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Human Rights Watch Urges Vietnam to Reject Penal Code Revisions Threatening Fundamental Freedoms and Police Accountability

August 11, 2026 Harry Rosadi0Tagged accountability, activism, civil rights, code, freedoms, fundamental, human, human rights, ngo, penal, police, protests, reject, revisions, rights, threatening, urges, vietnam, watch

The Vietnamese government is facing intense international scrutiny as Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls on the National Assembly to reject a series of proposed amendments to the country’s penal code. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently submitted a draft of the revised code to the legislative body, sparking concerns that the new measures will […]

Crisis of Medical Neglect in Vietnams Penal System as Prominent Rights Activists Face Deteriorating Health in Custody

August 3, 2026 Harry Rosadi0Tagged activism, activists, civil rights, crisis, custody, deteriorating, face, health, human rights, medical, neglect, ngo, penal, prominent, protests, rights, system, vietnams

Can Thi Theu, a 64-year-old land rights defender currently serving an eight-year prison sentence at Prison No. 5 in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa province, is reportedly facing a critical health crisis characterized by prolonged medical neglect. Imprisoned for her vocal opposition to land confiscation and environmental degradation, as well as her public support for other political […]