thien | Status: Deceased | Vietnam
Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien spent almost 27 years in prison for his "politically irreverent poems" between 1960 and 1991. In 1989 he received the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to… More