Vietnam human rights

Hanoi's strategic importance to the U.S. and its allies has allowed the Communist Party greater leeway in silencing its critics.

Today's conviction and imprisonment of human rights defender Pham Doan Trang is part of a concerted crackdown on dissent.

Harris said she spoke with Vietnamese leaders in particular about the release of political dissidents.

Proponents of an EU trade pact said it would nudge one-party Vietnam towards greater respect for human rights. The evidence so far points in the other direction.

The May 23 election is designed to affix a rubber stamp to the Vietnamese Communist Party's monopoly on political power.

Vietnam’s independent journalists are under siege, and there is little cause for optimism.

The past five years have seen a sharp increase in both the number of arrests of dissidents, and the severity of the sentences imposed on them.

Leading partners including the United States and European Union can and should do more to discourage Vietnam's fierce crackdown on dissent.

Jitters are setting in as the Vietnamese Communist Party prepares for the country's paramount political event.

The late night arrest of the activist and writer Pham Doan Trang followed an annual human rights dialogue with U.S. officials.

In the midst of a global pandemic, Vietnamese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Nguyen Bac Truyen, and other prisoners of conscience like him.